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13/09/2019Boris Johnson vows to give more power to the Northern Powerhouse regions

Boris Johnson has pledged his support for the Northern Powerhouse and for further devolution deals, alongside announcing the creation of a new growth body with powers to bring together major organisations in the region. Giving a speech in Sout more >

12/09/2019Government pledges £62m funding to improve flood defences

Government has pledged £62m funding to improve flood defences across England, with more than 9,000 homes set to benefit from the improvements. Environment secretary Theresa Villiers announced the new round of investment into flood defenc more >

12/09/2019Dorset County public sector pension fund valued at more than £3bn

A public sector pension fund in the county of Dorset has risen to a value of £3bn for the first time, having seen a 5% rise from the start of the previous financial year. The Dorset County Pension Fund serves more than 71,000 public sect more >

13/09/2019Boris Johnson vows to give more power to the Northern Powerhouse regions

Boris Johnson has pledged his suppo... more >

12/09/2019Government pledges £62m funding to improve flood defences

Government has pledged £62m f... more >

12/09/2019Dorset County public sector pension fund valued at more than £3bn

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12/09/2019Investing in Newport’s infrastructure

With £1bn available to solve the area's traffic issues, Debbie Wilcox, leader of Newport City Council, discusses balancing improvements to the M4 motorway with the interests of Newport itself.

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10/09/2019Building a better connected South Yorkshire

With the new Sheffield City Region Integrated Rail Plan joining the region's official Transport Strategy this summer, Dan Jarvis, mayor of Sheffield City Region, discusses his exciting plans for transforming transport in South Yorkshire.

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05/09/2019Ushering in the future with smart cities

Andrew Smith, Crown Commercial Service category lead - technology solutions, talks about how the CCS can support the development of smart cities and help modernise public sector procurement practices.

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03/09/2019Medway’s blueprint for transformation

Cllr Adrian Gulvin, Medway Council’s portfolio holder for resources, outlines why the local authority in the south-east has invested £35m in a town centre shopping centre.

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29/08/2019Keep it local: unlocking the power of community

Tony Armstrong, chief executive of Locality, argues why we must move away from the scale and standardisation of public services and instead ‘Keep it Local’ to prosper from community collaboration.

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27/08/2019Stabilising Northamptonshire County Council

Theresa Grant, chief executive of Northamptonshire County Council, shares the authority’s remarkable journey from financial crisis to delivering a balanced budget, and discusses the road still ahead.

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22/08/2019Generating growth with the Grimsby town deal

Something is stirring in the north of England. Philip Jackson, leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, explains what’s occurring and how it’s caught the eye of Government and the private sector.

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20/08/2019Building Bolton’s NHS workforce

Mark O’Reilly, project director at Bolton College of Medical Sciences (BCMS), discusses how the local partnership is setting out to train the next generation with the use of a new £30m vocational training centre.

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15/08/2019Growing in confidence: Meeting the targets of Apprenticeship Levy

Debbie Rayfield, corporate apprenticeship manager at Sefton Council, discusses her role within the council’s Apprenticeship Team and the challenges that can be faced meeting the targets of the Apprenticeship Levy.

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14/08/2019TechnologyOne: Setting the foundation for shared service success

Anwen Robinson, UK Operating Officer at TechnologyOne - an enterprise SaaS company - explains why adopting an enterprise vision is key to long-term benefit

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13/08/2019Unlocking the door for customers and suppliers

Simon Tse, chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service, discusses how the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK is changing. For some time the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the trading fund of the Cabinet Office, rightly focused...

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06/08/2019TechnologyOne: The shared services boom

Is austerity really over? Even if it is, that doesn’t mark the end of shared services for local government. Anwen Robinson, UK Operating Officer at TechnologyOne explains.

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01/08/2019 East Sussex GVA up by 23% in seven years

INVESTMENT in East Sussex has been credited for the creation of more than 2,000 jobs in the last five years.

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31/07/2019£25m Flood Risk Management Scheme for Carlisle is underway

Project to better protect more than 1,600 homes and businesses in Cumbria.

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29/07/2019Celebrating a decade of local government shared service success

Anwen Robinson, UK Operating Officer at TechnologyOne celebrates a decade of shared service agreements and the savings they have brought to UK local government.

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23/07/2019Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall get £3m funding for flood measures

Three projects chosen to receive up to £700,000 each to boost research to better protect homes and businesses from flooding.

