As the public sector works out how to absorb the cuts announced in the recent Spending Review, one key area for efficiency savings is public property. The MJ's sister title, Governetz Public Property, with office specialist Overbury held a recent seminar with 70 top public property managers from across central and local government and the third sector to find out how better asset management can help deliver back-office savings. Jonathon Werran reports
More than 70 senior public sector property managers assembled in Whitehall a fortnight ago for a post-Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) briefing, organised by Governetz Public Property and Overbury. Held on a crisp Friday morning, two days after chancellor, George Osborne, had announced eye-wateringly sharp and swingeing cuts to unprotected departmental budgets, the mood of delegates was surprisingly upbeat.
