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20 October 2026·Business planning
I went looking for every LATCo business plan in England. Here's what I found.
Findings from 244 council-owned trading companies and 62 documents: only one in five publish a plan, most are strong on purpose but thin on numbers and KPIs, and too many are approved after the year has started. Part 1 of the three-part series Inside the LATCo business plan.
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30 July 2026·Strategy
What Local Authority Trading Companies are actually for
LATCos let councils operate with commercial discipline while serving a public purpose. Beyond the headlines about failures, well-run trading companies generate returns for communities and grow public-sector talent.
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23 July 2026·Governance
134 becomes 38: What local government reorganisation really means for your LATCo
England’s councils are consolidating into new unitary authorities. What that means for trading companies — and why LATCo boards should prepare now, before shadow authorities take control in 2027–28.
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