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Public Sector goes Private A Devon council is transferring a large part of its public service operation and hundreds of its employees to a private contractor. Torbay Council announced a multi-million pound partnership with May Gurney when the London Stock Exchange opened earlier. May Gurney will take over rubbish collections, street cleani...

Help with Bids In London     If you are looking for assistance with bid writing for projects in London or the South click Here   Why do West Ham United want to play at the Olympic stadium? A move to the stadium is the centrepiece of the plan to revive the club. David Sullivan and David Gold, the club’s new co-owners, bel...

E-auctions to save government £270m Tuesday, March 16, 2010 The Office of Government Commerce's (OGC) Centre for E-auctions has published a plan on e-auctions, aiming to save the public sector hundreds of millions of pounds. Its Forward Plan for E-auctions has set out a rolling schedule of e-auctions for the next two years, which could...

The union representing striking British Airways staff plotted with foreign unions to target the airline before its members had even voted for industrial action, it can be revealed. Unite: Unite planned international sympathy action before result of BA strike vote was known Unite: Airline industry sources said the revelations that Unite has been...

The Central Office of Information (COI) has announced that it is to review its framework of press production suppliers, worth up to £1m a year. The review has been called four years after it was first established, with the new framework set to be a ‘single supplier’ contract following a procurement process which will be appoint...

NORTHUMBERLAND farmers can reap the rewards of a new online business service. Business Link has introduced a dedicated section on its website to provide practical tips for the farming industry. The resource brings together 85 different guides and will be regularly updated to keep on top of changes to regulations. Various sections are include...

Controversial private finance deals could be the “only show in town” to getting major schemes such as waste plants and schools built in Norfolk because of the parlous state of the government finances. Members of the county council's scrutiny committee are to look at the workings of three Norfolk deals, where the so-called private fin...

The champagne is not working. The canapé is just an embarassing stain waiting to happen. You’re trapped in a corner listening to your junior from accounts complain about his manager. In the centre of the room is the boss and swirling around him are the golden ones, the annointed next generation. Confident, brazen in their ambition and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Big domestic banks need to raise as much as 750 billion pounds in the next three years to support balance sheets and liquidity as the government prepares to wind down support for the sector, analysts said. The banks have shown they can stand on their own feet in the bond markets over the past year, raising billions of euros wi...

Northern travel organisation Nexus is set to overhaul its website as it looks to implement new technology to improve its services and schedules for customers. Orange Bus, the Newcastle and London digital company, has won two tenders to handle the overhaul of the site which could include the introduction of realtime data into its operation. Th...