Following COP26, businesses will be feverishly re-writing their 5-year plans to include many of the new promises made by global leaders. In the following blog, we identify how large organisations, industries and government departments can manage a shift in focus to help meet wider governmental priorities.

The UK Government framework, G-Cloud, is an initiative targeted at easing the procurement of supplier cloud-based solutions by public sector organisations in the UK.

G-Cloud compliant software and cloud-based systems that are part of the framework enable the UK public sector to access a wide range of services offering the latest technology amongst other benefits.

The public sector can use Digital Marketplace for a list of all approved suppliers.

Benefits realisation allows organisations to plan, manage and monitor how time, effort and resources are invested into making desirable changes within the organisation. It is an essential part of project management, which invariably involves change for the better through a clearly defined, results-focused process.
Planning for benefits realisation, however, involves a lot more than identifying which benefits should be delivered and to whom. You also need a clear timeline, a plan for implementation, and a way to assess how well your actual results match up to the outcomes you planned for.

Successful project management is about a lot more than sharing a discussion. That's why specialist project management software is growing in popularity  in spite of the availability of basic online workspace collaboration and free file sharing systems.  We take a look at how the reporting ability within simple project management systems like Verto can help turn collaboration into successful project delivery - because who doesn't want a bit of help?

The Innovation Agency is the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for the North West Coast. It is a catalyst for the spread of innovation across the health and social care economies, helping facilitate change to improve health, drive down the cost of care and stimulate economic growth.