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Downloadable Documents and Presentations

A wide range of documents and presentations can be downloaded from this site, including:

Speakers' presentations from many of our events around the Midlands Region, which are listed further down this page - click here to go directly to them.
Presentations made at Students' Society events - listed on the Student Events page
Minutes of Regional Council meetings, Annual General Meeting Papers, the Region's Constitution, Annual Development Plan and the Annual Report - available from the Regional Council page and the About the Region page.
Centrepage, the Region's newsletter - which can be downloaded from the Centrepage page.

Events - Downloads of Speakers' Presentations

Copies of presentations from CIPFA in the Midlands events are often made available here on the website, and appear below in date order (starting with the most recent).

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Carbon and Sustainability Issues in the Public Sector
Wallsall, September 2008

Presentation by KPMG
Step by Step - A Guide to the Carbon Reduction Commitment

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Leading Change and the role of the Finance Function
Stoke on Trent, May 2008

Presentation by Damon Lawrenson, Head of Finance Change Programme, Stoke City Council

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IFRS in the Public Sector
Northampton, April 2008

View slides by Paul Mason,Technical Manager, CIPFA

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The Efficiency Agenda in Local Government
KPMG Offices, Birmingham, February 2008

The seminar was led by Richard Williams, a Director at KPMG LLP. Richard is leading on a number of KPMG's efficiency-based partnerships with local authorities.

For a copy of the slides from the presentation please click here.

Also available is a summary of the feedback from those attending.

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NHS Foundation Trusts
Audit Commission, Solihull, December 2007

Penny Venables - Chief Executive of the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Kevin Stringer - Director of Finance for Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Foundation Trusts: The Process and Related Issues - A Financial Perspective

Claire Lea - Trust Board Secretary for the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Foundation Trust Status - The Holy Grail?

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CIPFA in the Midlands Annual Seminar 2007
"Building Partnerships for the Future"
Hyatt Regency, Birmingham, November 2007

Dame Sue Street - Advisor at Deloitte and former DCMS Permanent Secretary
The Civil Service Code

David Goldstone - Finance and Programme Director, Government Olympic Executive
Building Partnerships for the Future

Nick Jefferies - Head of South Worcestershire Shared Services Organisation, Revenues and Benefits
Shared Services

Professor Colin Talbot - Chair of Public Policy and Management, Manchester Business School
Performance after the CSR 2007

Tom Taylor - Chief Executive, Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust
Partnership Working - The Softer Side

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Project Management
Northamptonshire, September 2007

John Plumb, IPF
Project Management - Method or Chaos?

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Local Area Agreements
Hereford, April 2007

Leo Castledine, Assistant Director, Government Office for the West Midlands
Implementing the New Performance Framework and LAAs

Jon Crockett, Chief Executive, Wolverhampton PCT
LAAs - Where to Next.....

Richard Loveridge, Programme Manager, South Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership
Funding Priorities in a LAA

Phil Morgan, Performance Specialist, Audit Commission
LAAs - An Audit Commission Perspective

Colleagues may also be interested in the Local Agreements Network for Local Authorities and their partners - click here for details. Please note that this service is not endorsed by CIPFA in the Midlands.

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Balance Sheet Management
Birmingham, April 2007

Joanna Watson, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Balance Sheet Management: Reviewing & Implementing Best Practice

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Local Area Agreements
Castle Donington, February 2007

Janet Mills, Head of LAA / Local Government Policy, Government Office for the East Midlands
The Local Government White Paper & Local Area Agreements

Mary Dowson, Service Director of Partnerships & Performance, City of Wakefield MDC
Families and Neighbourhoods - The Wakefield Local Area Agreement

Chris Tambini, Head of Corporate Finance, Leicestershire County Council
The LAA in a Two Tier Area - A Financial Perspective

David Quinney, Performance Specialist, Audit Commission
Local Area Agreements ? An Audit Commission perspective

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Improving "Use of Resources" and Data Quality Assessments
Wolverhampton, January 2007

David Aldous, Senior Policy Lead (Local Government), Audit Policy and Practice, Audit Commission
Improving arrangements for Use of Resources

David is seeking feedback on how authorities found the Use of Resources assessment - please contact him at d-aldous@audit-commission.gov.uk

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The Accountant's role in Quality Improvement, VFM and Efficiency
Worcester, January 2007

Steve Freer, Chief Executive, CIPFA
The Role of Finance in Quality Improvement

Loiuse Rickitt, Policy, Research and Studies, Audit Commission
Value for Money: Challenges and Opportunities

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CIPFA in the Midlands Annual Seminar 2006
"Managing, Leading and Dealing with Change"
Hyatt Regency, Birmingham, November 2006

Sir Michael Lyons
Placeshaping and Local Choice - a Stiff Challenge for Local Government?

