A new white paper has analysed how organisations can better protect themselves against cyber attack by prioritising the FM role.

New government figures on public spending have revealed that the north of England has seen the biggest cuts in spending over the past five years.
Despite the Treasury maintaining that each English region is funded fairly, the figures show that spending in the north has fallen by £696 million in real terms since 2012, while the south of England has seen an increase of £7 billion.

Local authorities and central government departments procured contracts worth £723 million between July and September 2017.

Millions of rural residents receive almost half of funding for their public services compared to their neighbours in England’s largest cities.
The statistics have led to calls for an end to the ‘postcode lottery’ of government funding and for a new deal for county areas.
Collectively, England’s 37 county areas received £3.2 billion less than the English average this year.

Cardiff has taken a major step to become a smart city and reduce its carbon footprint by installing 14,000 connected LED streetlights.

Care leavers across Lancashire are now exempt from paying council tax thanks to an award-winning campaign.

Closer joint working across the Derby and Nottingham Metro area could provide an £11 billion boost to the local economy, new report says.

Liverpool City Council is to take back control of maintaining the city’s highways by ending its contract with Amey.
A report to the council’s cabinet is to recommend that the nine-year contract for the delivery of highways services be closed in the New Year as part of a drive to deliver 390 million of savings over the next three years due to government cuts.
If approved, the council and Amey will complete the exit by the end of January 2018.

The UK is to see its biggest ever increase in research and development investment and a new fund to transform transport within city regions nationwide.