Despite heavy investment into tech firms, the country has been one of the poorest performing G7 nations in the decade or so since the global financial crisis of 2008-09, when what had been a steady rise in productivity began to flatline.

As the UK starts to look for ways to boost the economy and kick-start recovery from Covid-19, could part of the answer lie in unlocking the untapped value of public sector knowledge assets?

During 2021, the Capita Institute is asking senior decision-makers critical questions relating to the state of their organisations as we emerge from the pandemic.

We’re seeing a variety of new trends affecting the utilities market, relating to the environment, infrastructure and consumers.

As the Covid-19 pandemic has taken hold across the globe, healthcare providers have had to quickly adapt to changing work structures and practices to save lives.

I was invited to speak recently in an online panel discussion on the progress being made to drive recruitment and improve retention into our armed forces.

The economic and employment implications of Covid-19 are likely to be felt for years to come.

We used our expertise knowledge and collaborative skills to work with the MOD to transfer more than 500 MOD firefighters and deliver 14 new firefighting vehicles on time and within budget- despite the huge difficulties posed by the Coronavirus pandemic.

7 steps to unlock the value of public sector knowledge assets

The last 12 months have been some of the most challenging in living memory: government, both central and local, has had to deal with a humanitarian, social and economic crisis beyond anything imaginable at the start of March 2020.