Public Sector Estate

Thursday 26th April 2012, One Great George Street - London, 08:40 - 16:00

Public Property 2012: Maximising the Value of the Public Sector Estate

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Overview

Making better use of the government estate has been a key aim for the Cabinet Office in order to eliminate waste and make savings for the taxpayer. The government’s £370 billion estate currently costs around £25 billion per annum to run. There are many benefits that can be achieved from good property asset management: efficiency savings, release of capital funds reinvestment, improved public services and increased energy efficiency. The government aims to raise more than £20 billion by selling surplus properties from across the estate.

The Government’s Property Strategy has been designed to save money by ensuring office space is used effectively and expensive property leases are reduced. As part of this strategy, the government has already reduced property related costs by £48 million as a result of the lease moratorium introduced in June 2010.

The State of the Estate in 2010, published May 2011, outlined that the government Property Unit had already made good progress towards reductions in annual running costs through the introduction of National Property Controls, which included a moratorium on new leases, efficiency standards for new buildings and refurbishments, as well as compliance criteria for facilities management contracts.

Furthermore, the NHS and local authorities own a vast amount of public sector land. Local authorities own over £128 billion worth of buildings and land across the country. Councils have also been tasked with being innovative in managing their assets and services. In December 2010 the Capital and Asset Pathfinder project was launched to explore how barriers at the local level can be removed to improve collaborative working and achieve revenue savings.

Agenda

The public sector estate is highly diverse, with substantial scope for efficiency improvement. Delegates at this forum will learn how they can better manage their estate and achieve efficiencies from rationalisation, better use of workspace and exploiting opportunities for co-location.

08:40	Registration and Coffee
09:25	Chair’s Welcome Address Robert Heavisides, Former Chair, Health Facilities Consortium (CONFIRMED)
09:30	Morning Keynote: The Government’s Property Strategy An efficient property strategy for the public sector Using space more efficiently, and vacating expensive leasehold properties Creating a new system of property controls and compliance criteria for facilities management contracts The future extension of the lease moratorium Using the lease moratorium as a driver for further efficiencies Lord Carter of Coles, Member, Government’s Property Advisory Panel (CONFIRMED)
09:50	Morning Keynote Questions and Answers Session Lord Carter of Coles, Member, Government’s Property Advisory Panel (CONFIRMED)
09:55	Special Keynote: Improving the Efficiency of Central Government Office Property Findings from the NAO Improving value for money of the office estate report Improving value for money of the office estate Potential future savings from the office estate Overcoming structural barriers Collating and sharing information Keith Davis, Director, National Audit Office (CONFIRMED)
10:15	Special Keynote Questions and Answers Session Keith Davis, Director, National Audit Office (CONFIRMED)
10:20	Maximising the Value of Your Property Generating income through building leasing Using assets to attract investment from the private sector Delivering value for money property services Adding value to your property in the public sector Peter Cosmetatos, Director of Policy (Finance), British Property Federation (CONFIRMED)
10:40	Questions and Answers Session Peter Cosmetatos, Director of Policy (Finance), British Property Federation (CONFIRMED)
10:45	Case Study: Delivering Savings Through Estates Rationalisation Developing a cost effective and efficient estates usage £11m over 10 years in estate savings from property rationalisation Working in partnership with others in the public sector to plan and share occupation and maximise shared value Reviewing the use of official vehicles and business travel arrangements to reduce cost Transforming the estate into a modern, flexible and open plan environment More sustainable workplaces Doing more with less Jeremy Morgan, Head of Estates, DVLA (CONFIRMED)
11:05	Questions and Answers Session Jeremy Morgan, Head of Estates, DVLA (CONFIRMED)
11:10	Coffee and Networking
11:30	Case Study: Delivering A Successful Property Transformation Programme Reducing the core office estate from 55 buildings to 8 and deliver savings in excess of £100 million The importance of good change management, stakeholder engagement and corporate leadership in Birmingham’s successful property transformation Successful workplace transformation – making the case for flexible working Delivering local asset rationalisation and shared services Efficient asset management through integrated service delivery Lessons learnt and best practice Peter Jones, Director of Property, Birmingham City Council (CONFIRMED)
11:50	Case Study: Innovative Solutions to Economic Growth & Regeneration - Using Partnerships and ICT to Achieve Estate Reduction and Better Use of Workspace Facilitating the role of ICT in shrinking your estate Infrastructure upgrade to support a flexible workforce Working with partners to achieve estate efficiencies Utilising the asset base to assist economic development Moving to a model of flexible working The importance of data in identifying the potential and scope for flexible and mobile working Increasing employee productivity through better use of workspace Outcomes and benefits to date Nalin Seneviratne, Director of Property Services, Sheffield City Council (CONFIRMED)
12:10	Questions and Answers Session
12:30	Lunch and Networking
13:30	Embedding Sustainability in the Government Estate Creating a sustainable central government estate and sustainable procurement practices Greening Government: new commitments for greening Government operations and procurement Mainstreaming sustainability in government Smarter use of the government estate to help achievement government sustainability targets Jonathan Tillson, Head of Sustainable Products and Procurement, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (CONFIRMED)
13:50	Making Better Use of Public Assets and Overcoming the Barriers to Collaborative Working Encouraging more authorities to better manage their capital and assets by removing national barriers and unlock potential savings through cross agency collaboration Delivering substantial savings and service improvement The value of community asset transfer as one option in the consideration of asset management and disposal strategies Using the Localism Act to promote community ownership of assets Reducing costs through collaborative procurement Findings from the capital and asset pathfinders Nick Dexter, Deputy Director for Community Budgets and Local Delivery, Department for Communities and Local Government (CONFIRMED)
14:10	Questions and Answers Session
14:30	Coffee and Networking
14:50	Smarter Use of Assets to Deliver Savings and Transform Services Delivering better local services at lower cost Minimising the cost of maintaining assets Generating income through building leasing Using assets to attract investment from the private sector Surrey First initiative: Working better with other public sector organisations in the county to deliver savings Enabling county council staff to work out of district and borough council offices Best practice Councillor Tony Samuels, Cabinet Member for Assets and Regeneration Programmes, Surrey County Council (CONFIRMED)
15:10	Case Study: Achieving Environment Efficiencies by Relocating and Estate Rationalisation Relocating from 20 previously disparate buildings to a single, centrally located building Low cost green solutions Achieving environmental efficiency savings of 1,781 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year and operational savings of about £3 million per year Building the case for sustainability Jeremy Pilgrim, Head of Property, London Borough of Southwark (CONFIRMED)
15:30	Questions and Answers Session
16:00	Afternoon Chair's Summary and Close

*programme subject to change without notice

Audience

Delegates attending this forum will include heads of facilities management, asset managers, commercial directors, directors of property, finance directors, heads of shared services, heads of HR, strategic procurement mangers, heads of e-services, heads of sustainability, heads of land and property, heads of property services, carbon management managers and capital planning managers. Delegates will be drawn from central government, local authorities, NHS, and the private sector and all those interested in asset management.

Public Sector Estate

Thursday 26th April 2012, One Great George Street - London, 08:40 - 16:00

Public Property 2012: Maximising the Value of the Public Sector Estate

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