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When I first joined the sector, August was sold as a quieter time and, except from the occasional slipped-out government consultation, a time for a much needed catch up.
Not so this August. Why? In April a lot of people chose to wait and see, keep their heads down or just come to terms with a radically different environment. However, the autumn is local authority budget setting and with 31 March 2012 D-day for a number of planned initiatives, suddenly things need to be done (or already should have been done). On the community side staycations and weeks off at home seem to have kept activity up. Read more »
