Insights

Chief Executive of Local Partnerships, Adele Gritten, is the latest guest on the “Meet the CEO” podcast from Positive Momentum, that takes you inside the minds of CEOs of organisations of all sizes. In the episode, Adele discusses how to be a a good leader, being a strong female role model, navigating crises and more. […]

Councils ‘in distress’ vary hugely in size and type. And the media spotlight is certainly on them right now for a variety of reasons. The important thing is to focus on what can be done with the tools and funding landscape available. Reduced funding, governance challenges, lack of senior, permanent resource, insufficient internal challenge from statutory […]

While s151 officers and corporate investment teams have arguably taken a bit of a beating, I’ve been struck that the importance of the chief executive’s role seems to have been overlooked. Whether that is longstanding CEOs, recent incumbents or trouble-shooters, where is it written – clearly and concisely – what exactly the CEO is supposed […]

In early 2021, Local Partnerships launched an SME Pilot Initiative with Cornwall, Tendring and Thurrock councils to stimulate the small and medium enterprise (SME) house building sector in delivering high quality, affordable homes which the councils would purchase. The ambition was to develop a new small sites initiative to provide a fast-track route to getting […]

Our new survey aims to find out what more is needed to support the drafting and development of business cases for local energy projects. The HMT Green Book has been the gold standard to follow for drafting public sector business cases since it was first published in the 1970s. Many people are aware of the […]

Commissioned by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) the White Fraiser report published on 20 July 2023 looks at behaviours, relationships and disputes in PFI and sets out recommendations for bringing about improvements. It also considers industry proposals for a ‘Conduct Charter’ and ‘Expiry and Handback Resolution Council’.   Authors Barry White and Andrew Fraiser have set […]

Mae Local Partnerships yn gweithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru i arwain y gwaith yn gysylltiedig a Ynni Cymru, menter ynni newydd gan Lywodraeth Cymru i sefydlu cwmni ynni cenedlaethol i ganolbwyntio ar gynhyrchu ynni adnewyddadwy ar lefel gymunedol a maes arloesol Systemau Ynni Lleol Clyfar. Mae Systemau Ynni Lleol Clyfar yn dod ag asedau ynni a […]

Local Partnerships is working with the Welsh Government to lead the delivery of Ynni Cymru, a new energy initiative focused on renewable energy generation at the community level. Ynni Cymru is a new publicly-owned energy company for Wales, that gives local people and communities control over local resources and renewable energy initiatives and focuses on […]

IMPACT REPORT 22-23

Local Partnerships’ Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy team recently attended the annual Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC 2023) Wales Conference in Cardiff, and for me as a first-time guest it was particularly exciting (especially getting to use the famous red and green thumbs)!   Working in recycling, waste and the circular economy The LARAC Wales […]

The UK Government National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) was published in July. NAP3 details how the government will respond to the impacts of a changing climate and strengthen our national resilience. The programme references our Climate Adaptation Toolkit, which is freely available to use on our Resource Hub. It is encouraging to see that some of the […]

A new version of our Local Authority Domestic Retrofit Handbook has just been published, including new sections on Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) in the private rented sector and strengthened sections on procurement and government funding opportunities. Commissioning and Energy Hubs Local Partnerships was commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) […]

Wirral Council Regeneration Sourcing Strategy Learn how Wirral Council took a strategic approach to market management and delivering numerous procurements at pace. 1. What problem was the council / project running into? The Council had been successful in bidding for significant funding from the Levelling Up Fund, and had an ambitious vision for the future, but […]

We had a very busy and productive week last week when the Local Partnerships team attended the LGA Conference 2023. We launched our Impact Report 2022-23, which is full of the last years’ work, with lots of examples of how we continue to strengthen the public sector. Our chief executive Adele Gritten on this year’s […]

There is no silver bullet to solve local government’s workforce crisis but a number of solutions could help make a difference. Anyone reading a public sector publication or scanning local government job alerts cannot fail to have noticed the swathe of chief executive vacancies, often shortly followed by other senior responsible officer levels. More local […]

Are you attending #LGAConf23? We’ll be at stand P22! I’m Adele Gritten, Chief Executive of Local Partnerships. You’ll know I took over in November 2022, and I’m excited to be joining my fellow local and combined authority chief executives, leaders and senior stakeholders at the LGA’s fantastic annual conference #LGAConf2023 We are an in-house consultancy […]