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Attracting and retaining talent in the public sector following COVID-19: is your workforce strategy agile and resilient?
In this paper we explore ways in which you can rise to the opportunities and challenges of attracting and retaining talent in the public sector, as the long term impact of coronavirus continues to unfold.
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Management consultancy - achieving best value and efficiency
With the government and public sector spending over £2.5 billion a year on management consultancy, it’s important that you achieve the best outcomes and value for money. This whitepaper will help you develop an outcomes-focused procurement strategy that ensures great value and great results.
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Achieving best value and efficiency from contact centre contracts
This guide will help you develop an innovative procurement strategy that will ensure your contact centre services provide great customer service – whilst also helping you achieve commercial savings and efficiencies.
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Legal services - 4 steps to a successful fee structure
The private sector is moving away from hourly rates and creating a range of mutually beneficial fee models. This whitepaper explores how such fee structures can be adopted in the public sector.
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From recruitment to retention, we’re here to help
For many organisations, people are their most precious asset – but also their biggest expenditure. People procurement involves a delicate balancing act to attract and retain the skilled staff and expert support you need, in an efficient and compliant way, without paying over the odds.
At CCS our experienced category team can help you with everything from management consultancy and legal advice for the times when you need to lean on specialist experts, to temporary and permanent recruitment, apprenticeship training, learning and development, interpreting and translation services, contact centre solutions and more.
Our people agreements
Whatever your need we have a commercial solution that will help you access the expertise you need quickly, compliantly and effectively.
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Workforce
Recruitment and apprenticeship training solutions to support your strategic workforce planning and talent management programmes.
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Health workforce
We’re working with NHS Procurement in Partnership to provide health workforce services as the NHS Workforce Alliance.
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Supply teachers
Choose our Department for Education supported deal to fill a range of education based roles from head teachers to clerical staff.
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People services
From apprenticeship training and learning and development, to interpreting and translation, employee benefits and occupational health.
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Professional services
Legal, audit and assurance, corporate finance and management consultancy services for the times when you need specialist advice and support.
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Contact centres
Access expert suppliers to help you with everything from traditional telephony to robotics, web chat and back office processing.

Blogs and news
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Supporting financial wellbeing in a COVID-19 world
With discounts of up to 30% available through our Employee Benefits framework, could you help give your employees a financial boost in 2021?
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Adapt and thrive – how to plan for the workforce market of the future
Technology, demographic and social changes are affecting the way the public sector attracts and retain talent
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New, improved apprenticeship training marketplace coming soon
It’s National Apprenticeship Week and we’ll soon be launching enhancements to our apprenticeship training marketplace to make buying the right training for your apprentices quicker and simpler.
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Case studies
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Permanent Recruitment framework helps DVLA recruit specialist roles they were struggling to fill
This case study outlines how our Permanent Recruitment framework helped the DVLA attract external talent for senior level posts they were struggling to fill.
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Permanent Recruitment framework helps Maritime and Coastguard Agency get fit for the 21st century
In this case study we explain how the CCS Permanent Recruitment framework helped the Maritime and Coastguard Agency ensure a coastguard fit for the 21st century by filling an important vacancy.
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NHSX pick Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff framework to help them find a digital recruitment partner
In this case study we explain how a new department with no experience of recruiting contractors used the Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff framework to help them fulfil their vision.
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Bringing power to your procurement
Your buying decisions have the power to make life better for everyone across the country. Find out why you should be making those decisions with CCS.
Webinars and whitepapers
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Tackling modern slavery in our supply chains
Stamping out modern slavery in our supply chains is one of the UK government's top priorities. Watch our webinar to find out more.
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Delivering social value through public sector procurement
We will discuss the implications of the Social Value Act on public sector buyers and the growing demand for social value through contracts.
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Get in touch
We're here to help power your procurement. Tell us if there is something we can help you with and one of our expert team members will be in touch.
Talk to us
CCS customer services team is available
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Email:
info@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone:
0345 410 2222