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The uncertain UK economic outlook: February 2025

The uncertain UK economic outlook: February 2025

Latest monthly GDP performance The UK economy shrank by 0.1% in January, posing a challenge for Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her critical Spring Statement. Friday's GDP data from the Office for National Statistics fell short of the predicted 0.1% growth and...

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๐™„๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ?

๐™„๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ?

Over the past 2 months I've been exploring a lot of AI services and platforms to help support my business and professional services.๐˜ผ๐™„ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง:- ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—œ'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป. Need copy editing, graphics, to precis down a large 4 page summary into 2...

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Is your project Green Book ready?

Is your project Green Book ready?

I๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™—๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ก? We get a lot of requests for quotes to help develop green book compliant business cases.The biggest pushback we have is: is your project sufficiently developed or do you think you can...

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#๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

#๐™Ž๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™š ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ.

In my experience as an advisor to local and city leaders, it's worth remembering these 10 key points:1๏ธโƒฃ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, and can be withdrawn and deployed at the workerโ€™s discretion.2๏ธโƒฃ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜† โ€“ they can be attitudes or personal...

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Get the best out of consultants

Get the best out of consultants

๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช'๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ?Hereโ€™s how you can change that - Part 1 1๏ธโƒฃ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ†’ Be explicit about what you want to achieve.โ†ณ Clear goals lead to targeted efforts.Ambiguity only causes confusion and inefficiency.๐˜๐˜ง...

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20 ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  B๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ C๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ 60 ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ

20 ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  B๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ C๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ 60 ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ

The Green Book is a useful process used in the UK to originate and develop project ideas and plans that require public money. Here's my tips for a good Green Book Business Case....1) Always start with a ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ. If its still vague - don't...

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