by Member | Sep 29, 2015 | Connected Procurement and Commissioning
DON’T MISS: The Connected Procurement Innovation Award nominations are open! http://devolution.i-network.org.uk/awards/ The next event is on Income Generation on 16 Oct in Manchester. http://commercialisation.eventbrite.co.uk The main focus for this forum was...
by Member | Mar 5, 2015 | Effective Service Redesign and Reform
On 26 February Phil Swan attended the Service Transformation Summit in London hosted by the Public Service Transformation Network. This was a useful day which including discussion on the big picture by Treasury, devolution in Greater Manchester and examples that...
by Member | Mar 2, 2015 | Effective Service Redesign and Reform
This is a summary of the key point of discussion from iNetwork’s Local reThink event on Friday 27 February, kindly hosted by Sefton Council and Chaired by John Morrissy, Bolton Council and Chair of iNetwork’s ESR2 community. In her opening talk Margaret...
by Member | Sep 12, 2013 | Effective Service Redesign and Reform
Over the summer councils have been doing their maths based on the Chancellor’s announcement that they would lose a further 10% of their budgets from 2015. The picture is not a good one. Why? Although council’s have had their government revenue cut by 33% in...
by Member | Jul 5, 2013 | Effective Service Redesign and Reform
June’s spending review announcement by the Chancellor provided little relief to an embattled local government that is already coping admirably with 28%+ cuts. Without significant change a number of council colleagues fear that the wheels may come off by early 2014[1]....
