‘Sensitive and highly functional’: Historic Whitehall building wins accessibility accolade
01 May Property & Estates

‘Sensitive and highly functional’: Historic Whitehall building wins accessibility accolade

DSIT HQ wins award following refurb which included introduction of power-assisted doors, step free-access, accessible showers and changing rooms and universal single-sex toilets
by Tevye Markson
Cabinet Office reports £450m savings from greener public buildings
28 Apr Property & Estates
Cabinet Office reports £450m savings from greener public buildings
ONS office attendance rules to be relaxed
08 Apr Property & Estates
ONS office attendance rules to be relaxed
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
27 Mar Property & Estates
Scrap 60% office mandate, union demands amid rising living costs
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