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Is the public services industry dead?

Posted: under Business, Outsourcing, Shared Services.
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Public Services

George Osbone has already committed to top stop the gravy train for overpaid management consultants, and to stop private IT firms preying on the sector, as part of his £6.2bn package of immediate public sector cuts. It’s a 1% saving but was a statement of intent as the spending review unfolds, and was followed by an £11bn list of projects that would be stopped in their tracks.

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Comments (0) Jun 24 2010

Financial Markets Update - The new normal, still unclear

Posted: under Economics, Finance, Globalisation.
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Innovation by designnThe readjustment into what will be considered normal operating conditions for the markets continues. Stock markets despite a brief wobble have bounced back and key indices remain at 18 month highs, and Greece aside, developed market government bond markets seem to remain relatively range bound in spite of the imminent need for a deluge of issuance. What seems to be clear is that whereas previously there was expected to be a degree of correlation in Globalised market movements, there is now much more scope for regional and indeed further micro driven anomalies.

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Comments (0) Mar 16 2010

Simplicity is good

Posted: under Business, Core Competence, Five Forces Analysis, Resource Based Strategy, SWOT Analysis.
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There is a phrase recurring amongst senior government officials: ‘don’t waste a good crisis’. The phrase refers to the fact that, in public services as in business, difficult times can provide a useful opportunity to reflect on the fundamentals; to take some difficult decisions that the good times made easy to postpone. Read the rest of this entry »

Comments (0) Jun 08 2009

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