Annual Reports
HA: The Highways Agency is highlighting the important role that sustainable development plays in helping to move society towards a low carbon future with the publication of their Sustainable Development Plan, which seeks to make sustainable development central to the way the Agency and its partners operate.
For example, an innovative waste & materials procurement strategy developed on the M25 widening scheme between junctions 16 & 23 resulted in over £15m being saved by recycling over 70% of waste produced on site and finding new uses for imported waste materials.
FOS: The independent review into the Financial Ombudsman Service by the National Audit Office (NAO) has been published in full. The review follows a 6 months' assessment by the NAO of the efficiency of the ombudsman service's operations.
FSA: The Food Standards Agency has started the regular publication of audit reports of approved meat plants in England, Scotland & Wales. This marks the beginning of routine publication of these reports, in line with the FSA's commitment to transparency. More than 200 audit reports were published last week. These cover all audits that have been completed since 1 November 2011. From now on, audit reports will be issued at the end of each month (about 200 each month).
AS: Shetland Islands Council has made good progress in implementing its improvement plan. However aspects of financial management continue to be of significant concern. The Commission has issued its findings in response to a report by the Controller of Audit at Audit Scotland.
NIESR: Last week saw the launch of the EUROFRAME Group’s latest report giving GDP and inflation projections for the euro area to 2013. The report also contains projections of key economic variables for the major EU countries.
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