Central government should consider relocating civil servants to outer London boroughs as part of its cost cutting drive.
The government is looking to relocate 15,000 civil servants following a report by former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian Smith earlier this year. However, the BCO conference heard that, rather than sending the jobs to the UK regions, London’s outer boroughs could host the relocated public sector staff.
This could include moves to developments in Stratford and around the Olympics site in east London after 2012.
Sir Simon Milton, deputy mayor responsible for policy and …

Ashley Moore, managing director of West Bay Capital, developer of 30 Pall Mall in Liverpool, explains why Liverpool should benefit from civil service relocations ahead of other cities:
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The publication of former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian Smith’s paper, Relocation — Transforming Where and How Government Works, last month has given fresh momentum to Sir Michael Lyons’ relocation agenda and sets an ambitious target to decant 15,000 civil service jobs from the capital over the next five years.
In the north-west, Smith’s report has been seen as a Green light for Manchester’s …

Westminster property expert Robert Heskett is the first property industry name to join John McCready at the government’s new property unit.
Heskett was head of London asset management at Land Securities and is this month due to start work at the unit, which manages the government’s £370bn property portfolio.
The property unit is part of the Shareholder Executive, which is the arm of government department for Business, Innovation and Skills that manages the government’s stakes in private sector companies.
An official announcement cannot be made until after 6 …

Former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian Smith gave his verdict on the burning issues around civil service relocations at a briefing on 31 March, following the publication of his recommendations on the subject alongside Budget 2010.
On Whitehall
There is an incredible national asset in Whitehall and Westminster in that it’s been there since Henry VIII and it’s a very efficient way of policitians and civil servants interacting. The power of the London magnet is very strong. If left to themselves, civil servants would locate in central London in high cost property …

Manchester City Council has approved plans for the Mayfield civil service campus.
The green light for the concept of the “Whitehall of the north” follows public consultation, and came just before Ian Smith’s independent cost-saving review, which supported the plans, was published for the government alongside the budget last week
The campus next to Manchester Piccadilly station will house some of the 15,000 civil servants earmarked for relocation from London over the next five years.
Drivers Jonas Deloitte and Bennetts Associates are advising on the plans.
To view Ian Smith’s report on relocations, click …

Civil servants should be moved out of London but not the wider southeast as the government looks to relocate 15,000 civil servants, a government adviser said today.
Five central London postcodes should be singled out for the next wave of civil service relocations, former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian Smith has said.
Civil servants in the southeast outside London will not to be targeted for the recommended 15,000 civil service moves over the next five years.
Smith published a review of civil service relocation alongside Budget 2010.
In a fundamental shift in relocation thinking, …

Major northern cities will continue to capitalise on civil service relocations over the next five years, new figures have indicated.
Exclusive statistics from property consultant GVA Grimley reveal that Liverpool and Manchester are particularly well placed to benefit from the 15,000 civil service relocations announced in yesterday’s Budget 2010.
The figures show these are the only two cities to have received more than 1,000 new posts since 2004. Manchester has more prime floorspace available than any other major city, while Glasgow and Liverpool have most in the pipeline (see map at bottom …

What it is: former Reed Elvesier chief executive Ian Smith has examined the case for relocating civil service jobs out of London and the South East in order to save money.
When it came out: Wednesday 24 March 2010
Why it is important: The review expands on recommendations made in the 2004 Lyons Review, which said 20,000 civil servants should be moved out of London and the South East. This latest report says that a further 15,000 should be moved within the next five years.
To read the full report, click here: Budget …

The government should relocate 15,000 jobs out of London in the next five years, Ian Smith has recommended in his report on government relocation today.
The former Reed Elsevier chief executive’s much-anticipated report on civil service relocations was published alongside today’s Budget 2010. It says the government should look to reduce the civil service in London by one third.
This follows the Lyons Review of 2004, which proposed the relocation of 20,000 posts outside London and the South-East.
The Ian Smith Review was announced as part of December’s Smarter Government report. It recommends …

Next month, former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian Smith is due to report to government on how it can move 10% of civil service jobs in London and the southeast to other parts of the UK.
The report has been dubbed “Lyons part II”, after a report by Sir Michael Lyons in 2004 that proposed the relocation of 20,000 civil service posts from the south-east.
The government announced this latest review in its December report Smarter Government.
The property world is watching Smith. A recommendation of more civil servant relocations could bring public …