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19 Oct 15
A strong business case will help you make the right decisions with limited resources. Gill Barron sets out how to create one
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30 Sep 15
The ability to bounce back from failure can be learned, suggests Alex Davda. Make the most of existing strengths and master new skills to thrive in difficult situations
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16 Sep 15
Buckinghamshire County Council set up a wholly owned company in 2013 to help it cut the cost of care provision while creating new revenue opportunities
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22 Jul 15
KBR discusses its service integrator approach to managing services for customers including the Metropolitan Police Service
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14 Jul 15
A workshop at the recent CIPFA Conference focused on transforming head office functions into efficient services supporting front-line priorities
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23 Jun 15
Andrew Day on the challenges for managers in preventing or overcoming a ‘derailment’ in your department
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22 May 15
The biggest changes in local authority accounting rules for 2016/17 are to the main financial statements and measuring transport infrastructure assets
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5 May 15
When it comes to countering fraud and other harmful, high-risk behaviours, such as corruption, money laundering, asset misappropriation and cyber-crime, organisations need to ensure their staff have...
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4 May 15
The Future-Focused Finance initiative aims to foster a culture change in NHS finance
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1 May 15
The successful development of shared services by South Yorkshire Police and neighbouring forces highlights the virtues of understanding the full impact of budget cuts
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1 May 15
Derby provides a case study in sustainable finance for social housing
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1 Apr 15
With continuing tight budgets and deficit reduction policies the only certainty for the public sector, the pressure is on to deliver savings while improving services. Increased collaboration can cut...
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18 Feb 15
The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
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22 Jan 15
In challenging times, public sector managers can bring out the best in their staff through learning and development programmes in which mentoring plays a key role, writes John Neal. Below are his top...
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3 Sep 14
Confidence makes a tremendous difference to performance, whether on the sports field or in the workplace, but you can’t touch it, hold it or buy it at the psychology shop. So how do you recover...
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28 Aug 14
The Rural Payments Agency manages more than £2.3bn a year to support farmers and landowners. Five years ago, its reputation was damaged by botched reforms. Now the agency has been praised for...
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4 Jul 12
Liverpool is undergoing a business-led transformation under its newly elected mayor. Can the makeover be made to work for all its citizens, asks Peter Hetherington
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1 Nov 11
Wandsworth has put on hold its plan to issue a council bond to finance housing improvements. But the London borough's finance director believes that this form of borrowing still has a role to...
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1 Sep 11
Action on Hearing Loss, like most charities, is facing a tough budget squeeze. But managing director of corporate resources Paul Breckell tells PF it's important that disabled people do not end up...
19 Oct 15A strong business case will help you make the right decisions with limited resources. Gill Barron sets out how to create one
30 Sep 15The ability to bounce back from failure can be learned, suggests Alex Davda. Make the most of existing strengths and master new skills to thrive in difficult situations
16 Sep 15Buckinghamshire County Council set up a wholly owned company in 2013 to help it cut the cost of care provision while creating new revenue opportunities
22 Jul 15KBR discusses its service integrator approach to managing services for customers including the Metropolitan Police Service
14 Jul 15A workshop at the recent CIPFA Conference focused on transforming head office functions into efficient services supporting front-line priorities
23 Jun 15Andrew Day on the challenges for managers in preventing or overcoming a ‘derailment’ in your department
22 May 15The biggest changes in local authority accounting rules for 2016/17 are to the main financial statements and measuring transport infrastructure assets
5 May 15When it comes to countering fraud and other harmful, high-risk behaviours, such as corruption, money laundering, asset misappropriation and cyber-crime, organisations need to ensure their staff have...
4 May 15The Future-Focused Finance initiative aims to foster a culture change in NHS finance
1 May 15The successful development of shared services by South Yorkshire Police and neighbouring forces highlights the virtues of understanding the full impact of budget cuts
1 May 15Derby provides a case study in sustainable finance for social housing
1 Apr 15With continuing tight budgets and deficit reduction policies the only certainty for the public sector, the pressure is on to deliver savings while improving services. Increased collaboration can cut...
18 Feb 15The price of a university degree is prompting young people to look at alternative career routes. Apprentices learn on the job, as well as in the classroom, while being paid. How should public sector...
22 Jan 15In challenging times, public sector managers can bring out the best in their staff through learning and development programmes in which mentoring plays a key role, writes John Neal. Below are his top...
3 Sep 14Confidence makes a tremendous difference to performance, whether on the sports field or in the workplace, but you can’t touch it, hold it or buy it at the psychology shop. So how do you recover...
28 Aug 14The Rural Payments Agency manages more than £2.3bn a year to support farmers and landowners. Five years ago, its reputation was damaged by botched reforms. Now the agency has been praised for...
4 Jul 12Liverpool is undergoing a business-led transformation under its newly elected mayor. Can the makeover be made to work for all its citizens, asks Peter Hetherington
1 Nov 11Wandsworth has put on hold its plan to issue a council bond to finance housing improvements. But the London borough's finance director believes that this form of borrowing still has a role to...
1 Sep 11Action on Hearing Loss, like most charities, is facing a tough budget squeeze. But managing director of corporate resources Paul Breckell tells PF it's important that disabled people do not end up...
