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EmailStephen Hughes open letter
Stephen Hughes, Chief Executive at Birmingham City Council, has written the following open letter to staff on the financial situation that the authority currently faces. It appears in the latest edition......
Happy Anniversary to CYPF BEST Bulletin
Kevin Allen - Directorate Engagement Manager for Children Young People & Families, launched a directorate BEST news bulletin when he took up the role over a year ago. The bulletins......
Chamberlain Awards 2010 - Finalists Revealed!
The closely guarded secret of this years Chamberlain Awards finalists have been revealed! There were hundreds of nominations for the prestigious awards this year, resulting in a finalist list to......
Birmingham staff named UK's best council workers
A Birmingham City Council climate change champion and a gas servicing team which keeps more than 59,000 residents a year safe, were celebrating today after being named the best public sector workers in the country....
Council Worker of the Year Awards 2010
Leo McMulkin, sustainability and energy management group leader for Birmingham City Council, and the entire BCC Gas Maintenance Team have beaten competition from around the UK and are finalists in the Local Government Council Worker of the Year Awards....
Generation BEST team compete for Young Local Authority of the Year
Two Generation BEST members will be in Lancaster today to represent Birmingham at the Young Local Authority of the Year competition. ...
Change Agent Project Success at CIPD Awards 2009
We are delighted to congratulate our colleagues from the Insource Change Agents team on their win at The CIPD People Management Awards 2009 on Wednesday evening, 18 November. The In-Source Team......
Beating Cuts to be the BEST!
Midlands Business News today featured this article, penned by Cllr Alan Rudge, Cabinet Sponsor for the BEST Programme. The article considers how local government can meet tough targets for public......
National LGC Challenge October 2009
Local Government Challenge http://www.lgc-challenge.com Three enthusiastic teams from the council’s younger employees’ network, Generation BEST, took part in the annual Local Government Challenge at the Coventry Ricoh Arena last month. The event is......
Leading Workforce Thinking - Sharing Engagement with NHS
The NHS Employers' annual conference and exhibition took place last week at the ICC in Birmingham from Tuesday 3 - Thursday 5 November. The event attracted over 1400 delegates, exhibitors......
Wishing our HR Change Agents luck at People Management Awards
We are proud to wish our colleagues Sue Wait, Glen Knott, Nadiya Janjooa and their team the BEST of luck at this years People Management Awards. Their "Change Agents" project has......
Finalists at prestigious Personnel Today Awards
We are delighted that our BEST employee engagement programme has been shortlisted as a finalist, at the prestigious 2009 Personnel Today Awards. We are very proud to be considered as......
BEST Shouts!
Coming soon! BEST Shouts! will be launched November 2009. For more information, please contact your Directorate Support Team ......
BEST at Shining Stars with Kriss Akabusi
The corporate engagement team were once again delighted to be a sponsor the Adults & Communities Shining Star Awards. This year the awards were hosted by gold medal athlete Kriss......
BEST Autumn Event 2009
The BEST Autumn Event took place on Tuesday 22nd September 2009 in a marquee in Aston Hall Park. ...
Green Letter Day in and around Sutton
Do you work in and around Sutton Coldfield? Looking for new ideas for team building away days or to hold your best workshop? Look no further, we have some ideas......
Birmingham City Council – A Shining Example of Engagement
The BEST Programme from Birmingham City Council has been included in a high profile research paper commissioned by the Secretary of State’s office as an example of excellent employee engagement.......
Ticket Giveaway - Our City, Our Values
We have 5 pairs of tickets to give away to BEST Leaders to the premier of the new BEST DVD "Our City, Our Values". The DVD will showcase BEST......
BEST 2009 Training Feedback
Earlier this year we held our training for 2009, there were three types of training offered over a 10 week period. These sessions were for new BEST leaders, existing......
Liz and Eddie still get our vote!
The winners of the Council Worker of the Year Awards 2009 were announced on 2nd July at a Gala Awards Dinner in Harrogate. Unfortunately our two finalists, Eddie Campbell and......
Birmingham City Council scoops hat trick of awards
Birmingham City Council’s, pioneering employee engagement programme; BEST has received three national accolades, recognising its contribution to improving service delivery and maximising employee engagement. This year’s Municipal Journal (MJ) Award......
BEST at Brighter Futures
The BEST Programme Team will be manning a stand at the upcoming Brighter Futures Conference on the 30th June 2009 at the ICC. Please pop along to the stand to......
BEST Recognition Events
In 2008 the BEST Programme team hosted several celebration events, on behalf of the Chief Executive and Cllr Alan Rudge, Cabinet Member for Equalities and HR and BEST Cabinet Sponsor These......
Birmingham City Council Wins National HR Award
Birmingham City Council’s Human Resources department has received a top national award for its BEST project. This year’s PPMA Award for ‘HR Innovation’ was awarded to Birmingham City Council for its......
Local Government Council Worker of the Year Awards
Congratulations to Eddie Campbell and Liz Parkes for being shortlisted for the Local Government Council Worker of the Year Awards in recognition of their outstanding service to the community. ......
Birmingham's HR finalists in 3 national awards
Birmingham City Council's Human Resources short-listed for 3 National Awards Birmingham City Council's BEST programme and the Change Agents Service, part of InSource, have been short-listed for prestigious National Awards The BEST......
BEST launch monthly Recognition Events for 2009
Last year the BEST Programme team hosted several celebration events, on behalf of the Chief Executive and Cabinet Member, to reward and recognise the hard work and commitment demonstrated......
Birmingham's got talent...have you?
As part of Generation BEST's 'Giving Something Back', we would like to let you know about the following event being organised by St Mary's Hospice. 'Birmingham's Got Talent' will be taking......
Birmingham City Council supports Women on Their Way
Building on the internal success of the Advancing Women programme - sponsored by Cllr Alan Rudge, Cabinet Member for Equalities and Human Resources which offers female employees of the......
Chamberlain Award Nominations are now open!
Do you know someone with star quality? If so, then this is for you! The Corporate Recognition Team are now looking for nominations for 2009! This is the fifth year of......
BEST Dragon's Den
Following feedback from the BEST Leaders Open Space event held in September 2007 and Employee Excellence Groups held throughout the year, we propose to hold a BEST Dragons’ Den based......
BEST 2008 Training Pilot a Success!
The Adults and Communities directorate was chosen for the BEST 2008 training pilot so they could receive the training early, enabling them to include their BEST workshop and actions in......
BEST at the Chamberlain Awards - Recognition for Best Leaders and managers
Named after Joseph Chamberlain, one of Birmingham's most respected civic leaders, the Award Scheme is designed to reward those Birmingham City Council workers who go the extra mile to ensure......
