WIREDGOV NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

During the WGPlus newsletter Summer break, our editorial team will be highlighting some of the more important / interesting press releases published over the last week. Our full newsletter service will resume on Monday 9th September

 
Webinar: Is Public Sector Performance Management due an appraisal?

Created in partnership with the Public Services People Managers Association

With intense pressure being put on public sector organisations to produce more with less, HR and Talent functions are often the first to feel the impact. In this climate, how can we get the most from our people? How do we ensure that our workforce is engaged?

This latest webinar focuses on the challenges and opportunities of implementing a continuous performance model. We’ll have insights and advice from some of the brightest minds in the sector including the Executive Director of the Public Services People Managers Association, and stories from organisations as diverse as the Valuation Office Agency and Waltham Forest Council

Attendee feedback: Your Waltham Forest case study is incredible: it's amazing to hear of a local council breaking new ground like this

Download now to find out how to ensure visibility, transparency and accountability from performance and people development.

    
SME Supplier Locator update...

UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. 

Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers.

Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:

Click here to find out more.


Catalyst Land Solutions Ltd
 

 More contributions to the Brexit process

Still a ‘hot topic’, with widely spread views:

Researched Links:

Brexit microsite (Information about the Article 50 process & our negotiations for a new partnership with the EU):

GOV. UK – Brexit

Latest Documents

GOV.UK Brexit Search

How to prepare if the UK leaves the EU with no deal

OSSW:  EU Exit - Advice for individuals & businesses in Wales

DExEU:  Brexit Secretary signs order to scrap 1972 Brussels Act - ending all EU law in the UK

DExEU:  UK officials will stop attending most EU meetings from 1 September

10DS:  PM call with Taoiseach Varadkar of Ireland: 19 August 2019

MHCLG:  £9m announced to get ports & local areas ready for Brexit

HM Treasury:  Chancellor accelerates Brexit preparations for businesses

Cabinet Office:  Government ditches non-disclosure agreements for Brexit preparations

DIT:  UK & Korea to sign trade continuity deal to ensure businesses are ready to trade post-Brexit

OE Weekly Briefing: Boris Johnson challenges the EU on the backstop

B4B:  Damaging Democracy

B4B:  A “No Deal” Brexit: the First Step to a Good Deal 

B4B:  It’s time the EU stopped playing hardball and agreed on a basic free trade deal

B4B:  Johnson’s letter to the EU – misstep or masterstroke?

B4B:  Can They Block Brexit? Law v. Convention

B4B:  A Brexit Britain Can Help Avert a Global Trade War

 
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Civil Service
Latest Articles

Would you like to be part of the award-winning Going Forward into Employment programme?
Would you like to be part of the award-winning Going Forward into Employment programme?
Colleagues across the Civil Service can lend their support to an initiative to help ex-offenders and other groups of citizens overcome the barriers to getting back into work and find employment as civil servants..

What we can do in 'The Year of Green Action'
What we can do in 'The Year of Green Action'
Helen Ward talks about an initiative to get everyone involved in activities that will help us preserve the natural environment.
Pride in the Civil Service
Pride in the Civil Service
Jonathan Slater, the new Civil Service LGB&TI Champion, talks about his commitment to the role and looks forward to this year’s Pride events

Please, don't call me BAME or BME!
Please, don't call me BAME or BME!
Zamila Bunglawala says it’s time to ditch the acronyms when talking about minorities and to encourage an open discussion on use of language that is appropriate, inclusive and sensitive to how ethnic groups identify themselves.

The human brain in the modern world
The human brain in the modern world
Civil servant Charlotte Kume-Holland offers a personal reflection on how we can understand our own mental health and ways we can take care of it.