Karen Reid: Last News

Perth and Kinross Council ’s new chief executive takes up his new role on Monday, November 1.

Perth and Kinross Council has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.

Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.Perth and Kinross Council bosses have agreed to pay a company based in England more than £14,000 to help in its search for a new chief executive.The local authority’s most recent chief executive Karen Reid left her post in January this year having announced her departure earlier the previous year.Executive director of housing and environment Barbara Renton has been acting as interim chief executive since Ms Reid left to become chief executive of NHS Education for Scotland.Council bosses invited applications for the vacant chief executive role earlier this year but announced in April they had failed to appoint a replacement.Now they have decided to

Perth and Kinross Council has failed to appoint a new chief executive. It is understood the top job at the council will be readvertised after the Scottish Parliament elections in May.The role was advertised earlier this year following Karen Reid’s departure to become chief executive of NHS Education for Scotland on February 1.The deadline for applications closed on February 15.It had been hoped - following a rigorous selection process - a candidate would have been appointed following an interview at the end of March.

Perth and Kinross Council is seeking a new chief executive. The successful applicant will be paid a six-figure sum to take the helm of the local authority.The vacancy has arisen following the current chief executive’s appointment as the new chief executive of NHS Education for Scotland (NES).

Perth and Kinross Council leader Murray Lyle has defended a decision to allow three members of senior management to move to a higher pay grade.

Perth and Kinross are being asked to have their say on next year’s council budget.

Perth and Kinross Council has urged residents to “play their part” in helping the area exit level three coronavirus restrictions. Perth and Kinross continues under Strategic Framework Level three until at least next week, following First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement on Tuesday.

Pitlochry. Karen Reid said her staff are now looking at other options to develop a space for markets and other events to be held in the town that do not require the landowner’s “explicit agreement”.She made the remarks after members of a sub-group of the council’s policy and resources committee questioned a recommendation to re-allocate a six-figure sum set aside for the scheme.Health staff experience "busiest week since April" dealing with COVID patientsA report published before the group’s most recent meeting explained the sum was part of a larger £1.983 million grant gifted to the council by the Scottish Government last year to spend on sprucing up town centres.

A councillor has suggested the leader of the local authority ought to “seriously consider his position” after two colleagues he accused of breaching a code of conduct were cleared by investigators.

Perth and Kinross Council’s chief executive has said she wants to build on the kindness residents have shown during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Centres providing support for the most vulnerable members of society will be set up by Perth and Kinross Council.

Perth and Kinross Council’s chief executive has announced the council plans to move away from emergency powers from August 17.Karen Reid and her executive team have had the power to make emergency decisions during the coronavirus pandemic.Breadalbane Academy's award for enterpriseAt this week’s virtual meeting of the full council (June 24), Ms Reid said if there was no resurgence of COVID-19, PKC would move back to full democratic decision-making from August 17.At the previous meeting of the full council on May 20, councillors agreed to continue with emergency powers until September 30 but to also suspend them at the earliest opportunity.On Wednesday, Ms Reid told councillors: “Given the positive information we are receiving from the

Residents in Perth and Kinross have been told they have a key role in making sure the region emerges stronger from the coronavirus crisis.