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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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DWP's Pat Russell talks about connecting policy with practice

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 25 July 2014 - Categories: Better policymaking, Our Civil Service
A picture of two hands fitting cogs together

DWP and Social Justice's Pat Russell spent some time today [24 July] answering questions around connecting policy with practice, during the latest instalment of the #AskCivilService twitter Q&As. There's some...

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Civil Service Live: London - pictures and social round-up

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Live handbooks

...In fact we had over 300 pledges made during the 2 days. Keep an eye open on the blog because we'll be doing something with your pledges soon! Civil Service...

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How DFID and the Home Office helped organise Girl Summit

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 July 2014 - Categories: More skilled
Girl Summit 2014 poster

...Liz Ditchburn, Director of Policy at the Department for International Development (DFID), and John O’Brien, Director of Safeguarding at the Home Office talk about the background to Girl Summit, and...

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Una O'Brien offers some last minute nomination advice

Posted by: Una O'Brien and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 21 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Una O'Brien delivers a speech at Civil Service Live

...themselves or others forward for consideration in this year’s awards. Good luck! Una O’Brien, Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, Civil Service Awards Champion and Judge at Civil Service...

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Civil Service Awards: how I felt winning an award

Posted by: Luo Nan and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 18 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
The 2015 Environment Calculator team receive their Civil Service Award

...revealed. It was a really nice surprise! It was a privilege to be invited to attend the ceremony in London and I was very pleased with how much my work...

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Civil Service Awards: Last two weeks to nominate your team

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 11 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Awards 2014

...Award The Dame Lesley Strathie Operational Excellence Award The Communication Award The Skills Award The Professional of the Year Award The Leadership Award The Excellence in Civil Service Reform Award...

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Civil Service Live: Newcastle - pictures and social media round-up

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 7 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Rt Hon Francis Maude with CS Local volunteers

Over 1700 delegates turned up to St James' Park in Newcastle (3 July 2014) for our third - and biggest - learning event so far. Once again the day featured...

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Civil Service Awards: does winning change you?

Posted by: Jill Walker and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 7 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
The Healthier Scotland receive their Civil Service Award

...Breast Cancer, which was part of the Detecting Cancer Early programme of social marketing work. As a result of the campaign 21,000 women consulted their GP with breast cancer symptoms...

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Weekend links: civil service live Newcastle, being a great leader and Tour de France

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 4 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Transport for London information sticker for the Tour de France

...Away from Civil Service Live, civil servants were out and about in force. The Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Team won the 'Overall Award for Public Sector Employer of the...

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Sir Bob introduces the first cross civil service job share event

Posted by: Verity Prime and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 4 July 2014 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Sir Bob Kerslake addresses the job share network

...well job sharing fits with wider Civil Service reform priorities, and reinforced his and Sir Jeremy Heywood’s commitment to diversity in the Civil Service. The audience then had a chance...

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