Manchester Council playing ‘pioneering role’ in progressive procurement
Manchester City Council is playing a ‘pioneering role’ in reinvesting spend back into the local economy with its progressive procurement policies, report says.
social value
Social Value – the key role of Commissioning and Procurement
At the Greater Manchester Social Value Network (GMSVN) we are seeking to ensure that social value is embedded in everything that Greater Manchester as a place does. That means social value being at the heart of Greater Manchester strategy and embedded in the DNA of the public sector, businesses and the voluntary and community sector.
Victoria Bettany
Senior Researcher
RESEARCH
Creating a good local economy: the role of anchor institutions
Anchor institutions are crucial to the functioning of our local economies. They bring wealth in the form of jobs and supply chains...
RESEARCH
Living wage and the role of local government
Developed by CLES in collaboration with the Greater Manchester Living Wage campaign this think piece identifies a number of key ro...
