News Summary of Collaboration and Shared Services from 4th June 2014

It’s been a quiet week on the news front, but big on the job front. If you are looking for either consultancy or PAYE vacancies there are nine below.

But let’s look at some of the news that bubbled up this week…

 

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Local Government

Here is some recommended reading. This high level business case for four councils in the Oxfordshire area will provide you with a guide to laying out your high level business case. What I really like is the exit strategy statements as we don’t often come across them…

Four councils set out plans for ‘most radical joint working’ in local government

Four councils are proposing to launch a jointly-owned local authority company to transform the way they run services and save more than £55m over the next ten years. Read more >>>

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Central Government Shared Services – in Australia (!)

What have the Aussies ever taught us? (…apart from cricket, Fosters and a sunshine lifestyle…). Actually they have taught us very little about shared services. In fact their state based shared services (losses of $300mAus) have been almost as disastrous as the UK central government shared service (losses of £1bn+). So, as a result of the failure of their state based centralisation of services, they have decided to centralise everything even more tightly (doh!)…

Govt lays groundwork for shared services, job cuts

The Department of Finance has laid out its draft vision for a streamlined and efficient government back office, in a plan that will set the ball rolling for federal government shared services and further reductions in the public sector workforce. Read more >>>

Our new Collaborative Leadership Across Communities toolkit, is focused on community engagement and therefore this Northern Ireland piece of work should be of interest to you, if you have been on the Collaborative Leadership Across Communities seminar…

‘Sharing’ on the agenda in Greater Whitewell

A survey carried out as part of our Shared Communities Programme has highlighted a desire for ‘sharing’ in the Greater Whitewell area. Read more >>>

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