public sector

Clear strategy for economic growth needed to absorb cuts

2010-10-21 08:48
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The coalition government must lay out a clear strategy for growth if the private sector is to have enough confidence to create the positions required to absorb public sector cuts.

FPB fear 30-day payment will undermine public sector target

2010-09-17 13:00 - 1 comment
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A business lobby group fears that proposed new European legislation mandating a 30-day payment target could undermine UK public sector targets to gua...

Scrapping of Audit Commission boosts public sector FDs

2010-08-17 17:14 - 25 comments
The Audit Commission may not have been a popular institution, particularly among public sector FDs, but its existence was an important check and balan...

Procurement: more with less in the public sector

2010-08-04 11:15 - 2 comments
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It is time procurement and finance departments joined forces in public sector to help each other battle the deficit, says Richard Mullins

Public sector CFOs face up to cutbacks

2010-06-17 10:41
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Finance professionals in the public sector are going to have to learn to do more with less as efficiency savings kick in, according to figures from C...

UK unemployment down, earnings up

2009-12-16 11:48
November saw a sharp drop in unemployment, with claimants down by 6,300. It suggests a return to growth in the fourth quarter and is the first fall si...

Cloud in the Public Sector

2009-12-07 16:27
Government and education representatives, and the shadow minister for science and innovation, discuss the benefits of Cloud Computing in the public sector.

PA Consulting Group: Getting the most return from multi-function shared services

2009-11-23 17:37
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Few CFOs are leveraging multi-function shared services for real returns.

Capital Ambition on the hard lessons of shared services

2009-11-23 11:40
Businesses and the public sector must ‘learn from past lessons’ according to the procurement and commercial advisor at London’s...

Public Sector Finance – not for the faint hearted

2000-03-29 15:00
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As public sector cuts are earmarked to tackle the UK’s massive budget deficit, the real impact of the recession for the public sector will be felt after the election next year, particularly from 2011 onwards.

The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...

"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more