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• South Ayrshire Council publish spend data on spotlightonspend
  South Ayrshire Council has taken steps to becoming more transparent by publishing information on spending over £1,000 via Spikes Cavell's transparency platform, spotlightonspend.
• Government Spending Analytics Provider Uses Cloud to Scale Solution, Expand Overseas
  To ensure rapid development and gain the scalability it needed to handle widespread adoption of its new product - spotlightonspend - Spikes Cavell chose to host the solution on Windows Azure.
• East Lothian Council publish spend data on spotlightonspend
  East Lothian Council is taking part in a Scottish Government initiative to publish information on spending over £1,000 via Spikes Cavell's transparency platform, spotlightonspend.
• Argyll and Bute Council spotlightonspend case study
  A case study is now available to download on Argyll and Bute Councils participation in a Scottish Government initiative to publish information on spending over £1,000.
• East Ayrshire Council's spotlightonspend cases study
  East Ayrshire Council has taken part in a Scottish Government initiative to publish information on spending over £1,000 using Spikes Cavell's spotlightonspend as the platform of choice.

Latest Press Releases

• Wolverhampton City Council puts a Spotlight on spending of £500 and over
  Wolverhampton City Council go live with spotlightonspend, an online transparency platform, designed to radically improve the accessibility, relevance and value of Government spend information to the general public.
• Britain's Most Transparent Council Reveals Detailed Spending
  Hammersmith & Fulham Council publishes even more detailed information on its spending with suppliers and contractors
• Reading Borough Council are now live on spotlightonspend
  Reading Borough Council has gone live with spotlightonspend with and their spend information is available to be viewed monthly and by the last financial year.
• Shepway District Council go live on spotlightonspend
  Shepway District Council Becomes the First Authority in the East Kent Cluster to Go Live with spotlightonspend to Deliver Meaningful Spending Transparency to Local Citizens and Businesses
• Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Deploy spotlightonspend
  Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Becomes the First Authority in the Mid Kent Group to Deploy spotlightonspend for Greater Transparency on Public Spending
• Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Deploys spotlightonspend for Greater Transparency on Public Spending
  Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council has deployed spotlightonspend, an online transparency platform, designed to radically improve the accessibility, relevance and value of Government spend information to the general public.
• Cherwell District Council Deploys spotlightonspend as Part of Transparency Spending Initiative
  Cherwell District Council has become the latest local authority to adopt spotlightonspend, an online transparency platform, designed to radically improve the accessibility, relevance and value of Government spend information to the general public.
• Worthing Borough Council Deploys spotlightonspend as Part of National Transparency Spend Initiative
  Worthing Borough Council has become the latest local authority to adopt spotlightonspend, an online transparency platform, designed to radically improve the accessibility, relevance and value of Government spend information to the general public.

In the News

• Tunbridge Wells Borough Council First in mid-kent to deploy spotlightonspend
  mynewsdesk: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council Becomes the First Authority in the Mid Kent Group to Deploy spotlightonspend for Greater Transparency on Public Spending
• Tunbridge Wells, Transparency on Spend
  Tunbridge Wells Borough Council has now made it even easier to see where the Council spends tax payers money with a dedicated transparency page.
• Spikes Cavell: Cherwell District Council Deploys spotlightonspend as Part of Transparency Spending Initiative
  mynewsdesk: Cherwell District Council has become the latest local authority to adopt spotlightonspend
• Worthing Borough Council spending from April 2009 - March 2010
  WORTHING Borough Council has released a breakdown of its spending as part of a new scheme to boost the transparency of local government.
• Worthing Borough Council Deploys spotlightonspend as Part of National Transparency Spend Initiative
  spotlightonspend enables Council to publish readily digestible and accessible spend data on purchases over £500 in line with Government’s transparency plans.
• publictechnology.net : Worthing Borough Council Deploys spotlightonspend to meet transparency targets
  Worthing Borough Council says a recent software purchase will put it in a much stronger position to meet the Transparency Agenda, which obliges Town Halls to put all transactions above £500 in value in the public domain.
• Cherwell District Council publishes its spending online
  Cherwell District Council has published everything over £500 in line with the government's transparency plans. Source: BBC
• Residents can now see how much Brighton Council spends
  Residents can see exactly what their council is spending their money on from today. Brighton and Hove City Council are publishing their data on spotlightonspend.