This year, International Women’s Day also marks roughly one year since the global emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

If you work in local authority Building Control services, you’ll know that it’s impossible to plan for absolutely everything.

There’s no question that the Coronavirus pandemic has hit councils across the UK hard, with a combination of residents needing more help and the mechanisms for delivering that help being disrupted.

Innovation isn’t working. At least, the old style of innovation isn’t. It can’t be – look at the number of established, iconic brands that have fallen foul of disruption over the past few years.

These turbulent times might not look like the best time to invest in your workforce: an uncertain economic future paired with unpredictable future skills needs make it a risk that may not seem worth taking.

Andy Start, Executive Officer of Government Services, and Chantal Free, Executive Officer of People Solutions, discuss Covid-19’s impact on how public sector employees work. They look at what we’ve learned and how we can build on innovations for the future.

While many of us have effectively transitioned to at-home working, for some industries, like construction and infrastructure, that’s completely impossible.

The South East Lincolnshire Local Plan is a joint local plan between Boston Borough Council, South Holland District Council and Lincolnshire County Council.

We’re helping Lancaster City Council to efficiently administer their building regulation applications.

Our resilience service is helping Hyndburn Council achieve their statutory building control responsibilities by inspecting buildings and dangerous structures rapidly and reliably.