Jason Hayward

IT contractors have experienced a worsening market with each budget since the start of IR35 regulations in 2017, and have just been handed more bad news through this Autumn Budget. Click here for our Managing Director Matt Collingwood’s analysis for how this budget will affect contractors: https://bit.ly/3Asxjao #autumnbudget #ITcontracting #contractIT #ITrecruitment #techrecruitment

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The MEDIN Business Plan for 2024-2029 sets out an ambitious and targeted programme to tackle the key data management objectives identified by our stakeholders in a changing data and technological landscape. By 2029, delivery of this plan will see MEDIN provide measurable benefits to the UK economy, providing services, tools and expert advice, agnostic of the sector our users work in. MEDIN will lead the marine data community and facilitate connections based on shared experience. Funded by a consortium of fifteen Sponsors and benefiting from in kind contributions from our committed network of Partners, MEDIN will use its annual budget to deliver the national framework for UK marine data. MEDIN’s strapline ‘measure once, use many times’, captures the ethos of MEDIN and has been adopted by other organisations and networks around the world. Find out more about the MEDIN Business Plan 👇https://hubs.la/Q02B3D5L0 #MEDINBusinessPlan2429 #marinedatasharing

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Meet the speakers leading our Public Sector Data Governance and Compliance webinar next Wednesday 25th September at 3.30pm. Calling all public sector professionals responsible for data management, data lineage, data governance, data security.... Book a Place: https://lnkd.in/eCd5SQvi #publicsectorit #chiefdataofficers #datagovernance #datamanagement #datasecurity

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In #HMRC annual report, the department provides details of a programme that has been undertaken over the past three years to move services out of legacy environments... #legacytech #digitaltransformation

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Felt absolutely lousy the last couple of days. Still worked though. Can be sure I wouldn’t have worked the last couple of days if I was office based. I’d either have been too ill to go in, or treated like a leper when I got there (and wouldn’t blame people for doing so). Not to mention the commute. Home working has allowed me to remain productive for a couple of days whilst I get through this bug. Flexibility in how and where your workers are productive is just part of modern day business. If you don’t recognise the importance of work/life balance then you’ll lose good employees/workers.

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🚨SUPPLIERS 🚨 This is an opportunity for you to feedback on how you find the tendering process when bidding for public contracts. I hear many of your frustrations about things that could be improved. Since moving over ‘to the other side’ (sounds a bit sinister) I share some of these frustrations and reflecting back on my own practice in procurement and what I see day to day, I know there are huge lessons to be learned. Please use your voice and provide your feedback via this survey!

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Here is a very short video from Dean Leffingwell creator of SAFE on how we can increase flow of value using SAFE. I like it as we need to focus on the delivery of business value in our projects and increasing flow helps us to deliver sooner. https://lnkd.in/e454Vt4e

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To support techUK innovation summit, here are some insights about creating the right conditions for technology to thrive in #NHS #LPSInnovation #integratedcare #healthtech

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Meet the speakers leading our Public Sector Data Governance and Compliance webinar next Wednesday 25th September at 3.30pm. Calling all public sector professionals responsible for data management, data lineage, data governance, data security.... Book a Place: https://lnkd.in/eCd5SQvi #publicsectorit #chiefdataofficers #datagovernance #datamanagement #datasecurity

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The service standard is well known to many of us who have worked in or with government. Here, I've shared some thoughts on the most recent changes to the standards and the positive impact that they could have to help build brilliant government services. Zaizi

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A good way to keep up to speed with what our not-for-profit company is doing

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A reflection on conversations at #delivercon2024... 🤔 Yesterday, I attended DeliverCon2024 in Cardiff 🚀 - an excellent event where the Delivery Community across government and suppliers can share thoughts, opportunities and ideas. From Public Health Wales to Companies House, it was great to hear the synergies between ways of working across different contexts - one thing that was evident from everyone I spoke to, however, was the drive to do good for the users of the products that we’re delivering, whether they be the public or in-house teams - and the desire to delivery this valuable as efficiently as possible. 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐈 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬: 𝐁𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠: Don’t be afraid to fly the flag for better ways of working, especially when dealing with external dependencies to your team. As Delivery Managers, it is our responsibility to drive change and improvement and not just sit back waiting for something to happen! 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤?: Are you applying to same risk approach to all situations? When it comes to assurance and governance, can we alter our approach depending on the circumstance and type of change? 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬: Bring everyone on the journey with you, whether they’re needed at the beginning of the project or the end, keep everyone informed and interested. Oh, and don’t call your stakeholders “stakeholders” - make sure they are part of the team! 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞: From the candid sharing of experiences during lightning talks, to the reflections during the bigger sessions of the day, everyone bravely laid all their cards on the table. Don’t underestimate the power of enabling teams to speak up and not fear consequence for being challenging and wanting to do things in a better way! Thanks to everyone who attended and for the great conversations we had, hopefully see you next year!

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A fantastic read of the efficiencies you can get within your project from our PMO toolkit by Heather Payne . Really simple but extremely effective in ensuring capturing risks, issues, decisions, actions, communication is delivered in a standardised approach within the PMO using our toolkit, which can be easily lifted and shifted onto your projects.

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Processing starters and leavers can be a time-consuming but critical task for every organisation in the public sector. Find out how 4 local authority partners in Wales streamlined this process and increased efficiency using digital transformation technology. At the end of the webinar, you’ll get the chance to put your questions to the digital transformation experts in a live Q&A session.

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Attended the Excellence in Central Government conference today with my UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS) colleagues Anne McFarlane and Dan Hardy . A great opportunity to learn about the many transformation initiatives taking place across government, and discuss the challenges faced and the approaches being adopted. There is lots of opportunity to benefit from adopting AI, and it was great to see real use cases where this is already in place. A lot of focus on data too, which is bringing challenges for most, but with fantastic examples of how information is being harnessed when you manage your data well. My key takeaway, was the underlying link through all of the sessions of organisation culture particularly but not limited to CI mindset. Technology can do so much more for us, but you cannot truly transform and capatilse if you do not evolve your culture at the same time. It reinforces to me that we are focusing on the right thinks at UKSBS, but there is no letting up and we will keep going.

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Great teach in on Microsoft Co-Pilot today. So pleased to be part of the first HMRC generative AI pilot, really enjoying using it so far. So many efficiencies to be gotten from it on a daily basis, it’s like having your own PA! Microsoft HM Revenue & Customs #microsoftcopilot #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #humanresources #AIprompter #technology #machinelearning #innovation #AI

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CHECKING UP ON YOUR SERVICE LEVEL Earlier this year I dived into the 15 principles for Good Service Design by Lou Downe. Very practical guidelines to make services more accessible, effective and inclusive. Downe also developed a helpful checklist to assess the status of each principle for your own service. Helping you pinpoint areas for improvement. Doing this check is now made easier by this tool by @David O'Brien. 🙌

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Our "IR35 & Reasonable Care" webinar, now available online to watch. The webinar covered the key elements that make up reasonable care based on the statute and case law. We then looked at the steps businesses need to have in place to demonstrate this. This is a detailed topic, if you have further questions about your compliance, please get in touch with us. #IR35webinar #webinar #IR35 #IR35compliance #compliance #tax #HR #HRNews

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Here we offer some good advice and information of how others have successful promoted the MSK self-management

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