Chris Simms, Deputy Chief Constable, West Midlands Police
The lessons learnt from the Force Amalgamation

Dr Neil Goodwin, GoodwinHannah
Leadership and Change

Mary Dowson, Service Director Partnerships and Performance, Wakefield MDC
(Winner of the LGA Award 2006 - Most Improved Council)
Transforming An Underperforming Council: The Wakefield Experience

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Building a Better Environment through PFI
Coventry, September 2006

Chris West, Coventry City Council
Bridging the gap and funding the Coventry schools PFI
Zipped Powerpoint file with pictures (17.3Mb)
Powerpoint file without pictures (358k)

Steve Noon, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire
Delivering a new hospital through PFI
Zipped Powerpoint file with pictures (86Mb)
Powerpoint file without pictures (859k)

Mike Ellsmore, Bexley Borough Council
The winds of change - How to right a wrong
Zipped Powerpoint file with pictures (63Mb)
Powerpoint file without pictures (5.7Mb)

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Regional AGM - Immediate Past President's Address
Nottingham, April 2006

Presentation by Mike Barnes (pdf, 160k)

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Procuring Value for Money
Birmingham, March 2006

All four presentations in one Winzip file (3.6Mb)

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PFI - VFM for Public Infrastructure?
Glenfield, Leicestershire, February 2006

Andy Wynne, Head of Public Sector Technical, ACCA (114kb)

ACCA Research Report No. 84:
"Evaluating the operation of PFI in roads and hospitals"

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CIPFA in the Midlands Annual Seminar 2005
"The Efficiency Agenda"
Hyatt Regency, Birmingham, November 2005

Michael Kitts (PwC) How e-Government and Outsourcing has delivered the Efficiency Agenda

Graham Urwin (Chief Executive South Birmingham PCT) How does the Efficiency Agenda apply to the delivery of front line healthcare?

Kevin Beaumont/Sarah Wood (LGA) Collaboration between Local Authorities

Anna has given her permission for her contact details to be published. She can be contacted directly for any queries on her presentation "The role of the finance director"

Anna Klonowski, Advanced Human Resources, Mobile: 07740 591226 Tel:+44 (0) 207 847 8883 / +44 (0) 1277 352443 Client Support:+44 (0) 1277 355672 www.advancedhumanresources.com

Pat Woodhouse - Seminar Outputs - CIPFA in the Midlands

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CATS Seminar: Gershon, VFM and Partnerships
Warwick University, September 2005

Partnership - The Provider's Perspective: Patrick Green, Bentley Jennison (380kb)

Partnerships - The Purchaser's Perspective: G Casson, Flintshire County Council (61kb)

Gershon & Efficiency: C Randall, Bentley Jennison (13.6mb)

Lean Thinking: M Humphrey, Bentley Jennison (2.43mb)

Operational Review: M Humphrey, Bentley Jennison (1.17mb)

Value Stream Mapping: M Humphrey, Bentley Jennison (1.32mb)

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The Changing Relationship between
Internal Audit and Risk Management
Leicester, September 2005

Paul Gasgoine, Morgan Kai Group (251kb)

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E-Government Partnerships:
A Staffordshire success story
Birmingham, September 2005

Charles Malkin, Communications Manager, Staffordshire Connects (3.4mb)

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Finance Matters:
Lessons from an organisational journey from poor to fair at Walsall Council
Ironbridge, July 2005

Carole Evans, Executive Director, Walsall MBC (371kb)

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The Peculiarities of Public Sector Accounting
Leicester, April 2005

David Bacon, Director of Finance, Leicester City West PCT (ppt, 125k)
Colin Sharpe, Head of Finance, Social Care and Health, Leicester City Council (ppt, 270k)

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CATS Seminar: Current Issues
Warwick University, November 2004

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Life in a Foundation Trust
Birmingham, November 2004

Peter Shanahan, Deputy Chief Executive
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (708Kb)

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Managing the Money - A Service Perspective
Leicester, October 2004

Andrew Cozens, ADSS President (121kb)

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Regional Seminar 2004:
Focussing on the Customer
Warwick, October 2004

