Truth about local government Podcast
Local Government
Vivien Holland talks in this latest episode with Matt Masters about local authority trading companies and commercialism.
Vivien Holland joined Local Partnerships in 2022 as a Project Director with a focus on commercialism in local government. She is an expert in trading companies and the podcast talks through:
- Background – since the legislation changed in 2011 lots of companies have been set up – how they have helped address funding challenges and promote commerciality
- How they have fared – some have been successful, others haven’t
- Why some have gone wrong
- What can be done to guard against failure? Good governance and financial and risk management
- Local Partnerships toolkit and support to help LG avoid failure and promote good commercialism
We have a range of free tools to help councils with these issues.
LATCo guidance
Our LATCo guidance for undertaking strategic and governance reviews of wholly or partly owned council commercial entities
Commercial Toolkit
Our Commercial Toolkit intended to take councils through a structured and robust approach to considering commercial activity
CEO Blueprint
Our CEO Blueprint designed to enable council CEOs to feel confident they have all the bases covered when it comes to council commerciality
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