Sue Robb of 4Children talks to Julie Laughton and Alison Britton from the Department for Education about the role of childminders in delivering the 30 hours free entitlement.
Stephen Sidebottom explores the challenge facing organisations of adapting to change and why excellent risk management has never been a greater priority
How do Local Highways Authorities ensure National Infrastructure Strategy investments actually reach the highway network?
Victoria Robinson discusses the importance of reviewing risk culture in an organisation’s ongoing work
Victoria Robinson looks at the ways that risk management is changing and how the public sector needs to adapt to those changes
How can risk professionals in the public sector be trained as they tackle the many challenges that face them? Jane O’Leary discusses
Alarm's Jane O’Leary discusses the opportunities and challenges of new local authority service delivery models
Wayne Rigby discusses the unique value of local authority risk practitioners in supporting and managing children’s services risk, complaints and claims
Peter Andrews, Director at Alarm, attempts to answer the question of what is good risk management, using data collected from public service organisations over the last five years
Disruptive events will always occur, whatever form they may take. By having an effective business continuity programme in place, it should mean that, in the event of an incident, a drama doesn’t turn into a crisis, writes Andrew Scott
It will never be possible to eliminate fraud completely, but there are measures that can be taken that will help to mitigate the risks, writes Tracy Barnett, director of Alarm, the public risk management association
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Lochinvar has unveiled a new range of high temperature R290, air-to-water heat pumps capable of producing hot water up to 70degC while still achieving high energy efficiencies and reduced environmental impact.
The new Amicus Altus is available in three potential configurations: Two-pipe heating only, two-pipe heating or cooling, and four-pipe simultaneous cooling with heating and heat recovery making it suitable for most types of commercial project.
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