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Posted 13 years ago4 minute read

Managing change fairly – Meeting Equalities Act requirements is one of the main ways to ensure Fairness

We live in uncertain times and with conflicting visions of our future. Right now it is as difficult to predict...

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Posted 13 years ago5 minute read

The business of influence – The public affairs industry is learning how to work with public consultations

From time to time you will all see simplistic definitions of the term ‘consultation’. You know the sort we mean....

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

Post-election consultations – Beware the newly-elected waving their ‘Mandates’; there are legal pitfalls!

This week Local Councillors and those who aspire to become ones will stand for election, and despite genuine concern about...

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

A convincing narrative – Is there a special skill to writing a good consultation paper?

Consultation is an invitation to influence us. We are effectively saying to whoever is interested:- Please give us your views,...

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

Understanding why people say ‘No’ – The current debate about Wind Farms makes us think seriously about NIMBYism

Last week’s Key Issue Workshop was about Wind Farms! But it could equally have been about a range of other...

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Posted 14 years ago5 minute read

Open Public Services 2012

In July 2011 the Coalition Government published its long-awaited Open Public Services White Paper which sets out their agenda to...

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