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by Tim Davies  What’s just happened Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) decided earlier this week to drop their appealagainst an ICO rulingthat they should release in full a 2015 ‘Value for Money’ analysis carried out just before they signed a revised contact with Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) for building the Javelin Park Incinerator (which we’ve been …

Read moreHow to increase your contract costs by 30% by negotiating in secret

After just a few weeks in post, I can’t contain my excitement about Community R4C and all it stands for. Our aspirations are huge, and our potential to achieve them is growing by the day. What started as a revolt against a proposed incinerator has become an incredible positive force for change. Not only are …

Read moreDirector’s Blog #1

Posted by Tom Jarman: On 29th April, I was very pleased to be part of the TALKING RUBBISH seminar which took place at the University of Gloucestershire campus in Cheltenham and was attended by about 150 people. Other speakers included Mike Brown of environmental consultancy Eunomia and Simon Kenton of community motivators, Resource Futures. However, …

Read moreJonathon Porritt gives 8 principles for the decision makers

Thanks to all of you who have already invested. We’re off to a fantastic start. Read what the Stroud News & Journal has to say here

The Stroud News & Journal has just published an article about the share offer launch. Click here to read article. … and so has Stroud Life. Read their article here.  

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