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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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Reaping the rewards of home-grown learning and development

Posted by: Teresa Ewington, Posted on: 29 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Learning
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DfT's Teresa Ewington is part of the team sowing the seeds of a new, improved Civil Service Learning offer, with particular responsibility for mandatory learning.

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No monkeying around at the Civil Service Race Forum Chinese New Year event

Posted by: Civil Service Race Forum and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 29 February 2016 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
Composite of photos from DECC REM Network and Civil Service Race Forum Chinese New Year celebrations

...engage with Chinese culture, it's a great example of how we're working to Champion Difference both in and outside of the Civil Service. Follow CS Race Forum on Twitter: @CSRaceforum...

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LGBT – history, religion and faith

Posted by: Stephen Foreshew-Cain, Posted on: 26 February 2016 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
Notice held by person declaring herself as an LGBT woman in the Civil Service

GDS executive director Stephen Foreshew-Cain explains why the theme of this year's LGBT History Month has particular resonance for him.

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Three months on: How the FCO has been taking on the Spending Review challenge

Posted by: Sir Simon McDonald and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Secretary for the FCO I started as Permanent Under-Secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on 1 September last year. Three days later I had...

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The Civil Service: Team not hierarchy

Posted by: Liz Wilson and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 19 February 2016 - Categories: Leadership Statement
civil service live pledge card reading: Stop 'managing' Start 'Leading'

Liz Wilson, Department for Transport I remember well the day I started in the Civil Service. 22, a year out of university and never having worked in an office before....

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Single Departmental Plans have arrived

Posted by: John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 19 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Delivering the best for Britain (banner)

John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary Today we publish the single departmental plans which I blogged on last July. The plans identify objectives...

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DWP pilot's cutting-edge technology for deaf customers

Posted by: Robert Devereux and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 18 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
Graphic showing how the DWP video relay service works

Sir Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary DWP New video technology being piloted by my department could make a huge difference to our deaf and hard of hearing customers. The Video Relay...

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Prosecuting crime for the public we serve and reflect

Posted by: Alison Saunders and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 17 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions

Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions Those of you who regularly read this blog will know that increasing diversity is a top priority for the leadership of the Civil Service....

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The Civil Service Fast Stream vs Oxford: which is more socially diverse?

Posted by: Charlotte Dring and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 16 February 2016 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion, Our Civil Service
Charlotte outside Number 10

Charlotte outside Number 10 In a keynote speech in June last year the PM spoke about his commitment to improving social mobility. In the same month, Jon Thompson - Permanent...

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Learning from a crisis: The ‘Team Wales’ approach

Posted by: Sir Derek Jones and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 16 February 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

Welsh Permanent Secretary Sir Derek Jones looks at how different agencies have been working collaboratively to deal with the recent extreme weather crises.

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