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What's it like being a property apprentice ?

Posted by: Civil Service Blog Team, Posted on: 3 February 2020 - Categories: A great place to work, Professions, Skilled people
Logo of National Apprenticeship Week 3 to 9 February 2020

For National Apprenticeship Week, we asked two colleagues, Natasa and Marcel, what attracted them to an apprenticeship in the Government Property Profession, and what they are getting out of it.

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Out of the shadow and into the boardroom

Posted by: Ravinder Cheema, Posted on: 23 September 2019 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion
Portrait image of Ravinder Cheema

Ravinder Cheema says membership of the Shadow Board for Government Property Leaders, and the opportunity to 'mutual mentor' Government Chief Property Officer Janet Young, have shown him the importance of inclusion in the workplace.

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Breaking down walls in Government Property

Posted by: Janet Young, Posted on: 23 September 2019 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion
Portrait image of Janet Young

To mark National Inclusion Week (23 to 29 September), Government Chief Property Officer Janet Young writes about how the Property Function is putting inclusion at the heart of decision-making.

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Let your background give you extra drive - it hasn’t held me back!

Posted by: Ann Carter-Gray, Posted on: 21 September 2018 - Categories: A great place to work, Diversity and inclusion, Effective leaders
Publication of the new Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

Ann Carter-Gray recounts her journey to leadership as a woman in the Civil Service.

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The Places for Growth Programme: driving growth across the UK

Posted by: Tamsin Morgan, Posted on: 30 August 2018 - Categories: A great place to work
Still from Places for Growth video

Tamsin Morgan highlights an initiative for correcting the regional imbalance in Civil Service roles and boosting local growth.

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How facilities management is putting the focus on people

Posted by: Andrew Howarth, Posted on: 28 March 2017 - Categories: A great place to work
Men and women in office meetings chairs

Andrew Howarth of the Government Property Profession looks at changes in facilities management that could make workplaces healthier and more productive.

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The State of the Estate

Posted by: John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, Posted on: 2 February 2017 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Front cover of The State of the Estate report 2015-16

Chief Executive of the Civil Service John Manzoni welcomes the progress in increasing the efficiency and sustainability of property in the government estate.

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Changing the way we work

Posted by: John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary for the Cabinet Office, Posted on: 21 December 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service, Civil Service Leaders
Buildings at Canary Wharf, London

Following the announcement of the new Government Hub at Canary Wharf, John Manzoni encourages nominations for The Way We Work (TW3) Awards celebrating the transformation of Civil Service work and workplaces.

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Make me a property expert... in a day?

Posted by: Government Property Profession, Posted on: 7 September 2016 - Categories: A Brilliant Civil Service
Page from property training course materials

The 'Understanding Property' course commissioned by the Government Property Unit may not make you a property expert in one day, but it's certainly a good start.

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Cookham Wood: reflections on MoJ's trailblazing BIM project

Posted by: Andrew Digby and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 18 September 2015 - Categories: Professions
The Ministry of Justice stand at Civil Service Live 2015: Newcastle

A year after his team won a Civil Service Award for the HMYOI Cookham Wood, Andrew Digby looks at how far the Building Information Modelling project has come.

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