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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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Letting our diversity and inclusion stars shine

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 26 September 2016 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion

With the 2016 Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion awards ceremony rapidly approaching, we speak to some of the 2015 winners about what the awards mean to them.

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Meeting the challenge of exiting the EU

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 23 September 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Civil Service Leaders
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Jeremy Heywood describes how the Civil Service has set about creating two new government departments, one of which is responsible for a completely new policy area.

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The value in waste

Posted by: Professor Sir Mark Walport, Posted on: 19 September 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Sir Mark Walport believes a fundamental reappraisal of how we deal with waste can have real economic, environmental and social benefits.

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Your chance to beat the queues into the US

Posted by: Digital Passenger Services team, Posted on: 16 September 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Improved outcomes
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Want to avoid those long inspection queues at airports when entering the United States? Now, you can.

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Celebrating LGBTi through sport

Posted by: Sue Owen, DCMS Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service LGB&TI Champion, Posted on: 15 September 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Sue Owen, Permanent Secretary for DCMS and the Civil Service LGB&TI Champion

Sue Owen, Civil Service LGBTi Champion, says the example of diversity among our successful Olympics GB and Paralympics GB teams can help us reduce discrimination in sport.

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Working in partnership

Posted by: Leslie Evans, Posted on: 15 September 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Scottish Government Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans underlines the value of partnership working in making governments more effective.

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New expert panel to advise on disability

Posted by: Sir Philip Rutnam, Home Office Permanent Secretary, and Civil Service Disability Champion, Posted on: 14 September 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Civil Service Disability Champion Philip Rutnam announces details of a new panel of experts to advise and challenge the Civil Service on greater inclusion for people with a disability.

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Technology and data – it’s all about the people

Posted by: Clare Moriarty, Posted on: 13 September 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Clare Moriarty says the new digital revolution depends on having the people who can spot the opportunities and challenges offered by advances in technology and data-gathering.

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Defining our progress on social mobility

Posted by: Jon Thompson, Posted on: 12 September 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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With just days to go before the survey of the socio-economic background of senior civil servants closes, Civil Service Social Mobility Champion Jon Thompson underlines the importance of this research.

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What we’ve been doing differently since Civil Service Live 2016

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 9 September 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service
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Nine things you could be doing differently since the biggest learning event of the year for civil servants.

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