Posted on 17th November 2023
Royal Portrait update
After many months of silence, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has written to qualifying local authority Chief Executives, about the publicised free, framed portraits, of His Majesty The King. The letter contains details of how to apply, including a link to the supplier organisation, Cubiquity Limited. Read more
Posted on 13th August 2023
LGiU call for nominations
You will know that NACO runs a biennial award scheme to recognise good practice in civic office, but here is an opportunity for you to nominate your civic head for an award, run by LGiU. Read more
Posted on 15th July 2023
Training Day & AGM 2024
It is time to ink a date into your diary - our Online Training Day and AGM will take place on Wednesday 6 March 2024. We will once again work with Cartwright Communications to get the technology right and will soon begin to plan the content. Read more
Posted on 26th June 2023
A gong for 'Lovely Jim'
Our hearty congratulations to our Vice Chair, Jim Babbington, (or should we say James Keith Babbington OBE) who was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the King’s Birthday Honours List for ‘Services to the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll. Read more
Posted on 17th May 2023
Important date coming soon
Just as the Coronation and elections are done and Annual Meetings are your focus, you might be looking forward to quieter times, BUT do you know that 22 June is 'Windrush Day' and that 2023 is the 75th anniversary of the arrival of 'Empire Windrush' in 1948? Read more