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The NEET crisis is a business challenge. Here's what you can do about it
Louise Reed, Director of Future Skills at Reed Talent Solutions, explores the growing risk of a ‘missing generation’ of young talent and explains how flexi-job apprenticeships can help employers strengthen future talent pipelines while giving young people a vital route into work.
How to win board support for your services procurement strategy
A strong services procurement strategy can unlock greater agility, reduce risk, and improve business outcomes, but only with the right executive backing. Jon Milton, Growth Director for Services Procurement, explores how procurement leaders can secure board support by aligning their strategy with organisational priorities and demonstrating value beyond procurement itself.
Salary benchmarking: Are we asking the wrong question?
Iain MacLeod, EDI&B Consultant, explores why organisations are increasingly using benchmarking to support pay transparency, fairness, compliance, and risk management. From evolving legislation to growing expectations around equitable reward, he examines why employers need confidence that their pay frameworks remain fit for purpose.
Why ERP transformation should be on every LGR programme leader's agenda
James Hallett, Principal Consultant, explains why enterprise resource planning (ERP) transformation is emerging as a critical workstream within local government reorganisation (LGR), and why councils that fail to address ERP early, risk undermining many of the benefits reorganisation is intended to achieve.
Why access to the right expertise will determine the success of LGR
As councils move from planning into delivery, access to the right skills, capacity and specialist expertise will be critical to achieving successful outcomes. Jake Stone, Principal Consultant, explores why successful local government reorganisation (LGR) will depend on more than governance structures and organisational design.
Awaab's Law Phase 2: Is your organisation ready for the next wave of housing compliance?
With the next phase of Awaab’s Law implementation fast approaching, Carly Sharp, Solutions Director, examines what it means for housing providers.
Local government reorganisation: Resetting skills for the digital age
Louise Reed, Future Skills Director, explores how local government reorganisation is reshaping workforce priorities, highlighting the critical role of digital, data and technology capability in enabling successful transformation and outlining practical approaches councils can take to close skills gaps and build lasting organisational resilience.
Overcoming hidden friction in local government reorganisation
James Hallett, Senior Principal Consultant, explores why many local government reorganisation (LGR) programmes underestimate the behavioural realities of data use, and how councils can take practical steps to protect data integrity, support service improvement, and ensure digital access for every resident.
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