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week ending September 28, 2007 |
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Welcome to this week's edition of the NWCE
weekly news. Our weekly newsletters are also available via our website. Click here to access. Kind regards, |
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Featured News |
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Cut
costs without cutting corners - nationally The
Regional Centres of Excellence are supporting the development of a national
care costing toolkit. Development
of this toolkit will be managed through a project board with representation
from senior service managers from the The latest
information is that over 50 authorities around the country want to use the
toolkit and have started to train staff in the process. So that Places at
the event will be strictly limited to two representatives from each local
authority - attendance that will enable authorities to sign up for the pilot
phase. View the
event flyer here or click hereto book your place. |
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Procurement News |
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The NWCE's
Focus on a Framework highlights key frameworks or agreements that councils
can use. Does your staff security come at a
price? This framework agreement can help councils save money when
protecting front-line staff. It has been reported that 100,000 public
sector workers were assaulted last year. To support staff working in their
local communities, this agreement offers access to a range of lone worker
protection products and services. Suppliers offer a range of service options
and mobile devices which can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of
the user organisation. |
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Shared Services News |
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The A third sub-region - AGMA - has now joined The three authorities have now set up new
governance arrangements and will use the funding to support the development of
three-year, sub-regional, shared services strategies to be in place by the
end of March 2008. |
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Construction News |
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A NEW
initiative has been launched that aims to help The North West Development Agency has launched 10 consultant
panels that offer a wide range of services relevant to the delivery of
construction related and consultancy services. The panels can be used to obtain best value quotes for a range
of construction-related contracts and will be in place until December 31,
2011. "These panels will help authorities in their search for
quality, construction services and supplies at the right price." |
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National News |
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All local areas have to agree a new local
area agreement (LAA) by June 2008. This is a major challenge for
elected members, council officers and local and national partners. The IDeA is
developing a support programme to help local authorities and local strategic
partnerships (LSPs) negotiate and deliver excellent
LAAs. The LAA and LSP improvement support
programme is available on a regional and sub-regional basis, or to individual
councils and partners. Click here for more
information. |
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The latest edition of Construction News is
now available to download. Produced by the East Midlands Centre of
Excellence, the document showcases the key benefits of each construction
framework, outlines the latest - and future - developments for each framework,
and details how your authority can take advantage of the efficiency savings
on offer.
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Events |
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October 30, 2007, QEII Conference Centre Two for one offer THE NWCE has an exclusive offer for council
representatives who wish to know more about the impact of CSR07. The NWCE's
regional director The conference will look at CSR2007 and its
effect on local government, and will focus on the recommendations made in the
Local Government White Paper - 'Strong and prosperous Communities' with
regard to re-shaping public services and partnership working in the
challenging financial climate. The standard rate is £195 plus vat and the
2 for 1 offer is on a first come, first served basis. |
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November 13 2007, FREE training on sustainable procurement is
being offered to councils in the The NWCE is working with ActionSustainability to deliver training to help
delegates to discover the tools and techniques of sustainable procurement, look at the tools and techniques available
and identify and manage how sustainability affects council's supply chains. Normally £350 per delegate, this training
is free of charge to one delegate per council if accompanied by a supplier. For more information click here. |
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THE
NWCE will be supporting a sustainable procurement event in Sourcing Sustainable Solutions - Meet the Buyers will provide
delegates with the opportunity to meet suppliers who can provide innovative
environmental and sustainable products and services. The NWCE will also be presenting The Chest, the new portal for
local government business opportunities. A unique feature of the event will be pre-arranged meetings
with suppliers, selected according to delegates' criteria. Delegates can tell
the organiser their specific areas of interest, when booking,
and the information will be used to research and identify suppliers that
match their criteria. On the day of the event, delegates can take part in a
series of private, pre-scheduled meetings with the pre-matched suppliers. The event on November 21 is free to attend for buyers. For
further information and/or to book a place click
here. For more information, contact Emma-Jane
Allen on tel: 020 7700 0008 or e mail emma-jane@actionsustainability.com |
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New Frontiers for Transformation
Delegates will hear from the government on
its latest strategy to modernise public services through Transformational
Change, understand the need to be customer focused, examine
the key role that technology can play in redesigning services for the benefit
of both citizens and government alike and network to share best practice and
seek answers to the challenges councils face. There will be six seminars designed to deal
with different aspects of delivering effective change in local government. For further information click
here. |
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Tel: 0161 342
4080 Fax: 0161 342 3390
email: nwce@tameside.gov.uk |
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