Clayton Smith is a club executive at Zaizi and was previously deputy director for change and digital delivery at the Cabinet Office. He explains how lessons from the last round of austerity can help government departments advance digital public services despite constraints

Daniel Docking of the Property Care Association (PCA) explains best practice for local authorities dealing with Japanese knotweed

Restoring our peatlands to carbon sinks is critical for nature and our climate, writes Ailis Watt, peat policy officer, The Wildlife Trusts  

New research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) shows that large infrastructure projects which are the focus of the UK government’s levelling up agenda and include support for business start-ups, must also offer sustainable, local investment in deprived communities. Professor Zografia Bika and Adi Gaskell explain

Helen Hewitt, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) explains best practice for fire doors in public buildings

Saeed Ahmadi, of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), examines the issue of slips, trips and falls and how organisations can prevent them from happening

Ali Morse, water policy manager at The Wildlife Trusts explains some of the Trusts’ projects and how they are benefitting the local area

With very high vacancy rates across the public sector, what can be done to fill these gaps?

G-Cloud 13 went live on 9 November, after a slight delay. The latest iteration replacesG-Cloud 12, provides cloud computer services to the public sector and lists 5,006 suppliers

Heather Cover-Kus, head of central government programme at techUK takes a look at some of the pros and cons of the G-Cloud 13 framework