Blog from Paul O'Brien
- April 21, 2008
- The confederates look likely to lose again!
The last two days have brought out into the public domain a story on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) pursuing alleged price fixing cartels operating in the construction industry that has been about for some time.
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- April 12, 2008
- The great reorganisation debate!
Speak at our Northern Region lunch near Blackpool today on the topic of local government reorganisation along with Dennis Cooper and Mark Hammerton from Eversheds. We have an audience of over 30 and it ends up in a really good debate.
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- April 1, 2008
- Weekend in Aviemore!
Travel up to Aviemore for the Scottish Labour Party Conference where we are exhibiting and arrive late on the Friday night - although this turns out to be worthwhile when I manage to get a chat with Harriet Harman at one of the evening events.
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Promoting excellence in public services
APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.
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