Revealed: the UK’s top 40 best value days out for summer Partner Content
04 Jul 2022 HR
Revealed: the UK’s top 40 best value days out for summer
The staycation trend is here to stay in 2022, and with the summer holidays just around the corner, families throughout the UK will be looking for fun ways to spend their days for less
Survey reveals generosity of civil service workers on Public Service Day Partner Content
23 Jun 2022 Health & Social Care
Survey reveals generosity of civil service workers on Public Service Day
Public service workers are not only serving the country with distinction but also being the cornerstone of communities
‘Levelling Up’ — delivering the Civil Service’s ‘second headquarters’ in Glasgow Partner Content
17 Jun 2022 Commercial
‘Levelling Up’ — delivering the Civil Service’s ‘second headquarters’ in Glasgow
Melinda Johnson, Commercial Director at the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), outlines how Glasgow’s new office will provide significant opportunities in Scotland’s biggest city
Three ways defence organisations can deliver sustainably Partner Content
14 Jun 2022 Security & Defence
Three ways defence organisations can deliver sustainably
David Jones, PA Consulting's defence and security expert, outlines the crucial and practical steps defence organisations can take to make an impact, changing the public perception to see them as safety, security and justice guardians
Meet The Insolvency Service at Civil Service Live 2022 Partner Content
13 Jun 2022 Finance
Meet The Insolvency Service at Civil Service Live 2022
Visit the stand of government agency The Insolvency Service at Civil Service Live in Edinburgh and London and learn how the investigation and legal teams help deliver economic confidence in the UK
Sir Patrick Vallance celebrates UK COVID-19 Infection Survey success as IQVIA opens its UK HQ Partner Content
08 Jun 2022 Health & Social Care
Sir Patrick Vallance celebrates UK COVID-19 Infection Survey success as IQVIA opens its UK HQ
Government’s chief scientific adviser praises the “world-leading” COVID surveillance programme undertaken by the Office for National Statistics with IQVIA
Delivering data dividends: lessons from the pandemic Partner Content
08 Jun 2022 Analysis
Delivering data dividends: lessons from the pandemic
Data proved to be a pivotal weapon in the fight against Covid-19, but it is vital to draw important lessons from this period to help strengthen the response to future public health challenges. BAE Systems’ Andy Lethbridge chronicles his experiences navigating uncharted waters at the heart of the UK’s pandemic response
National resilience — a new approach Partner Content
24 May 2022 Operational Delivery
National resilience — a new approach
We urgently need to address the misnomer that resilience costs money, says Caroline Field, PA Consulting's national resilience expert
A strong foundation for national resilience Partner Content
10 May 2022 Operational Delivery
A strong foundation for national resilience
Caroline Field, PA National Resilience expert, examines the key areas to focus on to capitalise on the opportunities to improve resilience across the country
How public sector leaders can stop strategies becoming 'shelfware' Partner Content
19 Apr 2022 Operational Delivery
How public sector leaders can stop strategies becoming 'shelfware'
Creating strategy is one challenge — delivering it is another. PA Consulting builds on its experience in the public and private sectors to shed light on a path to developing long-term public sector strategy
Driving social value through the New Prisons Programme Partner Content
12 Apr 2022 Commercial
Driving social value through the New Prisons Programme
The Ministry of Justice’s Sue McElroy and Melissa Dudley sat down with Proxima recently to discuss the department’s prison build programme and how it is driving social value
Building the UK as a digital pioneer Partner Content
05 Apr 2022 Operational Delivery
Building the UK as a digital pioneer
The successful delivery of the National Cyber Strategy requires government, industry and individuals to work together across markets to proactively share risk and opportunity, moving beyond passing risk across contractual boundaries towards collaboration
The government has its limits when it comes to spurring innovation Partner Content
15 Mar 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
The government has its limits when it comes to spurring innovation
Plexal and IBM have found a new way for the private sector to meet the government’s aims of spending more with SMEs and building sovereign technology capability
Delivering reform to transform public procurement Partner Content
14 Mar 2022 Commercial
Delivering reform to transform public procurement
Gareth Rhys Williams, government chief commercial officer, discusses the Government Commercial Function Strategy and how procurement will contribute to government success in the coming years
Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency: creating a better experience for learner drivers to keep roads safe Partner Content
08 Mar 2022 Operational Delivery
Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency: creating a better experience for learner drivers to keep roads safe
PA Consulting discusses its experience working with the DVSA to enhance its supply chain and customer experience
People at the heart of updating government’s legacy systems Partner Content
25 Feb 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
People at the heart of updating government’s legacy systems
Transforming citizen experience requires motivation, close collaboration and communication
Sellafield’s long-term view – a beacon of strategic collaboration in the supply chain Partner Content
23 Feb 2022 Commercial
Sellafield’s long-term view – a beacon of strategic collaboration in the supply chain
Proxima speaks to Susan Lussem, Supply Chain Director at Sellafield, about the importance of transparency and collaboration throughout the supply chain over the long term
Becoming Chartered: The benefit for SMEs bidding on government contracts Partner Content
21 Feb 2022 Commercial
Becoming Chartered: The benefit for SMEs bidding on government contracts
Chief executive of the Management Consultancies Association Tamzen Isacsson discusses the benefits of becoming chartered, with views from the government’s CCO Gareth Rhys Williams
2022: The year that procurement drives significant societal change Partner Content
24 Jan 2022 Commercial
2022: The year that procurement drives significant societal change
Proxima recently sat down with procurement leaders from both the public and private sector, including Simon Tse of the Crown Commercial Service, to discuss the trends to keep an eye on for 2022
Machines advise, people decide Partner Content
18 Jan 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Machines advise, people decide
Machine Learning systems could be enormously valuable in government, but carefully managing the development and operation of those systems is crucial to realising their full potential for the benefit of public services
2022: the year the public sector fights back Partner Content
17 Jan 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
2022: the year the public sector fights back
Tim Skinner, public sector director at NetApp UKI, discusses the challenges organisations face moving into 2022, and also the ways they can overcome these obstacles
A Differentiated Future Partner Content
11 Jan 2022 Operational Delivery
A Differentiated Future
Five key themes have emerged from PA consulting's latest survey, pointing towards a very different Higher Education sector in years to come
Airport fit for Air Force One Partner Content
05 Jan 2022 Operational Delivery
Airport fit for Air Force One
It went off without a hitch, but the logistics of gathering world leaders in Cornwall for the G7 Summit in June 2021 didn't just happen on its own but with the expertise of Costain. Here's how we made Newquay Airport fit for the arrival of President Joe Biden
Artificial intelligence without digital discrimination Partner Content
04 Jan 2022 Digital, Data & Technology
Artificial intelligence without digital discrimination
Machine learning has huge potential to address government challenges but it is accompanied by a unique set of risks. Civica explains the challenges involved in deploying this technology in the public sector, pointing to a less hazardous path