Public estates - how to deal with rising debts and falling budgets

With the UK’s "debt clock" projected to reach £1.2 trillion by April 2012, public sector organisations are having to look urgently into ways to improve efficiency and reduce operational costs. This need to make government property work harder prompted discussions at the recent UK Government Property Conference on issues such as efficiency, estates rationalisation and drive towards a more collaborative way of working in the public sector.

Mace's Philip Worley, operations director for public estates, is highly experienced in the strategies and delivery of estates rationalisation and optimisation, having worked with countless public bodies, borough councils, and other regional organisations for over 15 years. In our latest white-paper Philip explains the challenges facing the public sector in more depth and outlines the 10 points any compelling solution will surely require as estates directors wrestle with the issue of falling budgets and rising debts.