Unravelling Government Estates Strategy
DragonGate Associate Steve Atkinson remarks on the “Unravelling Government Estates Strategy” – Local Government Roundtable hosted by Kinnarps 1st February
HealthTech for Growth
This Leader’s Summit in Central London on 7 March 2019 will bring together the nation’s most eminent figures in government, research and industry and will discuss the best ways of tackling the Industrial Strategy’s Grand Challenges…
Unravelling Government Estates Strategy: The Local Picture
With the 2018 budget announcement claiming to make an end to austerity, unravelling the messages coming from central government remains a core challenge for decision makers across the public sector.
Passport Blues
Simon Lydiard reflects on the outcry over the contract for new, post-Brexit passports being awarded to a company based in the EU
Building Transformation in the Public Sector
The demand and financial pressures on the public sector are not going away; but policy activity from central government could nevertheless be the basis for far-reaching local transformation – well beyond the aims of the individual strategies – for the benefit of those who really matter: local citizens. That was one of the conclusions of a recent DGMI round table, hosted and facilitated by Kinnarps.
Relocation is Good for Our Nation’s Health
In his interesting piece in The Times on the 20th January, Matthew Parris uses the recently published ONS figures that highlight the severe health inequality across the nation. The figures present a jarring picture of imbalance between the London population and the rest of the country…
Outsourcing is Too Big, Time to Manage it Back Down to Size
The collapse of Carillion was an accident waiting to happen. To understand why, just reflect on Theresa May’s claim at PMQs that the Government were customers of Carillion, not its manager…
Out of Sync: Local Authority Transformation is Missing Out on the Bigger Picture
Ongoing DragonGate research has established that 2018-19 will be a high watermark for Local Government property transformation, with approximately 70 projects due to be completed over the next 24 months. However, with adjacent sectors such as the NHS, Higher Education and Central Government implementing similar programmes for property transformation there is little evidence that opportunities for place-based collaboration are truly being embraced.
Whitehall: What Next?
Integrated responses to an unprecedented public service delivery schedule: this event is a morning seminar held on behalf of Cardiff City Council for Central Government and Public Bodies.
Will small ever be beautiful for post-Brexit government procurement?
Lost amid much of the fanfare of the Conservative Manifesto launch were some familiar pledges on Government purchasing relationships with…