Park life
Involving the community has helped create a country park shortlisted for a national award.
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Local enterprise
Combining a strategic location with public and private investment and the story of a real place has helped create jobs and bring derelict land back into use.
Commercial skills for councils
Local authorities are developing new and innovative ways to generate income, to ensure services are sustainable.
Becoming more commercial
Councillors need to consider carefully the risks of commercial investments – as well as the potential impacts of not investing.
Profit with a purpose
Councils are becoming more commercial, but need to keep social value at the heart of their work