All Government and public services documents http://www.paconsulting.com/rss/industries/government-and-public-services.rss ProcServe, a PA Group company and a leading provider of procurement and marketplace connectivity solutions, has been appointed by the Welsh Assembly Government to deliver the eProcurement platform for the xChangeWales programme. This programme will result in an all-Wales system that will allow every Welsh public sector organisation to find suppliers and order and pay for goods at the click of a button. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/articles-quoting-pa-experts/wwwepracticeeu-wales-takes-shared-services-approach-to-eprocurement-7-january-2008/ 867 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080107000000 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:58:10 GMT 20090602165810 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:25:27 GMT 200907071422527 The Internet is a critical channel for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) to communicate, engage with and deliver services to the public. 24 million people each year visit more than 200 websites that provide information and services 24-hours-a-day in more than 40 languages. This global scale and complexity of the FCOs web presence is far greater than that of other UK government departments and other foreign ministries. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/releases/pa-helps-the-fco-establish-itself-at-the-forefront-of-whitehall-web-initiatives-28-april-2008/ 917 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080428000000 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:40:11 GMT 20090603164011 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:50:53 GMT 200907151865053 TfL delivering over 20% cashable savings http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/tfl-delivering-significant-saving/ 922 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:40:49 GMT 20100701114049 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:30:04 GMT 20090603173004 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:40:49 GMT 2010070111114049 ASK anyone trying to get into work on the main Belfast arterial routes during the rush hour and they will recall regular tales of congestions and delay. Our road network is creaking at its seams and while investment is planned, the soaring cost of fuel means that it is key that we use the available transport infrastructure in the most efficient and effective way possible. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/releases/northern-ireland-economy-burns-250-million-a-year-in-roads-slow-lane-23-may-2008/ 925 Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080526000000 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:37:02 GMT 20090603173702 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:47:46 GMT 200907151864746 New release provides seamless collaborative procurement service specifically for NHS organisations. ProcServe, a leading provider of procurement and marketplace connectivity solutions, today announced the availability of its customised electronic marketplace service for the NHS NHS eTrade. This new release provides the industrys first collaborative procurement marketplace to help streamline and deliver effective procurement services to the NHS. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/releases/procserve-launches-a-custom-built-electronic-marketplace-for-nhs-19-june-2008/ 928 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080619000000 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:12:43 GMT 20090603181243 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:56 GMT 200907151864456 ProcServe, a leading provider of procurement and marketplace connectivity solutions, today announced that its award winning eProcurement marketplace service will now incorporate data from Dun & Bradstreets (D&B) Internet solution, Supplier Portfolio Management (SPM) in its Management Information System. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/releases/procserve-partners-with-dun-bradstreet-to-raise-the-bar-on-corporate-procurement-spend-reporting-1-july-2008/ 1017 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080701000000 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:12:06 GMT 20090608121206 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:43:36 GMT 200907151864336 PA Consulting Group, the leading international management, systems and technology consultancy, has recently launched DS2 - a new partnering initiative for pharmaceutical and biotechnology R&D involving integrated scientific services - which accelerates time to market for new medicines. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/releases/pa-helps-pharmaceutical-companies-8-october-2008/ 1049 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20081008000000 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:41:00 GMT 20090608204100 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:45:54 GMT 200907141534554 Dont wait until something really bad happens before you find out. Careers and reputations of the pillars of the banking industry have been very publicly shredded in recent months. Their fate provides a timely reminder to all directors of the risks if they do not ensure their own houses are in order. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-guardian-how-effective-is-your-board-1-january-2009/ 1186 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090101000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:00:42 GMT 20090610130042 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:39:15 GMT 2011042710103915 In these tough economic times, the public sector cannot continue to be seen playing at the fringes of cost reduction it must rise to the challenge of cost saving potential. