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Local Government needs to do more to develop a strong data culture

5 Dec 2018 - 9:47am

Councils slowly developing in this area, but more work needed to ‘break silo working’ and maximise the benefits of the data they hold, says Auditor General

Welsh Government needs a more coordinated approach for managing financial support for business

29 Nov 2018 - 12:06am

Current approach too ‘piecemeal’, although it’s starting to be overhauled

Brexit and the Rural Development Programme in Wales

20 Nov 2018 - 10:34am

Wales faced losing out financially in a no-deal scenario until UK Government extended its funding guarantee. Welsh Government now needs to improve oversight and scrutiny of the Programme

Finance for the Future conference outputs now online

16 Nov 2018 - 1:41pm

On the 16 October the Finance Skills Development Group held the third conference for finance trainees, Finance for the Future 2018

Recycling on the up in Wales and methods are more consistent

14 Nov 2018 - 1:38pm

Greater collaboration between Welsh Government and councils at the heart of improvements, but costs and performance vary across Wales

Councils need to think and act differently to sustain services in rural Wales

12 Nov 2018 - 12:00pm

While rural Wales is a great place to live and work, reductions in public spending, socio-economic change, poor infrastructure and ongoing challenges of service delivery are adversely affecting the 600,000 or so people who live there