All presentations in one Winzip file (19.8Mb)

Individual Powerpoint Files:

I'm a Councillor - Get me out of here! (3.2Mb) Shane McCracken, Gallomanor Communications Ltd
Using partnering to improve customer experience (48kb) Michael Kitts, PWC
Leadership in customer service   (332kb) Peter Osorio, Institute of Customer Service
Putting the customer first at Blackpool   (6.8Mb) Julian Kearsley, Blackpool Council
Focusing on the Customer   (10Mb) Erica Wenzel, Tameside MBC

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Students Union Launch and Seminar
East Midlands, October 2004
Click here to go to the list of downloadable files

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The Western Area Seminar
West Midlands, May 2004

Regional assemblies (1.8Mb)

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CATS Seminar
Warwick, April 2004

Internal Audit recruitment market within the Public Sector (59kb)
Hays Accountancy Personnel

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Payment by Results
Birmingham, March 2004

Rachel Hardy
Lesley Evans
S tephen Warren

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Regional Annual Seminar 2003
Warwick, November 2003

The health agenda and foundation hospitals - Paul Corrigan, DoH
Public interest companies - Paul Maltby, IPPR
Local government theory into practice - the Worcestershire HUB partnership - David Wood (Malvern Hills DC) & Nick Hughes (Worcs CC)
Delivering an incremental partnership, David Rees, Deloitte

Or all of them in one mega sized file!! All.zip

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Supporting People
July 2003 and September 2003

Paul Thomas and Helen Trousdale - September 2003 (197kb)

Denise Steadman and Ruth Rigby - Nottingham - July 2003 (195kb)

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Change Management
Derbyshire, September 2003

Jeff Wheatley, Derbyshire County Council:
Part 1 (323kb)
Part 2 (850kb)

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Balanced Scorecard
Worcestershire, October 2002

Balanced Scorecard (224kb)

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E-Procurement
Huntingdon, October 2002

Paul Woodruff - Huntingdonshire (1.7mb)

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Regional Seminar 2002
Warwick, October 2002

Integrating Policy Planning and Budgeting - Ian Fifield (141Kb)
Corporate Governance - Matthew Butcher (271Kb)
Comprehensive Performance Assessment - Phil Jones (992Kb)
Public Reporting and Accountability Awards - Steve Freer (53Kb)
The Impact of Enron on the Public Sector - Vernon Soare (46Kb)
Delivering a modern health service: the role of public accountability - Jo Timson (711Kb)

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Winning Reputations
Nottingham, October 2002

Sarah Naylor, PwC (559kb)

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More Presentations from the archive......

I know my Rights, the Legal Framework - Pete Uglow - Focus Training (file size 489kb) CATS Coventry- July 2002

The replacement of capital controls - Martin Easton - Birmingham City Council (file size 29kb) Stafford - June 2002

Changes to the revenue grant system- Phillip Walker - Derby City Council(file size 91kb) Stafford - June 2002

e-Government - How ready are you? - Sukhy Duggal - PricewaterhouseCoopers (file size 74kb) Telford - May 2002

The White Paper - Paul Field - Solihull MBC (file size 425kb) Tewkesbury - April 2002

Risk Management - Steve Haworth - District Audit (file size 179kb) Tewkesbury - January 2002

Modern Methods of Service Delivery - Alan Rylett (file size 84kb) Newark - December 2001

Regional Seminar 2001

Delivering Better Services to Citizens - Sarah Wood (file size 55kb)
Public Private Partnerships and PFI - David Locke (file size 1,321kb)
Strategic Partnering - Ian Keys (file size 96kb)
Partnership Financial Control - Paul Cook (file size 37kb)
Thoroughly Modern Middlesbrough - Andy Snowden (file size 391k)

Excellence in Finance (file size 41k) Tewkesbury - September 2001

Pensions - Whats happening at a National Level (file size 63k) Birmingham - September 2001

The Euro - political hype but business reality (file size 997k) Hereford - April 2001
Please note - this presentation can only be downloaded for personal use as the copyright belongs to Solstice UK Consulting

Shaping the future - Best Value (file size 60k) Northampton - April 2001

Best Value - Corporate View (file size 93k) Stafford - March 2001

Best Value in Finance (file size 687k) Stafford - March 2001

Best Value Auditor's View (file size 1,009k) Stafford - March 2001

Lincolnshire Outsourcing Presentation January 2001

Fraud in Local Government November 2000

Fraud in the NHS November 2000