News

02 - 2010 News

February 26th 2010

Councillors' guides to procurement

The LGA Improvement Board commissioned a series of councillors' guides; are six in total covering: professional services, energy, ICT, construction, adult social care and waste management.

February 26th 2010

NWeGG "Grapevine" Feb 10

There are lots of exciting things going on at NWeGG. Find out more here.

February 19th 2010

RIEPs calls in an expert on buying

The Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs) programme has hired collaborative buying expert David Gigg to help local government contribute to the national target of saving £7.7bn annually from public sector procurement.

February 17th 2010

Efficiency Casebook

The Regional Improvement and Efficiency Programme Office has compiled and published an Efficiency Casebook detailing some key examples of RIEP efficiency projects, how they work and why the work is important.

February 15th 2010

NWIEP had the Dragon Factor!

It was Wednesday 10th February and Wigan Council Chamber was filled with tension. Most of the ‘pitchers’ had stayed right until the end to hear whether or not they had been successful. Bosses were on the end of phones waiting to find out if their pet project that would save the region millions of pounds in efficiencies would get funding…