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A range of views highlighting issues that are affecting
businesses today and the strategies we believe will be most
successful in combating them.
Local Authority Asset Ownership
Some councils have responded to the tough 25% budget cuts by reducing headcount, salami slicing departmental service budgets, axing non-essential capital programmes and have even contemplated unpalatable decisions.
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Development Opportunity from the Health and Social Care Bill
‘The Health and Social Care Bill signals change ahead around the potential dissolution of Primary Care Trusts. The Government is encouraging them to more effectively use assets as the opportunity for the affordable housing sector could be significant.’
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'The Health and Social Care Bill signals significant change ahead. Trusts are already looking to unlock savings and improve service through estate rationalisation, creating a more efficient solution for the local health economy.’
Read expert viewpoint To outsource or not to outsource?
Across the country local authorities are implementing austerity measures, is outsourcing the answer?
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Developing World Class Hospitals in the GCC
It is estimated that countries in the GCC region will need to increase their current spend on new and existing hospitals by around $60bn
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Developing Sustainable Mobility and Connectivity
The first age was as a result of the steam engine, and England and Western Europe revolutionising manufacturing. The second age was the development of the combustion engine and electricity.
Read expert viewpoint Better Learning Outcomes
Recent events including the unprecedented social unrest in some MENA countries this year, continue to have profound implications for ruling governments in meeting the growing expectations of their populations.
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Enabling efficient operations in extreme conditions
In the middle of all of this uncertainty, the customer is often stuck in a terminal waiting for updates, all the while growing increasingly frustrated.
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Retirement Village Development - An Alternative Route To Profit?
With the continued malaise in the UK mainstream housing market, traditional residential developers continue to seek alternative but related routes to profit, which can still draw on their core skills and expertise.
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CRC - When an incentive becomes a tax...
In the Spending Review a change was made to the way the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) will operate. What was designed as a revenue-neutral incentive has become a green 'stealth tax'. So what should organisations do?
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