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Awards will highlight the work of a variety of private sector organisations that partner with the NHS to deliver improved patient outcomes and cost-effective care
Architects and construction firms are invited to enter a new awards scheme designed to recognise private sector organisations that work behind the scenes to help the NHS deliver better and
Continue reading New HSJ Partnership Awards will recognise inspirational architects and construction firms that are helping to transform the NHS
76% of UK CEOs are concerned about cyber threats
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Just over half (53%) of local authorities across the UK are prepared to deal with a cyber attack according to research by PwC.
While the latest PwC Global CEO survey found that 76% of UK CEOs are concerned about cyber threats,
Continue reading Half of local authorities across the UK are unprepared to deal with a cyber attack: PwC Research
Mark Smith, CEO and Founder of Support Revolution
25 November 2015, is a memorable date for most Public Sector Executives, although not for the right reasons, writes Mark Smith, CEO of SAP and Oracle software support specialist Support Revolution.
Less than 18 months ago, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, set
Continue reading Public Sector Executives Countdown to 2020 … and the clock’s ticking
MD of Bloom, (Formerly Nepro Ltd) Rob Levene
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
There has been much debate about the serious impact changes to off-payroll tax rules (IR35) will have on the public sector and contractors alike. The MD of Bloom, (Formerly Nepro Ltd) Rob Levene, argues that the changes present the public sector with
Continue reading Leading procurement advisers outline how changes to off-payroll taxes could give the public sector an opportunity to deliver better procurement practices all around
Simon Terry CEO at 4C Associates
Westminster City Council is partnering with International management and procurement consultancy, 4C Associates, to launch Symbiance, the first company of its kind dedicated to helping local and central Government, and public sector organisations make significant financial benefits.
Over the last three years, Westminster City Council’s procurement team
Continue reading Westminster City Council in joint venture to help public sector organisations
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The EEM Supply Chain Showcase takes place in Nottingahm on 29 & 30 September 2016.
EEM Ltd is free to join, not for profit organisation supporting 63 public sector organisations in finding best value products & services through collaborative procurement. EEM secure contracts with 100’s of suppliers and manufacturers, covering
Continue reading EEM Supply Chain Showcase 2016
Gary Plant, MD, Altius
By Gary Plant, Managing Director of supplier assessment and compliance specialist Altius
With stiffer sentencing guidelines for health and safety, corporate manslaughter and food safety and hygiene offences now in force for England and Wales, public sector organisations should tighten up health and safety compliance.
While organisations may have
Continue reading New sentencing guidelines mean there’s nowhere to hide on health and safety compliance
Gary Plant_Managing Director – Altius Vendor Assessment
By Gary Plant, Managing Director of supplier assessment and compliance specialist Altius
External suppliers can help public sector organisations reduce cost, boost efficiency and improve quality. But the flip side is that they can also bring liability in the guise of delays, problems, waste, extra cost
Continue reading 10 signs that it’s time for a supplier health check
Support Worker Nicholas Blunt, PC Michael Clarke, Specialist Mental Health Practitioner Louise Shaw
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) and local health services are working in partnership to help people with mental health needs who frequently come into contact with the police.
A 12 month pilot will see mental health professionals from Pennine Care NHS
Continue reading Police and health services working to help people with mental health needs
Mark Hall
By Mark Hall, public sector director at Redcentric; and Peter Nailer, senior bid manager at Redcentric
From vehicle hire to laundry services to enterprise technology – there are now countless purchasing frameworks for almost anything the public sector needs to buy. Take the Digital Marketplace, specifically covering technology. The several
Continue reading Frameworks: a victim of their own success?
LEGALEX, 11-12 May 2016, ExCel London – stand L554
PHS Data Solutions, a division of the PHS Group, will be promoting at Legalex, their latest document protection and digitalisation schemes to help legal practices combat data security threats.
As data protection laws demand more proactivity from company executives, business information security defences must be strong
Continue reading PHS DATA SOLUTIONS TO SHOWCASE SECURE DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS AT LEGALEX
The Altius supplier assessment and supply chain compliance framework
By Gary Plant, Managing Director of supplier assessment and compliance specialist Altius
Outsourcing can help tightly stretched public sector budgets stretch further and free up resources. But it can go spectacularly wrong if your supplier assessment and compliance systems are weak, or you don’t
Continue reading Outsourcing: How to save money and time on supplier assessment and contractor compliance
Paul Excel with the tabs app design award
With technology’s ability to drive efficiencies, cut costs and improve scalability, flexibility, productivity and immediacy, adoption of new smart technologies is increasingly being cited as the antidote to the swathing cuts hitting the public sector. The government’s G-Cloud 7 digital marketplace, where such technology as
Continue reading Adoption of smart technology to help public sector weather the cuts
Paul Smith, Executive Director – YPO
YPO, the UK’s largest publicly owned buying organisation, has launched a new framework to support HR services across the public sector. The HR Services and Solutions framework provides a compliant and value driven route to market for public sector organisations procuring managed services for contingent labour, consultancy,
Continue reading YPO launches new flexible framework for HR services
Chancellor of the Exchequer – George Osborne
Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement Government and Public Sector journal has received the following comments:
Responding to the Spending Review, Lord Porter, Chairman of the Local Government Association, told GPSJ: “The LGA has long called for further flexibility in the setting of council tax and
Continue reading Comment to GPSJ in response to the chancellor’s Autumn Statement
Jamie Horton – managing director, Comensura
Temporary labour supply management specialist, Comensura is pleased to announce it has been awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) framework for the provision of temporary healthcare personnel.
Comensura successfully tendered for a neutral vendor managed service for the procurement of all health and social
Continue reading Comensura joins Crown Commercial Services framework for Multidisciplinary Temporary Healthcare Personnel
Article by Rachael Tiffen, Head of Counter Fraud and Governance at CIPFA
Establishing clear guidelines and policy for whistleblowing is a significant part of preventing and detecting fraud and misconduct in the workplace. It isn’t something which should be overlooked or swept under the carpet, especially as public services fraud costs the tax payer
Continue reading How training breaks down barriers to whistleblowing and fraud prevention
Comensura, a temporary labour supply management specialist is pleased to announce it has recently been awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) framework for the supply of non-medical, non-clinical (NMNC) temporary and fixed term staff.
Comensura successfully tendered for Lot 1 on the framework, for a neutral vendor managed service for the procurement
Continue reading Comensura joins Crown Commercial Services framework for supply of non-medical, non-clinical staff
Telecoms Presence UC
Sennheiser, leaders in premium headset and UC solutions, has been chosen by Knightstone Housing Group to supply a total of 550 headsets to its office-based and contact centre staff, contact centre supervisors and mobile-based staff in a complete refit of the organization. Sennheiser was chosen due to the premium quality
Continue reading Knightstone Housing Group enlists Sennheiser to provide headsets for company-wide Lync implementation
Paul Connolly is Director of the MCA Think Tank
2015 is a crucial year for the public sector. The General Election has passed, and economic growth continues, but still the looming threats of Brexit, Grexit and Scoxit remain. If the challenges of the last Parliament were significant, going forward they will be even
Continue reading Don’t risk a lopsided public service
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