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Mission Moments: Cutting Through Complexity: How We're Backing Britain's Businesses to Grow

Manisha Gohil

Mission Moments: Cutting Through Complexity: How We're Backing Britain's Businesses to Grow

From 70 stakeholder sessions to 1,200 partner inductions, one civil servant shares how the new Business Growth Service is turning government support for SMEs from a maze into a motorway – and why every simplified application brings us closer to …

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Distributed ledgers: changing the way government does business

Posted by: Professor Sir Mark Walport, Posted on: 10 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Mark Walport challenges Civil Service leaders to identify the best opportunities for exploiting the transformative potential of distributed ledger technology.

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Devolution and You - how to get the most out of ‘interchange shadowing’

Posted by: UK Governance & Devolution Team, Posted on: 9 March 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
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What's it like working in other administrations? Louise and Rob, from the Scottish and Welsh governments, took part in the first-ever One Civil Service Interchange Shadowing Week and tell us what they learned.

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Why we can’t afford to wait for gender parity

Posted by: Leslie Evans, Posted on: 7 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Scottish Government Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans marks International Women's Day (8 March) by looking at progress in the Civil Service on closing the gender pay gap.

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I'm a civil servant, and I'm... a criminal barrister

Posted by: Lisa Boocock, Posted on: 7 March 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
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Lisa Boocock, who is blind, describes her working life as a criminal barrister in the Crown Prosecution Service.

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My gender equality timeline

Posted by: Eleanor Binks, Posted on: 7 March 2016 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
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On the eve of International Women's Day, Eleanor Binks looks back on her time as co-chair of the Cross-Government Women's Network (CGWN).

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A site better for learning

Posted by: John Fitzpatrick, Posted on: 7 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Learning
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John Fitzpatrick, Head of Digital at Civil Service Learning, introduces CSL's new website, and tells how we can get the best out of it.

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Defra’s new strategy - simply better

Posted by: Clare Moriarty, Posted on: 3 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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As Defra Permanent Secretary Clare Moriarty explains, at every stage of creating the department's new strategy, the aim was to keep it simple and clear.

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Helping government govern well, within the rule of law

Posted by: Jonathan Jones, Posted on: 2 March 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones explains how good legal services support good government.

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Devolution and You – a view from Wales

Posted by: Jeff Lloyd, Posted on: 1 March 2016 - Categories: Our Civil Service
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On St David's Day, Jeff Lloyd from the Wales Office gives a Welsh perspective on devolution and its impact on civil servants.

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LGBT History Month 2016

Posted by: Sue Owen, DCMS Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service LGB&TI Champion and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 1 March 2016 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
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...by the Home Office, and a lecture on this year’s theme ‘Religion, Belief and Philosophy’ in London jointly by the Cabinet Office and Parliament. Changing attitudes Within the lifetime of...

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