Hybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’
24 Jun Property & Estates

Hybrid working: 60% in office is Scottish Government’s ‘ultimate aim’

FoI documents reveal Scottish Government's office and home-working plans
by Tevye Markson
FCDO perm sec: latest aid cuts ‘easier to handle’ than 2021 reductions
11 Jul Property & Estates
FCDO perm sec: latest aid cuts ‘easier to handle’ than 2021 reductions
MoD and NHS to open joint medical centre at Catterick Garrison
25 Jun Property & Estates
MoD and NHS to open joint medical centre at Catterick Garrison
Homes England to acquire Ripon Barracks from MoD
18 Jun Property & Estates
Homes England to acquire Ripon Barracks from MoD
Places for Growth: Early-stage report floated 60,000 job relocations
26 May 2023 Property & Estates
Places for Growth: Early-stage report floated 60,000 job relocations
Figure is almost three times the number of moves the Cabinet Office eventually settled on
Government emissions fall 35% in five years
21 Apr 2023 Property & Estates
Government emissions fall 35% in five years
But State of the Estate report finds failure to meet target to cut amount of waste generated
‘Maturing’ departments get more control over property spend
17 Apr 2023 Property & Estates
‘Maturing’ departments get more control over property spend
Cabinet Office says departments are now "ready" to take more responsibility for their own spending
Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
28 Mar 2023 Property & Estates
Cabinet Office eyes 25,000 cut to civil service’s London headcount by 2030
Minister admits he has yet to visit department’s second HQ after five months in post
Government hub named 'best public sector workplace in the world'
24 Mar 2023 Property & Estates
Government hub named 'best public sector workplace in the world'
Birmingham hub is only the second public sector building to get the certification
DWP pledges to improve disabled people's experience of benefits system
15 Mar 2023 Property & Estates
DWP pledges to improve disabled people's experience of benefits system
White paper promises to boost "trust and transparency" as Jeremy Hunt announces “biggest change to our welfare system in a decade"
Places for Growth drive to move civil service jobs hits halfway mark
24 Feb 2023 Property & Estates
Places for Growth drive to move civil service jobs hits halfway mark
Cabinet Office flags milestone in decade-long drive to relocate 22,000 civil service roles out of London
Job-cuts bombshell ‘stymied plans to move civil servants out of London’
22 Feb 2023 Property & Estates
Job-cuts bombshell ‘stymied plans to move civil servants out of London’
Unions tell MPs proposals to axe 91,000 staff hit government’s Places for Growth agenda hard
Hybrid working more common among public servants than in private sector
14 Feb 2023 Property & Estates
Hybrid working more common among public servants than in private sector
Half of public servants work from home some or all of the time, ONS survey finds
DWP to close 20 temporary jobcentres
10 Feb 2023 Property & Estates
DWP to close 20 temporary jobcentres
First tranche of closures announced after opening of 194 sites to support Plan for Jobs
No 'regional jobs ceiling' at Treasury's Darlington base but 'accelerator' roles lacking, MPs told
02 Feb 2023 Property & Estates
No 'regional jobs ceiling' at Treasury's Darlington base but 'accelerator' roles lacking, MPs told
IfG researchers praise career opportunities but say accelerator roles are lacking and campus's long-term success is "fragile"
Closure of some departments’ second HQs ‘almost inevitable’, MPs told
31 Jan 2023 Property & Estates
Closure of some departments’ second HQs ‘almost inevitable’, MPs told
Leading public sector academic also questions evidence base for civil service relocations
Gove mangles Places for Growth figures in speech gaffe
27 Jan 2023 Property & Estates
Gove mangles Places for Growth figures in speech gaffe
Levelling up secretary tells conference "20,000 senior posts" have already relocated north
GLD officials to move into HMRC site in Salford
18 Jan 2023 Property & Estates
GLD officials to move into HMRC site in Salford
“Exciting” move will help department become "truly national", perm sec Susanna McGibbon says
Nearly 700 DWP staff take voluntary redundancy amid office-closure programme
16 Jan 2023 Property & Estates
Nearly 700 DWP staff take voluntary redundancy amid office-closure programme
More than 400 jobs still at risk, minister says, while MPs raise concern about loss of specialist skills
‘The hardest decision? Deciding what hybrid working is’: Government property chief Mark Chivers reflects on 2022
23 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
‘The hardest decision? Deciding what hybrid working is’: Government property chief Mark Chivers reflects on 2022
Government’s chief property officer looks back on his highlights from the last year and ongoing challenges
Government's property plans 'in disarray' as 'plague of ageing, inadequate data systems strikes again', MPs warn
21 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
Government's property plans 'in disarray' as 'plague of ageing, inadequate data systems strikes again', MPs warn
Public Accounts Committee questions value for money of hubs programme, and ambitions to raise £2bn through property sales and efficiency savings
Scottish Government pulls plug on swimming pool for civil servants
16 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
Scottish Government pulls plug on swimming pool for civil servants
Union says government did not hold consultation before closing the pool in Edinburgh
'Major projects can boost growth, but picking the right ones isn't simple': IPA boss Nick Smallwood reflects on 2022
15 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
'Major projects can boost growth, but picking the right ones isn't simple': IPA boss Nick Smallwood reflects on 2022
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority chief exec lauds successes like the Birmingham Commonwealth Games and discusses the importance of supporting teams that have been affected by Covid-19 and the cost-of-living crisis
Cabinet Office ‘has questions to answer’ on impact of civil service relocations
14 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
Cabinet Office ‘has questions to answer’ on impact of civil service relocations
NAO staff urge MPs to quiz department on how it will evaluate economic benefits of drive to move jobs out of London
Civil service York hub ‘will open in 2027’
12 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
Civil service York hub ‘will open in 2027’
New base will host Cabinet Office staff including UK Security Vetting officials
National Audit Office boss: ‘We’re not a remote working organisation’
06 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
National Audit Office boss: ‘We’re not a remote working organisation’
Some organisations made "premature" decisions, "boxing themselves into a strategy that they might now be regretting", Gareth Davies says
Welsh Government to review office space with one in 10 civil servants in workplace each day
05 Dec 2022 Property & Estates
Welsh Government to review office space with one in 10 civil servants in workplace each day
Other bodies to be offered space amid plans to become "exemplar for remote working"
Remote working 'wasn’t in DVLA's DNA': boss admits pandemic shortcomings
28 Nov 2022 Property & Estates
Remote working 'wasn’t in DVLA's DNA': boss admits pandemic shortcomings
Huge Swansea presence left agency exposed to local infection rates, Julie Lennard tells MPs