Posts by Public Sector Focus

Paying employees is fundamental to every organisation and a timely, accurate and compliant payroll delivery relies on technology, robust process, and a competent, well-trained payroll team. Every organisation is subject to somewhat unique terms and conditions of employment, requiring different combinations of people, process, and technology. But what happens when something disrupts this combination and…

Payroll is an essential part of every organisation and managing time and attendance records for inclusion with payroll can be both time-consuming and error prone. The resources that you allocate to routine payroll administration and manual activities can often be better used on other tasks and their time spent more efficiently. Yet even with this…

Jason Lusty, Senior Business Development Manager at CFH Docmail Limited explains how choosing the right communications partner can help organisations manage their communication spend whilst delivering improved outcomes. Public sector organisations are finding themselves increasingly under pressure to not only deliver the very best services to their audiences but to achieve efficiency savings and justify…

Although, digital transformation has recently grown, for many organisations, digital transformation strategies are frequently surpassed by business demands. Robert Lindsey, managing director, Certes IT Agility Ability™, addresses the various barriers to digital transformation and discusses how organisations can strengthen strategies to secure successful outcomes. Decreasing the digital acceleration gap A study in May 2022 reported…

The Government Commercial Function describes Legacy IT as a ‘multi-billion-pound problem’. Civica’s Executive Director (Central Government), Steve Thorn explains how a change in mindset can help to tackle this burning issue across the public sector. Over the past few months, I’ve written at length in this magazine about the ‘data dilemma’ across our public services.…

The UK workforce is more diverse than it has ever been, which is great news for those looking beyond political correctness and implementing fair policies and working practices; looking to make a real difference. When diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) are taken seriously in the workplace, the organisation benefits from a larger and more diverse…

The education sector is well versed in procuring built environment work to be carried out during the summer months, but it’s come to the attention of our regional manager Emma Hesbrook that due to current market constraints there is a greater need than ever before for the planning process to be initiated earlier. There are…