Vivien Holland joined Local Partnerships in 2022 as a Project Director with a focus on commercialism in local government. She is an expert in trading companies and we talked through:

• Background – since the legislation changed in 2011 lots of companies have been set up – how they have helped address funding challenges and promote commerciality
• How they have fared – some have been successful, others haven’t
• Why some have gone wrong
• What can be done to guard against failure? Good governance and financial and risk management
• Local Partnerships toolkit and support to help LG avoid failure and promote good commercialism