Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
We take a look at what the delayed Act will mean for procurement.
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How Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is working with local government to build social value into procurement.
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You might have noticed that some suppliers on Crown Commercial Service frameworks now have a carbon reduction plan. But what is it and how does it work?
In this blog Jason Liggins, Crown Hosting at Crown Commercial Service explains how you can save money and the environment
Mike Orlov discusses outsourcing in public services via framework agreements which so adversely affects the health sector
The Crown Commercial Service's Ron Whitehead discusses how Spark will work, how it has been designed, as well as its desired outcomes
The procurement process can be complicated and time-consuming. David Willett looks at streamlining the lengthy, daunting public sector procurement process
Emma Jones, SME Crown Representative, outlines the work underway to ensure government spend with SMEs keeps rising
Dan Saxby explains what has enabled the current sea change in government technology spend - and what the future might hold
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply expand upon the findings of its recent survey, which looks at business supplier trends amid Brexit talks
Niall Quinn of the CCS discusses the aims, objectives and impact of the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 2 framework, and the growing importance of digital
Government Business poses some questions to Malcolm Harrison, chief executive of the Crown Commercial Service
David Noble, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply, analyses where the procurement industry is heading
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