Reports and internal publications

Client collaboration and stronger pipelines of work are key to solving an intractable workforce recruitment problem that continues to plague the industry, finds Mark Smulian

Civil Service World

New tricks
To deliver public services through third parties, civil servants need to acquire better commercial skills. Mark Smulian attended a Civil Service World round table discussing how, and where, they should be developed

Buy bargains, counter calamities
The government has repeatedly come a cropper when outsourcing work, but the number of outsourced projects is only going to grow. Mark Smulian attends a round table on how the civil service can become a shrewder customer

Buying from the boutiques
The government is eager to increase the amount of goods and services it buys from small and medium-sized enterprises. Mark Smulian attends a round table on the opportunities, the challenges – and the solutions

Towering ambition
Across government, information technology and procurement professionals are contemplating a dramatic shift in the way IT services are managed. Mark Smulian listens in at a round table on the concept of 'tower services'

Roundtable: A secret gathering
As the government deals with more digital information and online services, its traditional ways of managing data security are looking outdated. Mark Smulian reports on a Civil Service World round table debating the issues.

Spending to save
A recent Civil Service World round table debated how new kinds of payment systems could be used to advance the personalisation agenda, and how localism presents new challenges for cost control. Mark Smulian reports

Inside Housing

Built to adapt

How can the demand for more homes be fulfilled against the backdrop of a continually uncertain policy picture? Inside Housing and H+H brought together a panel of development experts to consider possible answers to this tricky question.

Local Government Chronicle

Trust lies at the heart of hybrid working

The revolution in working practices caused by the pandemic raises challenging questions but treating staff like adults will help ensure good outcomes. By Mark Smulian

Supporting local businesses through economic uncertainty

Helping local independents can improve the resilience of town centres as national chain stores stumble.
By Mark Smulian

How analytics, data and insight can transform social care

Data can facilitate early intervention and prevention while salvaging council’s finances, Mark Smulian reports.

Changing up a gear without taking a fall
Whether its big projects that capture the headlines or small-scale change on the ground, innovation can provide answers to austerity. But being prepared to learn from, and communicate with, others around you is critical. Mark Smulian reports

Greatest influences on local government pensions
LGC convened a round table in July to identify the 'top 10' who have made an 'outstanding contribution' to local government pensions over the past 25 years. Mark Smulian reports

Necessity proves the mother of invention
It might seem counterintuitive in the current economic climate, but there is notable optimism about. Mark Smulian reports

Rebuilding before the storm passes
As authorities get to grips with deep cuts, the work of building new public service models begins. Mark Smulian reports from LGC's roundtable in association with Serco

Cutting to the quick: beyond 2015
While local government has dug deep to limit the effects of cuts on services, will a further round of reductions from 2015 be the breaking point that triggers a public backlash? Mark Smulian reports on LGC's roundtable in association with Newton Europe

Welfare reforms face tough questions
The sector is deeply unprepared for sweeping changes to welfare, while experts worry that 'too much, too soon' reforms will have unintended effects, as Mark Smulian found at the LGC Civica Question Time debate.

Service in the mix
Roundtable sponsored by Serco - is the era of single solutions to councils' service provision over?

What is the best way forward from here?
The only certainty for local government is change. LGC and PwC's round table set out to weigh up the options, writes Mark Smulian

Making sense from messiness
LGC and Ernst & Young's roundtable explored how the sector can tackle uncertainty and upheaval, writes Mark Smulian

Planning magazine

Drivers Jonas Deloitte housing market round table, for Planning magazine

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