Author name: Paul Gosling

Northern Ireland’s Giant headache: Local Government Chronicle

  Northern Ireland’s Giant headache   by Paul Gosling   According to myth, the Giant’s Causeway on Northern Ireland’s Antrim coast was built by Irish titan Finn McCool so that his Scottish rival Benandonner could cross for them to do battle. Given the role of Scots settlers in forming Ulster’s unionism – which still takes

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Clusters – driving sustainable growth: Think magazine

  Clusters – driving sustainable growth   By Paul Gosling   “Cluster development initiatives are an important new direction in economic policy, building on earlier efforts in macroeconomic stabilization, privatization, market opening, and reducing the costs of doing business,” argues Professor Michael Porter of Harvard University. By placing the analysis and promotion of industrial clusters

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Two chief executives for the price of one: Health Service Review

  Beyond Section 31   by Paul Gosling   Joint social care commissioning by PCTs and local authorities have blossomed under so-called ‘Section 31 Agreements’. But Section 31 of the 1999 Health Act increasingly seems to be just the start of a longer journey to broader and closer integration of what have historically been very

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