Making trading companies work for your authority. Ft Vivien Holland.
Truth about Local Government · Matt Masters
February 22, 202423m 30s
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Show Notes
Vivien Holland joined Local Partnerships in 2022 as a Project Director with a focus on commercialism in local government. She is an expert in trading companies and we talked through:
- Background – since the legislation changed in 2011 lots of companies have been set up – how they have helped address funding challenges and promote commerciality
- How they have fared – some have been successful, others haven’t
- Why some have gone wrong
- What can be done to guard against failure? Good governance and financial and risk management
- Local Partnerships toolkit and support to help LG avoid failure and promote good commercialism