This short paper suggests that as councils in Scotland now have an obligation to transfer assets to the community, they need to be more proactive. Are there practical steps they can take to not only overcome the barriers that exist…
I spent a good chunk of time in November and December helping some housing associations with procurement reviews; really interesting bits of work with some great people. To a large extent, we were commissioned for good old fashioned ‘compliance’ reasons:…
Here at MainStreet Consulting, we’re always banging on about trying to do things differently. Whilst lots of companies donate money to worthwhile causes, we decided to do that in our own way. So, this year, we’ve split our charity pot…
I am delighted to announce that MainStreet is now an accredited Living Wage employer. As of late November 2016, we are one of 660 organisations in Scotland committed to ensuring that a fair day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay.…
We are delighted to announce that Janice Flanagan has recently joined MainStreet Consulting as an Assistant Director. She comes to us from Turner & Townsend, where she worked for over 12 years on high profile public and civic sector transformational…
Council Tax reform is the talk of the town. Local and central governments in many towns and cities, in fact, are currently debating reforming the decades-old system that political consensus has now deemed unsustainable. Last week, MainStreet attended one of…
Scotland’s local Government landscape is changing. Next year will bring new policies including welfare, pension, and local tax reforms, procurement legislation, continued health & social care integration and other national policies and legislation that will affect local Government and communities.…
I was with one of our partners last Friday, a former senior manager in a local authority. He told me the story of ‘The Three Letters’, which although apparently well-known, I’d never heard before... A new manager is going through…
MainStreet Consulting is delighted to announce its appointment by Glasgow City Foundation (GCF), a social enterprise with charitable status, to support the Auchinairn Community Hub project. MainStreet will be working with our partners, Arneil Johnston, to develop a structure of…
What is ‘well-being’ and how can it be impacted by quality of place? This was the question raised in “Measuring Well-being for Effective Place Making”, the sixth in a series of symposia hosted by the University of Dundee’s Centre for Environmental Change…