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As the Autumn Budget approaches, Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO) Believ is calling on the Treasury to act on four key priorities that will help decarbonise transport by making EV ownership and charging more affordable, thus encouraging wider adoption.
The importance of these measures is of heightened importance, following Budget prediction news
Continue reading Believ makes four Autumn ‘25 Budget wishes to boost EV affordability and accelerate the UK’s transition to cleaner transport
By Varun Monteiro, CEO of Finity
In April 2026, the government will introduce Joint and Several Liability (JSL), a policy that will reshape how compliance is governed across the temporary labour market. For the first time, employment agencies and their end clients will be held jointly responsible for unpaid payroll taxes when working with
Continue reading Joint Liability, Shared Responsibility: Why HMRC Must Modernise Before 2026
Thrive’s enhanced Impact Evaluation Standard ensures suppliers stay compliant with both the new PPN 002 Social Value Model and legacy PPN 06/20 rules.
Thousands of UK government suppliers risk falling foul of new procurement rules from last week — unless they can comply with both the old and new social value models.
Neil Macdonald
Continue reading Thrive launches first measurement framework to meet new UK government social value rules
Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) sought to optimize its system of suppliers’ code compliance and create total visibility across its commercial department via a single, unified platform. By leveraging JAGGAER’s Supplier Management, Sourcing, and Contracts solutions, the FCDO’s Supply Chain Risk: Ethics team has reduced supplier complaints, streamlined compliance and procurement processes and improved record
Continue reading How JAGGAER Enabled the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office to Optimize its Compliance Procedures to Support Essential Government Supplier Code of Conduct Standards
Overall sentiment towards the new legislation was focused on integration and simplification, with almost 80% saying HMRC needs to do more to integrate its systems and simplify its processes 75% suggest they will be looking for technology to help manage compliance and conduct real-time audits. Varun Monteiro
As HMRC announces its decision to introduce
Continue reading Four in Five Recruitment Agencies Demand HMRC Modernise Systems Ahead of 2026 Liability Shake-Up
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
· Former US State Department and military veteran, Richard Donnellan joins mission-critical technology company, Quantum Trilogy in a crucial public sector and private finance relations function
· Appointment comes following decades of business success across energy, finance and defense sectors
Quantum Trilogy, a
Continue reading CORPORATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR VETERAN, RICHARD DONNELLAN NAMED AS QUANTUM TRILOGY’S NEW CHIEF FUNDING OFFICER
Wayne Campbell
By Wayne Campbell, Head of Presales, Access PaySuite.As inflation, interest rates and the cost of living continue to test the resilience of UK households, the public sector faces a dual imperative: safeguarding its own financial stability while ensuring that the most vulnerable communities aren’t left behind.Although the annual inflation rate has eased
Continue reading FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS: WHY THE PUBLIC SECTOR MUST STEP UP FOR FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
By Clive Feeney – Group CEO, LHC Procurement Group
There’s not a council in the country today that’s free from significant financial stress. The LGA says that one in 10 councils has already discussed receiving emergency support from the government. Many more are struggling to secure sufficient financial resources to meet their budgetary obligations,
Continue reading FIVE WAYS that frameworks help public sector budgets go further
Brightly Software, a Siemens Company, is pleased to confirm that it has met the requirements of the Carbon Literate Organisation Standard and has been certified as a Bronze-level Carbon Literate Organisation.
Emphasising the collective role we all share in tackling climate change, CLO accreditation supports the development (recruitment and retention) of a Carbon Literate
Continue reading Brightly Software achieves Bronze-level accreditation from The Carbon Literacy Trust
Can you tell us about SWSC?
SWSC is an internationally recognised high security printing and identity management solutions provider with a range of award-winning products including passports, identity cards, excise stamps, birth and education certificates. For government and public sector organisations our solutions help secure borders, protect citizens, prevent fraud, generate revenue and enable
Continue reading INTRODUCING SMURFIT WESTROCK SECURITY CONCEPTS
Simon Dancer
Green Book: if you’re a film buff, it represents the Oscar winning screenplay by Pete Farrelly. For medical folk, it provides the latest information on vaccines. But for us economic development professionals, the Green Book often means only one thing…how do I get my project approved?
When I was a young cub
Continue reading Under the bonnet of the Green Book review: will this really “rip up the rules” on regional investment?
Sodexo UK & Ireland’s Government business has today launched a new client-focussed, data-driven reporting platform to support its public sector clients define, track, measure and evidence the social value over the lifetime of client’s contract.
Aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals and nationally recognised methodologies for calculating Social Return on Investment (SROI), Sodexo’s
Continue reading Sodexo’s new data-driven reporting tool spotlights social value impact
Following a competitive tender process, Fusion21 is pleased to announce the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Workplace and Facilities Management Framework, worth up to £700 million over four years.
A total of 45 specialist firms – 40% being SMEs, have secured a place on the framework – now in its third iteration due
Continue reading Fusion21 announces suppliers appointed to £700m Workplace and Facilities Management Framework
Following a competitive tender, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Irish Government agency responsible for customs, excise, taxation and related matters, has awarded a contract to Smurfit Kappa Security Concepts (SKSC) for the supply of tobacco tax stamps.
Under the terms of the deal, SKSC will be responsible for the printing and supply
Continue reading SMURFIT KAPPA AWARDED MAJOR CONTRACT FROM IRISH GOVERNMENT AGENCY
British economist and journalist Stephanie Flanders has been appointed as the new Patron of the Institute of Economic Development (IED).
Stephanie, who is Head of Economics and Government at Bloomberg – overseeing the research and journalism of 250 economists and reporters worldwide – assumes the unpaid role from outgoing IED Patron, the Baroness Blake
Continue reading Economist and journalist Stephanie Flanders appointed Patron of the Institute of Economic Development
Moe Forouzan, Team Manager – Business and Innovation at Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, has been elected to the Board of the Institute of Economic Development (IED), the UK’s leading professional body for economic development and regeneration practitioners.
With 19 years’ experience in local government, Moe heads up Blaenau Gwent’s Economic Development Unit, specialising
Continue reading Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council economic development leader appointed to IED Board
By Steph Gemson, Founder of TaxGem
In a landmark policy shift, the UK government has announced the complete abolition of the non-dom tax regime, effective April 2025. The reform will replace the current non-domiciled status with a residence-based tax scheme, fundamentally altering the tax obligations for thousands of non-dom individuals residing in the UK.
Continue reading The Abolition of UK Non-Dom Regime: What It Means and How to Prepare
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the bedrock of the UK economy, comprising 99.9% of all businesses and employing millions of people across the nation. With over 5.6 million SMEs, these companies are key drivers of innovation, job creation, and local economic growth.
However, many face challenges that threaten their survival in a competitive
Continue reading Empowering SMEs: How Local Authorities Can Foster Growth and Innovation
Nigel Wilcock
Sustainable economic growth is urgently required to help deliver the funding for government to meet its commitments for national renewal.
However, despite an explicit focus on resetting the relationship between central and local government (and the importance of strong local government), serious questions remain about current approaches to stimulating growth.
The challenges
Continue reading Delivering long-lasting change in our towns, cities and regions
The contenders for the IED Annual Awards 2024, which recognise achievers in the public and private sector through a series of individual, team and organisational categories, have been announced by the Institute of Economic Development.
In another highly competitive awards round, the final three nominees for seven IED Annual Awards have been decided. The
Continue reading Shortlist announced for Institute of Economic Development Annual Awards 2024
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