The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for cyber security but also changed the very nature of the beast.

If you search the Internet for the first example of hacking, you’ll come across the name of Nevil Maskelyne. He was an Edwardian magician, inventor and businessman.

Stephen Ottewell, Director of Planning and Building Control at Capita, interviews planning experts - this Q and A focuses on planning masterplans and design codes.

As declared by Dr Dominique Hes in 2017, there is quite simply “no sustainability without community engagement”. The topic of how organisations bring their staff and customers ’with them’ on cultural and transformative journeys is never far away.

The complex and challenging nature of delivering public services at a local level has never been under more pressure. Public service integration – collaboration between different services within local government and with external partners across other sectors – can make a very real and significant difference.

We consider how local authorities can navigate the twin tasks of reformed local service provision and successful placemaking in the short and medium term.

As we continue to look at the opportunities and choices organisations need to make, to plan, rebuild and come back stronger after the pandemic, we turn our attention to government and defence.

The Government’s new planning White Paper has legal, social and practical implications for local councils, developers and residents.

Capita is helping organisations to improve their resilience though initiatives that build capacity and agility in technology, security, customer management and people aspects.

Paul Key, Group Chief Information Security Officer at Capita, shares five key building blocks that can reduce the impact of cyber-crime on your organisation.