Predictions of the growth of social enterprise and its expanding role in taking on the delivery of more public services have not been realised. The Office of the Third Sector, which is part of the Cabinet Office, commissioned research to find out why growth had stalled and why new people had not been attracted to the sector. The research concluded that there is very little awareness of the sector and high levels of confusion about the difference between a charity and a social enterprise. 

After almost half a century of service, coin-operated parking meters are being removed by Westminster City Council and they will finally disappear early next year. Pay by Phone parking was first introduced two years ago and it currently handles almost 100,000 transactions per week.
Motorists can now pay for their parking via a mobile phone call or text when using any of the council’s 8,500 parking bays across central London. 

The Freight Transport Association has published a guide to the eleven potential road pricing schemes which have been promoted by the Department for Transport. Some schemes are intended to be developed by local authorities for specific areas, and may be a pre-cursor to the creation of a national road pricing scheme in the longer term.
The Association has identified a number of essential conditions that must be fulfilled in order for any scheme to gain its support.