Issue 58

Still have questions about meeting your CPD requirements? Sara Llewellyn answers them for you.

The public sector’s seeming failure to successfully implement computerised systems is never far from the headlines. Paul Gosling finds out why.

In the first of an occasional series profiling members of ACCA UK’s Public Sector Network, Seamus Ward talks to Ian Knowles about his commitment to ACCA, his career path and the challenges facing him today.

Following a successful pilot scheme in Scotland, a new performance management system designed to improve standards across the public sector could be poised for expansion. David Scott reports.

With some public sector bodies now under a statutory requirement to have a business continuity plan in place Richard Harbord examines what should go in such a plan.

Rising energy prices and the unpredictability of the energy market since the turn of the millennium have resulted in the public sector paying increased attention to effective buying strategies and methods of reducing energy consumption. Jill Wyatt reports.

So how do you measure output of public sector services? David Walker has a few theories.

Significant changes to children services lie ahead. Joyce Thacker outlines some of the key issues facing those who work on the front line, in a summary of her recent presentation to ACCA members.

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