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Major capital projects in councils
Our follow-up report on Major capital investments in councils was published in January 2016. It found that councils have taken a range of actions and display aspects… - /about-us/work-with-us/graduates/tips-and-hints-on-what-to-expect-if-you-apply
Tips and hints on what to expect if you apply
Our graduate trainee recruitment and selection process has been carefully designed to give you as much opportunity as possible to show your skills and qualities relevant to our… - /key-people
Key people
Chairs and Controllers of Audit from the past 40 years. Chairman Rt Hon Tom Fraser - 1974-79 Harry G Munro - 1979-83 Professor John R Small - 1983-92… - /changing-roles
Changing roles
Over the years, the Commission’s key role in providing assurance that councils were spending public money correctly went largely unnoticed. But it made headlines in the 1980s… - /early-days
Early days
A new body to represent councils, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA), was also set up in 1975 from four previous organisations.Another challenge for the… - /the-first-challenges
The first challenges
It all started with one man in a small old Scottish Tourist Board office and a secretary, both on loan from the civil service. James Dargie, the first Controller of Audit,… - /40-years-timeline
40 years timeline
A look at some of the Commission's key events from the past 40 years. 1974 - 2015 1974 - The Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland established the Local…
