This report from the Society of IT Management describes ICT as having poor ‘green’ credentials. It currently accounts for some 2% of global CO2 emissions, which is the same amount as that of the ...

Written by leading academics in the field of local governance, finance, systems thinking and politics, this topical book examines and debates the challenges posed, on a local, European and global ...

Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of Britain’s working age population published in 2008 recognised the beneficial impact that work can have on an individual’s state of health and that work is ...

The government launched its first ever anti-littering strategy for England in April. Patience Atkinson-Gregory of litter bin manufacturers Amberol (www.amberol.co.uk) explains how the new strategy ...

seven contributors address the question: ‘What are the implications of theories of organization for social living’, with particular reference to the needs of management education. Published by ...

Content management specialist SynApps Solutions’ Gary Britnell discusses the biggest problem NHS IT leaders have right now: getting computers to talk to each other. “If I had any one piece of advice ...

The Government has issued a discussion paper on ways to promote good conduct and so build public confidence in local authorities. The paper incorporates responses to a number of recent recommendations ...

The book introduces the concept of narrative intelligence—an ability to understand and act and react agilely in the quicksilver world of interacting narratives. It shows why this is key to the central ...

Mary Portas has set out a vision for town centres and called for joint action to put the heart back into the centre of high streets. The Review makes ambitious recommendations on what can be done by ...

A Welsh council has been ordered by the Information Commissioner to release the latest hygiene inspection report for a local hotel under the Freedom of Information Act. The decision to make Bridgend ...

Local authorities have been praised for delivering consistent levels of performance in many areas of educational provision. The Schools Minister,David Miliband, was commenting after the publication of ...

Social Networking Sites have become a global phenomenon, with communities such as MySpace, Facebook and Bebo reporting user figures in the hundreds of millions. Through networks it is possible to ...