Against the trend here is news of a new bus service. Lothian Buses have begun a service running from George IV Bridge down Causewayside, Liberton Brae and on out to IKEA and Easter Bush. The last destination is the clue. It is a service part subsidised by Edinburgh University and, although designed for students initially it is a public service for anyone. It provides a welcome addition to the Pott...

Westminster City Council's benefit service is failing vulnerable people who need its help, according to the independent Audit Commission which gave the service only one star (on a range of none to three) and told the council to make improvements. The service is run by Capita. Inspection of the service in March this year discovered that people making new claims have to wait over a month, on av...

How does the Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC define a service concession? *** Service concession Article 1.4 of the Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC defines a service concession in the following way: 4. ‘Service concession’ is a contract of the same type as a public service contract except for the fact that the consideration for the provision of services consists either solely in the ...

A national flu service will be launched later this week in a bid to relieve the pressure on the health service.

The BBC's World Service is to receive an extra £2.2m per year over the next three years from the government to secure its Arabic service.

The Waveney branch of UKIP attended the Remembrance Day service at Lowestoft yesterday and chairman, Jack Tyler, laid a wreath. John Woodhead, the branch treasurer, said about 1,000 people attended the service which is an amazing turnout for a Remembrance Day service. There are some high resolution pictures of the service on the UKIP East website. I attended the Remembrance Day service in Aqueduct...

As part of its drive to increase self-service, the Royal Mail is delivering enhanced online customer service through ‘Ask Sarah’, a new intelligent web self-service system.

The Community Service Orders 2011 Every young person to do 50 hours compulsory community service by the time they reach the age of 19. Writing in the News of the World, Gordon Brown has said: "It is my ambition to create a Britain in which there is a clear expectation that all young people will undertake some service to their community, and where community service will become a normal part of grow...

The improved rail service between Bristol Temple Meads and Avonmouth has unfortunately led to a reduced service to Severn Beach. The previous level of service was unreliable, but the new schedule, with two hour gaps at times, simply is impractical. Despite Severn Beach being just outside a congested city, we are being denied an alternative form of transport due to the lack of a regular reliable

A new text messaging service has now been launched in Flintshire. The ‘TXT Flintshire’ text messaging service is for young people, parents and those who work with them. Through this free service, those signed up will be able to receive up to date news and information on events happening in Flintshire that might interest them.