Disseminating information to the public This short paper proposes a type of “citizens’ information portal” to disseminate knowledge and provide an authoritative source or knowledge base on a range of lifestyle matters. The benefits of a focussed information source Curating…
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Universities are storehouses for an awful lot of brain power. Building useful apps is an attractive and very satisfying way of tapping into that huge resource for the public good. Looking back just 10 years, the Guardian sought opinions on…
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The furore over the Conservative Party voting against school meals for children last October raised a very pertinent question: Why did MPs vote against the motion? What earthly reason could they use to justify allowing children to go hungry? Some…
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BeConnected is only 4 years old. It’s still an infant but with a big vision for the future. If we were to encapsulate this vision into one sentence it would be: The go-to source and cross-departmental sharing resource for internal…
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Tactics win battles – strategies win the war. Countries that copied China’s strategy to combat the COVID-19 coronavirus achieved the best outcomes for controlling the disease. Alexander the Great excelled at military strategy and many commanders successfully copied his methods,…
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BeConnected is a marvellous tool for public sector procurement managers who want to save costs and stretch their budget. But did you know how it is also invaluable for non-procurement managers? In this series of short articles we will explore…
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A great public sector procurement deal has several successful components. All should be present to qualify it as a “good deal”. Here are 4 that spring to mind: Lower cost, ideally through collaborative procurement for greater buying power Demonstrable savings…
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The Ethics of the Press: Should We Trust Our Media? ‘Fake News’ may be the most infamous term of the decade. It creates universal distrust, dubious ethical consequences, and regression of the world’s intellectual views The UK Government went so…
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This dive into Be Connected’s public sector procurement data analysis capability looks at Mobile in the Greater London area. We chose that location because it is the single largest UK region and is broadly representative of the UK as a…
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A service such as Telephone Maintenance requires physical attendance capability in a supplier. That represents an opportunity for local SMEs to compete with the national companies where a regional public sector procurement group opens a tender for competition. The primary…
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