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Workplace Design And Productivity: Are They Inextricably Linked?
- July 13, 2019
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Research, Workplace
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The concept of productivity in the workplace is attracting great interest and quite rightly so. No longer is it solely in the domain of the academics, HR function or the architects and workplace strategists – we now find experts in real estate, facilities management, furniture supply, air conditioning systems and many more taking an active interest in what has become a major issue for business.
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Shared Property Services In The Public Sector: A Future Of Collaboration?
- July 13, 2019
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- Categories: Collaboration, Research
The days when public sector service providers worked alone or, worse, in competition with other providers, are thankfully no more. Whether this is because of a genuine collaborative spirit or because they recognise their survival depends on working with partners, the result is that shared services have increased across the public sector.
New legislative freedoms are also partly responsible for the rise of this model of service delivery, which encompasses joint ventures and corporate entities.
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Local Asset Backed Vehicles – A success story or unproven concept?
- July 13, 2019
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- Categories: Joint Ventures, Research
With a growing interest in, and indeed a need for, effective partnership working between the public and private sectors, the RICS and Local Partnerships sponsored a research review of Local Asset Backed Vehicles (LABV). While such vehicles have existed for over a decade, there is a surprising absence of objective commentary on their achievements, the challenges to their creation and operation, and their potential future shape and direction in the context of the financial and economic environment.