Councils wake up to property savings as austerity era dawns

摘要

Why does your local police force not share offices with your district council or the ambulance service? Because, until now, they have not been obliged to.But research published today by DTZ shows that public bodies are increasingly keen to share property. Eighty-two per cent of the 112 public property chiefs questioned believe "significant money" can be made by sharing assets with other public bodies (graph 1).