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9 Jul 18
A handful of simple guidelines can take the pain out of preparing and implementing the most wide-ranging transformation programme.
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5 Jul 18
Forecasting gets a bad rap, yet the future is more certain and settled than often assumed, says journalist and academic James Woudhuysen.
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5 Jul 18
Incoming CIPFA president Sarah Howard shares her passions for public services and all things Pre-Raphaelite with Vivienne Russell.
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28 Jun 18
Derek Mackay has retained responsibility for finance in a reshuffle at the top of the Scottish Government.
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25 Jun 18
NHS England chief financial officer Paul Baumann is to leave the role after six years.
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20 Jun 18
Mike O’Donnell has been appointed as CIPFA’s associate director of local government.
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11 Jun 18
Ireland’s biggest accountancy body is partnering with CIPFA to help accountants better manage public budgets in a fast-changing environment.
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11 Jun 18
Budget holders may be unable or even unwilling to accept they have financial reponsibilities. There are several ways to address this, says CIPFA’s Lisa Forster.
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7 Jun 18
CIPFA has today launched what it believes is the biggest ever survey exploring the pressure accountants feel to compromise their ethical codes.
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7 Jun 18
Evidence that acting in the public interest is becoming increasingly difficult is why we are launching an ‘ethical survey’, says CIPFA’s Don Peebles.
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21 May 18
Civil servants have a strong commitment to their work but are often blamed for the government’s inadequancy and morale amongst them is low, says professor Andrew Kakabadse from Henley Business School...
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10 May 18
Managers should never ignore suspicions or complaints of sexual harassment. With behavioural grey areas and divisive disciplinary policies, how do you best address them? Mediation consultant David...
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30 Apr 18
James Brokenshire had replaced Sajid Javid as housing, communities and local government secretary after Javid was appointed home secretary following Amber Rudd's resignation, the government has...
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25 Apr 18
Wigan Council scooped the Grand Prix at this year’s Public Finance Innovation Awards for their community-focused scheme, The Deal.
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23 Apr 18
Are public sector finance leaders ‘digital ready’? That was the question considered at a recent CIPFA-Eduserv round table. Debate chair Jos Creese reports back.
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23 Mar 18
Public sector employment in the UK fell by 132,000 between September and December last year because of housing association reclassification, official figures have shown.
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5 Mar 18
The International Federation of Accountants has named Kevin Dancey as its next chief executive officer.
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14 Feb 18
Organisations lacking the expertise a project requires may want to bring in outside help. Managing this properly will ensure you achieve results while staying within budget, says CIPFA's John O'...
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31 Jan 18
The public sector must be “empowered to innovate”, the new Cabinet Office minister Oliver Dowden said this week.
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19 Jan 18
CIPFA has agreed the revocation of its little-used status as an audit qualifying body under the provisions of the Companies Act 2006.
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18 Jan 18
The NHS is losing some 33,000 nurses each year in England, equivalent to one tenth of the total nursing workforce, figures released by NHS Digital to the BBC have shown.
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16 Jan 18
Care Quality Commission chief executive Sir David Behan has announced that he is to step down from the role in the summer after six years at the inspectorate.
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16 Jan 18
There were 3,750 teachers in England on long-term leave for stress in 2016-17, research by the Liberal Democrats has found.
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7 Dec 17
Disagreement in any workplace is inevitable, especially in the public sector where people may have strong values. David Liddle explains how you can stop debate turning into dysfunction.
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1 Dec 17
Head of the government finance function Mike Driver tells PF's Vivienne Russell about his inclusive approach, and putting finance at the heart of decision making.