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18 May 22
Two local authorities in Norfolk have agreed to the £10.1m purchase of a new shared office in a bid to reduce costs as they adapt to hybrid working.
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9 Mar 22
Two councils planning to end a joint management arrangement lack detail over the anticipated costs, and need to focus on appointing a section 151 officer, according to a CIPFA report.
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19 Jan 22
An Oxfordshire district council and the county authority are set to end their shared services arrangement after the new county administration decided the benefits “no longer outweigh the negatives”.
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4 Aug 21
Three neighbouring authorities in Lincolnshire have approved plans to merge management and workforce teams, a move expected to save tens of millions of pounds over the next decade.
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14 Apr 21
The Welsh Government and NHS responded well to the challenges procuring personal protective equipment during the pandemic, a spending watchdog found.
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30 Jun 17
Shared service arrangements across the country have saved councils more than £600m, according to the Local Government Association.
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19 Oct 16
Ongoing failures of leadership and governance must be urgently addressed if shared service centres are to deliver expected savings, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
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23 Jun 16
Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by consolidating support services like HR, finance and...
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3 Jun 16
Shared services are so embedded across local authorities that they have now become standard practice, according to an assessment of their use.
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19 May 16
A scheme to share back-office functions has so far failed to achieve value for money for Whitehall departments, the National Audit Office has found.
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19 Feb 16
More than half of all council shared service initiatives are saving less than £100,000, the Local Government Association has noted.
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16 Dec 15
Can the government’s policy of mandating cross-agency collaboration really be the best way to provide efficient services at minimum cost?
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19 Oct 15
Shared services can greatly improve efficiency and encourage a culture of collaboration to improve NHS services, says Stephen Sutcliffe, the new finance and accounting director of NHS Shared Business...
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7 Jul 15
London’s tri- and bi-borough arrangements prove the enormous potential for local government collaboration. You just need to be committed to the end result
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11 May 15
Councils have saved almost £500m by sharing services with each other since 2012, an analysis by the Local Government Association has found.
18 May 22Two local authorities in Norfolk have agreed to the £10.1m purchase of a new shared office in a bid to reduce costs as they adapt to hybrid working.
9 Mar 22Two councils planning to end a joint management arrangement lack detail over the anticipated costs, and need to focus on appointing a section 151 officer, according to a CIPFA report.
19 Jan 22An Oxfordshire district council and the county authority are set to end their shared services arrangement after the new county administration decided the benefits “no longer outweigh the negatives”.
4 Aug 21Three neighbouring authorities in Lincolnshire have approved plans to merge management and workforce teams, a move expected to save tens of millions of pounds over the next decade.
14 Apr 21The Welsh Government and NHS responded well to the challenges procuring personal protective equipment during the pandemic, a spending watchdog found.
30 Jun 17Shared service arrangements across the country have saved councils more than £600m, according to the Local Government Association.
19 Oct 16Ongoing failures of leadership and governance must be urgently addressed if shared service centres are to deliver expected savings, the Public Accounts Committee said today.
23 Jun 16Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by consolidating support services like HR, finance and...
3 Jun 16Shared services are so embedded across local authorities that they have now become standard practice, according to an assessment of their use.
19 May 16A scheme to share back-office functions has so far failed to achieve value for money for Whitehall departments, the National Audit Office has found.
19 Feb 16More than half of all council shared service initiatives are saving less than £100,000, the Local Government Association has noted.
16 Dec 15Can the government’s policy of mandating cross-agency collaboration really be the best way to provide efficient services at minimum cost?
19 Oct 15Shared services can greatly improve efficiency and encourage a culture of collaboration to improve NHS services, says Stephen Sutcliffe, the new finance and accounting director of NHS Shared Business...
7 Jul 15London’s tri- and bi-borough arrangements prove the enormous potential for local government collaboration. You just need to be committed to the end result
11 May 15Councils have saved almost £500m by sharing services with each other since 2012, an analysis by the Local Government Association has found.
