Local Government Asset Management Consultants
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For infrastructure asset managers, Financial Year End (FYE) isn't just a Finance department problem. The data your team provides, condition assessments, maintenance costs, renewal expenditure, and new assets constructed, feeds directly into the council's financial statements, asset registers, and long-term financial plans. Get it right, and your council presents credible, audit-ready financials. Get it wrong, and you're looking at valuation adjustments, write-offs, or worse.

Optimising Council Budget Allocation with Power BI Asset Analytics. Power BI allows councils to turn existing asset data into practical insights that support better financial decisions. Instead of relying on static reports, disconnected spreadsheets, or manual summaries, councils can build interactive dashboards that reveal where investment is needed most and what the likely consequences are if funding is delayed.

Last month, I shared some thoughts on using Power BI to boost community engagement and communication in councils. The response was fantastic (thank you!) I received many questions from councils wanting to know the practical 'how-to' steps for implementing these ideas. So, for this month's blog post, I've written a comprehensive, step-by-step guide that walks you through exactly how to build a community engagement dashboard in Power BI, from preparing your data to publishing i

Community engagement is the foundation of effective local governance. When residents feel heard and informed, trust in local councils increases, participation in civic life grows, and decisions are better aligned with the needs of the community. One powerful, and often underutilised tool is Microsoft’s data visualisation and business intelligence platform, Power BI.