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13/09/2019Boris Johnson vows to give more power to the Northern Powerhouse regions

12/09/2019Government pledges £62m funding to improve flood defences

Government has pledged £62m funding to improve flood defences across England, with more than 9,000 homes set to benefit from the improvements. Environment secretary Theresa Villiers annou more >

12/09/2019Dorset County public sector pension fund valued at more than £3bn

A public sector pension fund in the county of Dorset has risen to a value of £3bn for the first time, having seen a 5% rise from the start of the previous financial year. The Dorset Count more >

12/09/2019Cornwall Council outlines £12m spend on spaceport

Cornwall Council have outlined their proposals to go before councillors, asking for approval of £12m funding to support Spaceport Cornwall – the project to build the UK’s first hor more >

12/09/2019Investing in Newport’s infrastructure

With £1bn available to solve the area's traffic issues, Debbie Wilcox, leader of Newport City Council, discusses balancing improvements to the M4 motorway with the interests of Newport itself. more >

11/09/2019Three Tyneside councils set to finalise their plan to improve air quality

Newcastle, Gateshead and North Tyneside councils are set to submit their plan to tackle the air quality of the region following government direction. Cabinet meetings are to be held this month in or more >

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02/09/2019Northern Powerhouse Partner aims to connect the North once again

In February this year, official Northern Powerhouse Partner, Cognitive Publishing, delivered EvoNorth 2019. The two day event was designed to amplify and highlight future developments the region has to offer - uniting leaders responsible for fuelling the Northern Powerhouse agenda, including more >

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17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

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17/12/2018Digital innovation in the public sector: The future is now

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05/11/2018New Dorset Councils CEO on the creation of a new unitary: ‘This is going to be the right decision for Dorset’

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15/10/2018Keeping the momentum of the Northern Powerhouse

On 6 September, the biggest decision-makers o... more >

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13/09/2019Boris Johnson vows to give more power to the Northern Powerhouse regions

12/09/2019Government pledges £62m funding to improve flood defences

12/09/2019Dorset County public sector pension fund valued at more than £3bn

13/09/2019Boris Johnson vows to give more power to the Northern Powerhouse regions

12/09/2019Government pledges £62m funding to improve flood defences

12/09/2019Dorset County public sector pension fund valued at more than £3bn

public sector focus

12/09/2019Investing in Newport’s infrastructure

10/09/2019Building a better connected South Yorkshire

05/09/2019Ushering in the future with smart cities

03/09/2019Medway’s blueprint for transformation

29/08/2019Keep it local: unlocking the power of community

27/08/2019Stabilising Northamptonshire County Council

22/08/2019Generating growth with the Grimsby town deal

20/08/2019Building Bolton’s NHS workforce

15/08/2019Growing in confidence: Meeting the targets of Apprenticeship Levy

14/08/2019TechnologyOne: Setting the foundation for shared service success

13/08/2019Unlocking the door for customers and suppliers

06/08/2019TechnologyOne: The shared services boom

01/08/2019 East Sussex GVA up by 23% in seven years

31/07/2019£25m Flood Risk Management Scheme for Carlisle is underway

29/07/2019Celebrating a decade of local government shared service success

23/07/2019Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall get £3m funding for flood measures

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13/09/2019Boris Johnson vows to give more power to the Northern Powerhouse regions

12/09/2019Government pledges £62m funding to improve flood defences

12/09/2019Dorset County public sector pension fund valued at more than £3bn

12/09/2019Cornwall Council outlines £12m spend on spaceport

12/09/2019Investing in Newport’s infrastructure

11/09/2019Three Tyneside councils set to finalise their plan to improve air quality

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02/09/2019Northern Powerhouse Partner aims to connect the North once again

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17/12/2018Artificial intelligence: the devil is in the data

17/12/2018Digital innovation in the public sector: The future is now

05/11/2018New Dorset Councils CEO on the creation of a new unitary: ‘This is going to be the right decision for Dorset’

15/10/2018Keeping the momentum of the Northern Powerhouse

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21/06/2019Peter Kyle MP: It’s time to say thank you this Public Service Day

19/06/2019How community-led initiatives can help save the housing shortage

19/06/2019Aberdeen's green transport fleet attracting international attention

13/06/2019A fifth of public sector workers have never received a thank you from the people they serve

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