Public Sector news in the UK | Page 2

An overview of news, trends and research in the Public Sector industry in the UK:

Alma Economics delivers public consultation for Welsh visitor levy As Wales weighs up applying a visitor levy on tourists to the country, it has tasked Alma Economics with asking the public about the idea.
26 July 2023
Government reverses Bain & Company's public sector ban In 2022, Bain & Company was barred form bidding for government contracts, due to its role in a state capture scandal in South Africa.
03 April 2023
Recession must not derail public sector investment seen during pandemic With the UK economy now believed to be in a recession, government figures are falling back on talk of ‘tough decisions’ and austerity – but according to Graham Brown, Chief Revenue Officer at HGS UK,
07 November 2022
Ex-Chancellor’s consultancy makes £1 million profit The consulting firm of former minister Philip Hammond has raked in £1 million in profits, while working for a list of controversial clients.
31 August 2022
Bain barred from Cabinet Office after SARS scandal The Cabinet Office has banned Bain & Company from bidding for its contracts for three years – with its Minister recommending the Government bring in a ban of the firm across all its arms.
30 August 2022
CGI to support Home Office police technology portfolio The UK wing of CGI has been selected as the strategic delivery partner to the Home Office’s Police & Public Protection Technology portfolio.
08 August 2022
Consultants named for new fusion energy recruitment framework Six firms have been named as official suppliers on a new framework for fusion energy programmes in the UK. Among the successful applicants were six planning and construction consultancies.
04 April 2022
Kroll selected for Restructuring and Insolvency Services framework Professional services firm Kroll has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s Restructuring and Insolvency Services framework.
10 March 2022
Government pumps £23 million into AI re-skilling The UK Government has announced plans to boost diversity in digital jobs, with the launch of a new £23 million fund. The move will create 2,000 scholarships in AI and data science across England.
14 February 2022
Value for money questioned in consulting firm's pandemic charity role Britain’s Government has pledged to examine the value for money provided by spending £2 million on consultants to assist with assessing bids made by charities for emergency funds.
27 August 2021
Government selects McKinsey for future technology strategy work Management consultancy McKinsey & Company has won a £3 million contract to build business cases ahead of the government’s annual spending review.
23 August 2021
BJSS becomes AWS migration competency partner Consulting firm BJSS has joined the AWS Migration Competency Partner programme.
28 June 2021
Consultancies win at AWS Global Public Sector Partner Awards Deloitte, Accenture, PA Consulting and Cognizant are among the winners of the 2021 AWS Global Public Sector Partner Awards.
24 June 2021
Scott Logic wins digital identity platform contract The Scottish Government has handed software consultancy Scott Logic a contract to help boost the nation’s digital identity programme.
23 June 2021
Arup study calls for ‘queering’ of public space A new paper from engineering consultancy Arup has argued for civic planners to help ensure cities are safer for LGBTQ+ people.
28 May 2021
Firms appointed to Manchester's professional services framework Transport for Greater Manchester has appointing over forty firms to its framework agreement for external professional services.
20 April 2021
The Government’s digital services journey continues in 2021 As uptake of digital services will continue to accelerate this year, the gulf between ‘digital-haves’ and ‘digital have-nots’ will widen this year, according to Prahlad Koti, a Partner at Netcompany
05 February 2021
KPMG hired to oversee Scotland's Covid-19 vaccination rollout Scotland's health service has awarded a contract worth more than £2 million to Big Four professional services firm KPMG for "management and advisory services" on the nation’s coronavirus vaccine prog
03 February 2021
Royal Navy selects partners for training and learning transformation The British Royal Navy has awarded a contract to a consortium of consulting firms to help modernise and rationalise its training and education facilities.
15 January 2021
Two-thirds of public servants require new skills in next three years Around seven-in-ten public servants across Europe believe they can maintain or improve the standards of their service via remote work, according to a new study.
30 December 2020
Harrogate Councillors call for KPMG report to be made public A local council is coming under pressure to make a report prepared by consultants from KPMG public.
05 November 2020
Government’s bill for coronavirus consultancy now £175 million In the latest in a succession of headlines related to Government spending on outsourcers, it has been revealed that consultants have racked up a £175 million bill for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
22 October 2020
Blockchain could provide £57 billion boost to UK public sector The UK is one of four nations best positioned to take advantage of new Blockchain technologies, according to a new study.
21 October 2020
Capita secures 17 contract renewals for Scottish Wide Area Network Capita has been tasked with continuing to help Scottish Wide Area Network deliver digital transformations until 2023. The multiple contract renewals are worth a total of £11 million.
21 October 2020
Government launches £1 billion scheme to decarbonise public sector The UK Government has launched a new £1 billion Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, supporting public sector organisations to delivery energy efficiency and heat decarbonisation.
09 October 2020
DFID selects McKinsey to help deliver 'Invest Africa' programme The Department for International Development has selected McKinsey& Company to help deliver its 'Invest Africa' programme.
30 March 2020
ERP platforms can drive public sector digital modernisation Despite the potential to cut costs and improve service provided by ERP systems, funding concerns and a perceived shortage of technical skills means the public sector remains slow to adopt the technol
24 March 2020
Implementing robotics and RPA in the public sector RPA has become one of the most rapidly adopted technologies in modern business.
11 December 2019
How RPA can benefit banking and the public sector RPA one of the fastest adopted technologies. Can bring rise to positive impact on cost reduction, productivity, accuracy, data analysis and decision-making and will spearhead digital transformation.
02 December 2019
The largest public sector consulting contracts of Q3 2019 In the third quarter of this year, the public sector awarded over 230 contracts to management and digital consulting firms, worth over £350 million in contracted value.
07 November 2019
Capgemini receives contract extension from HMRC HM Revenue & Customs has announced it has extended its contract with Capgemini to supply IT services for a further two years.
11 October 2019
Ignata Consulting selected for Government consulting list Ignata Consulting, a disruptive new firm in the UK market, has been selected to join the Governments £1.4 billion Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework (DOS 4).
10 October 2019

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