Utility Aid on Risk Management

Author: Danielle Bird, financial director at Utility Aid Danielle writes for NALC’s blog – The financial world is very volatile at the moment and what that means is that a lot of decisions that I make along with the board of directors have an element of...

Bishops Tachbrook Parish Council supporting recycling intiative

Bishops Tachbrook “BT Recycles” is a Council and community initiative which aims to “recycle the unrecyclable”. The Parish Council provides a storage facility in Bishops Tachbrook as a monthly drop-off point for local residents to bring in their “hard to recycle”...

Increase in Measles – Urgent Vaccination Efforts

There has been an increase in measles cases across the country including recent cases in Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry, and Warwickshire. Most confirmed cases within the West Midlands are in patients who have not received the MMR vaccine, with a number requiring...

NALC’s new banking webpage to address local council concerns

Over the last few years, parish and town councils have communicated their frustration to NALC and county associations that high street and other banks do not understand what they are, how they work or what sector they fit into. Local councils must, however, be able to...

Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership Update January 2024

Warwickshire County Council Officer, Fay Cannon, presented the new Central Reporting System for Speed Concerns to representatives of Town and Parish Councils at the January Reference Group meeting. Speeding in communities is one of the priorities for the Warwickshire...

Procurement Thresholds

Briefing provided by The Parkinson Partnership – Download available here The thresholds for public procurement have changed from 1 January 2024. Public contracts, with an estimated value (including VAT, since 1 January 2022): over £214,904 (previously £213,477)...