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/public-sector-executive-tough-times-demand-tough-choices-1-february-2009/ 1223 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090201000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:56:23 GMT 20090610165623 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:02:37 GMT 200907081750237 In your feature on university governance ("Where power lies", 16 April), David Watson, professor of higher education management at the Institute of Education, quotes from our paper, Keeping Our Universities Special, as an example of "outside-in" criticism. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-times-higher-education-supplement-fundamental-constraints-30-april-2009/ 1252 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090430000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:14:25 GMT 20090610201425 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:04:02 GMT 2009071411110402 Like Monty Python's famous dead parrot sketch, PFI appears to be on its way out. However, with so much political capital invested in it, will the government allow it to truly die? http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-guardian-the-dead-pfi-gag-1-may-2009/ 1254 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT 20090501000000 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:18:44 GMT 20090610201844 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:55:48 GMT 2009071410105548 Suggestions for reforms on organ donations. Sir, It appears the decision of the organ donation task force has been made on the basis that there isnt clear evidence that a model of presumed consent improves donation rates. We disagree. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-times-changing-the-rules-on-organ-donations-21-november-2008/ 1383 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20081121000000 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:07:45 GMT 20090612130745 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:52:09 GMT 2009070912125209 Neil Loney and Neil Beer, of PA Consulting Group, set out how to draw up a model to achieve a fundamental shift in rethinking customer retention. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/money-marketing-simulate-the-market-1-may-2008/ 1528 Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080501000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:37:46 GMT 20090615153746 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:39:46 GMT 200907091313946 'Digital natives' could make the 4G mobile phone network a success http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/the-wall-street-journal-europe-build-it-and-they-might-come-24-april-2008/ 1535 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080424000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:02:52 GMT 20090615160252 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:15:13 GMT 200907091311513 Paul Lambert examines some of the key factors shaping the workforce, the implications for how a workforce learns and how learning and development (L&D) can address these issues. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/hr-zone-ld-a-bunch-of-trainers-or-developing-the-future-workforce-22-april-2008/ 1537 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080422000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:06:14 GMT 20090615160614 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:21:39 GMT 200907091312139 Consolidation of European commercial and retail banking has been predicted by industry commentators for the past decade. According to conventional wisdom, a combination of regulation and market forces should by now have triggered a wave of rationalisation. There have been some big cross-border transactions, such as INGs acquisition of BBL and Santanders of Abbey, but in each case the targets had little or no future as independent entities. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/finance-and-accounting-outsourcing-today-ready-steady-merge-european-banks-1-april-2008/ 1541 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080401000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:14:14 GMT 20090615161414 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:26:26 GMT 200907091312626 OLAs are the missing ingredient to drive value from your service providers http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/cio-update-the-key-to-service-success-operating-level-agreements-25-march-2008/ 1549 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080325000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:31:59 GMT 20090615163159 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:30:45 GMT 2009070912123045 NHS Connecting for Health Helping the NHS rise to the challenge of the 21st century http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/our-experience/nhs-connecting-for-health-helping-the-nhs-rise-to-the-challenge-of-the-21st-century/ 1551 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:02:49 GMT 20120314150249 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:35:48 GMT 20090615163548 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:02:49 GMT 201203141530249 The employer brand defines what is unique about working for an organisation. But is it HR's responsibility to promote a brand that can attract and retain employees? http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/hr-zone-is-employer-brand-an-hr-responsibility-18-march-2008/ 1552 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080318000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:35:59 GMT 20090615163559 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:31:26 GMT 2009070912123126 There have been claims that Sir James Crosby's independent report for the Treasury on identity assurance (ie, the means of checking identity) undermines government plans for a national scheme. On close inspection, I find this puzzling. http://www.pagovernmentservices.com/introducing-pas-media-site/highlighting-pas-expertise-in-the-media/opinion-pieces-by-pas-experts/private-enterprise-needs-to-prepare/ 1553 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 20080315000000 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:38:44 GMT 20090615163844 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:35:12 GMT 2009070912123512