The government must overhaul how it deals with its properties as it is impossible to make savings using the current processes, Topshop founder Sir Philip Green has said in his efficiency report.
Green has this afternoon published his review of government efficiency, and has criticised the government for not managing its …

Tim Johnson, head of development consulting, London & southeast at DTZ, gives step two of his advice to getting private developers involved.
<<< Back: Click here to read Tim’s first piece on this subject
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Having completed the preparation phase, you’re now ready to develop your strategy and approach for the procurement …

Quangos including the Carbon Trust and the Energy Technologies Institute should be scrapped to fund a new green investment bank, according to government adviser Bob Wigley, chair of the Green Investment Bank Commission and Yell.com.
Today, Wigley’s commission, which was set up by chancellor George Osborne in 2009, has published a …

Nigel Smith, chief executive of the Office of Government Commerce will leave his post in September, it was announced today.
Smith has been head of procurement and project management in the civil service at the OGC since 2007, and plans a return to the private sector when he leaves on 2 …

Sir Peter Gershon, Dr Martin Read and Tesco executive director Lucy Neville-Rolfe are to advise government on how to make property savings.
The Cabinet Office has today announced the appointments of the three as key advisers to its new Efficiency and Reform Group. It also announced that it was to merge …

David Olney has been appointed as interim chief executive of Defence Estates, Public Property UK can reveal.
Olney (pictured), who was the chief operating officer at the Ministry of Defence’s property arm, took over from vice admiral Tim Laurence yesterday, following the end of Laurence’s three year tenure on Friday 14 …

Property consultants have an anxious wait on their hands. If the Conservatives are elected on 6 May, their pledge to “cut fast and cut deep” will lead the government to procure less work from consultants. Similarly, last Monday, Labour pledged to “sharply” reduce spending on consultants.
However, the skills shortage in …

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 …

I’m a council property manager. What can I learn about Total Place to help me save money?
Peter Parkes, head of property services at Worcestershire County Council, which undertook one of the pilot projects as part of the Total Place initiative responds:
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Our first task in the Total Place pilot scheme task was to …

The public sector is wasting £15bn a year on badly organised procurement and £10bn on shared services and outsourcing, the Institute of Directors has revealed.
The Institute of Directors has reported today that the government could save £25bn a year by 2013 if it overhauls its methods of procurement. The report …