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The Government is open for business: are you ready?

Posted by: Crown Commercial Services and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 25 February 2015 - Categories: Commercial skills
Banner saying: Commercial skills - Government is opening up to small businesses - are you ready?

...up its spend to more small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) than ever before. It’s a change, spearheaded by the Crown Commercial Service, that is already revolutionising how the civil service...

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#AskCivilService: Bill Crothers spreads the word of commercial

Posted by: Bill Crothers and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 11 February 2015 - Categories: Commercial skills
Bill Crothers answering questions in an office

Once again the Government's Chief Commercial Office, Bill Crothers, took to social media to answer your questions about life as a Fast Stream graduate in the Commercial team, and about...

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How do you rate your commercial skills?

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 7 November 2014 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Civil Service Learning, Commercial skills
Infographic of commercial skills courses available on CS Learning

Sir Jeremy Heywood discusses what civil servants at all grades can do to improve their commercial skills.

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