Private arrangement means business

摘要

Two years ago, Milton Keynes Council signed a partnership deal with HBS Business Services. Sean Hanson charts its progress and the challenges which lie ahead Next year, Milton Keynes turns 40, and it's hard to deny the city's extraordinary development and continuing commitment to improvement. The rate of growth of MK presents opportunities, but also exceptional challenges to the council and to its strategic private partner, HBS Business Services. HBS joined forces with Milton Keynes in 2004, signing a 12-year contract. Coming from a local government background, where I had worked since 1988, my first impression of the city was that it was larger' than it first appeared, particularly in terms of its needs, and had distinct inner-city traits.