Case study: Reading Children's Trust
Client: Reading Borough Council Date: October 2017 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client:Reading Borough Council received an...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 1, 20192 min read
Case study: Cornwall Council children's service integration
Client: Cornwall Council Date: November 2017 – December 2018 Challenges faced by the client: In 2017 Cornwall Council had a ‘Good’ rated...
Mutual Ventures
Jan 1, 20193 min read
End of austerity? Not yet for public services
MV’s Andrew Laird argues that we must bring public services closer together to keep future demand under control. This week, the...
Andrew Laird
Oct 31, 20183 min read
Case study: Devon County Council and DYS Space
Date: September 2014 – June 2018 Challenges faced by the client: While part of Devon County Council, the youth service budget reduced...
Mutual Ventures
Jul 1, 20183 min read
More Government funding available to support new delivery models
Tracey Crouch – Minister for Sport and Civil Society has announced a further £1 million in funding for the Mutuals Support Programme...
Mutual Ventures
Jun 10, 20181 min read
Are you brave enough to cede control of services?
Emmet Regan argues that public service bodies need to cede individual organisational control in order to ensure greater collective...
Emmet Regan
Mar 19, 20183 min read
The Carillion aftermath…Don’t jump to conclusions
In the wake of the collapse of public service outsourcer Carillion, some are aggressively calling for an end to all independent delivery...
Andrew Laird
Feb 7, 20183 min read
The battle for public service markets
Writing for HuffPost, Mutual Ventures Director Andrew Laird describes the public service market “battle ground” and makes the case for...
Andrew Laird
Nov 8, 20174 min read
Public Services face the greatest uncertainty yet – but the show must go on
Writing for Public Sector Focus, MV Director Andrew Laird explores the impact central government instability has on services and what can...
Andrew Laird
Nov 1, 20174 min read
Integrating Whitehall: the case for a Department for Public Sector Reform
To achieve the goal of a coordinated approach to complex public service issues, integration must happen in Whitehall argues MV’s Emmet...
Emmet Regan
Oct 24, 20173 min read
Libraries: alternative delivery models toolkit
Mutual Ventures has developed a toolkit to support library service managers, council commissioners and other stakeholders to consider a...
Mutual Ventures
Oct 19, 20171 min read
The fix? Improving public services through design thinking
Sneh Jani argues that public service providers need to embrace ‘design thinking’ to improve experiences, outcomes and make services more...
Mutual Ventures
Sep 26, 20173 min read
We need devolution deals – and we need them now
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird makes the case for more devolution against the backdrop of central government uncertainty…...
Andrew Laird
Jul 12, 20173 min read
Now the poetry is over: how metro mayors can govern in prose and deliver for citizens
MV’s Emmet Regan looks at how a close focus on delivery can help the new metro mayors meet their pledges to citizens. New ‘metro-mayors’...
Emmet Regan
May 12, 20173 min read
Public service reform and the impact on councillors
Writing for the MJ, with services increasingly being transferred to new delivery models, MV’s Ben Cahill discusses the changing role of...
Mutual Ventures
May 8, 20173 min read
New government-funded support for library service mutuals
“The best part of setting up a library service mutual is being able to design the service you’ve always wanted, rather than managing...
Mutual Ventures
Apr 3, 20172 min read
West-Midlands devolution and the potential for public services
Writing for Huffpost, MV’s Andrew Laird reflects on the West-midlands devolution event held at the Beacon Centre for the Blind in...
Andrew Laird
Feb 14, 20173 min read
2017: New Year, New Challenges
As we all adjust to the changes brought about over the last year, what does this mean for public services in 2017? John Copps looks...
John Copps
Dec 14, 20164 min read
A different school of thought – what next for the government’s academies policy?
Compulsory conversion of community schools to academies has been dropped – but challenges remain for local authorities and small schools,...
Mutual Ventures
Dec 11, 20163 min read
Are Elected Mayors An Opportunity Or Threat For Social Enterprise?
Writing for HuffPost, MV’s Andrew Laird looks into the potential unintended consequences of devolution and elected mayors… Over the last...
Andrew Laird
Sep 23, 20164 min read