The study finds that the £44 million rent arrears bill in Scotland could be reduced by as much as £8 million if councils and Registered Social Landlords (...
Within the last two years local authorities in Scotland have succeeded in setting up community safety partnerships to help create safer places for people to...
Council refuse collection services are much more efficient than they used to be following the wide-spread introduction of kerb-side wheelie bins and bigger...
This report shows there is a wide variation in cleaning costs for hospitals which cannot be explained by the size of hospital, higher productivity or...
Best Value emphasises the importance of ensuring a customer/citizen focus across all local government services. Local authorities have already engaged in a...
Scottish councils could improve the performance of their Direct Labour Organisations and Direct Service Organisations (DLOs/DSOs) by following guidelines...