Issue 54

ACCA is helping its members acquire the skills to provide effective corporate governance, as Heather Morris explains.

Richard Harbord explores how the role of a local authority director of finance has evolved.

The Scottish Executive appears determined to introduce a more efficient and possibly streamlined public sector in Scotland. David Scott examines how this might be achieved.

Why are so many senior public sector positions being filled by recruits from the private sector? Wht skills do such recruits require - and bring with them? What does it mean for the public sector as a whole? Paul Gosling sets out to find some answers.

In 2003 the Government launched its three-year Communities Plan to promote and inspire urban regeneration. With the clock ticking Seamus Ward examines what progress has been made.

The public sector's approach to children has been forced to change significantly. Jill Wyatt finds out how those at the centre of these changes are coping.

Andy Wynne explains why much of the public sector is accepting raising the retirement age in return for the protection of pension provision.

Could the Whitehall departments at the heart of central government soon be subjected to a form of CPA, wonders David Walker.

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