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On 6th November 2014 the UK Government Digital Marketplace opened for business. To celebrate its anniversary in 2022, CURSHAW published our Digital Marketplace 8th birthday blog post. David Kershaw, Partner at CURSHAW and Warren Smith, Associate Director at CURSHAW, cover a series of episodes recorded with brilliant people who have been part of the UK Digital Marketplace journey.
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In this final episode in our series, Warren talks with Stephen Allott, Emma Jones MBE and Martin Traynor OBE - all three people to have held the position of the UK Government’s small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Crown Rep since the role was created in 2011. The conversation draws together their individual and collective perspectives on the Dig…
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In this episode, David and Warren talk with Phil Buckley, Digital Director and Catherine Mulcahy of The PSC. The conversation centres around a ‘suppliers perspective of the Digital Marketplace’, creating a more level playing field through enabling new entrants, promoting transparency, and lowering the barriers of entry - designing out as much as po…
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In this episode, David and Warren talk with Lindsey Marchessault, Director of Data and Engagement at the Open Contracting Partnership, and member of the board of the Canadian Chapter of Transparency International. Despite the continued efforts of dedicated open government campaigners, transparency advocates and reformers, just 3% of public procurem…
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In this episode, David and Warren talk with Amy McNichol, Agile Communication Consultant, Gemma Al-Kaisy, Product Manager, and Roz Strachan, Content Designer. Collectively this trio did some serious heavy lifting at the Digital Marketplace to apply content design principles to procurement documentation, reduced lots of unnecessary parts of the stan…
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In this episode, David and Warren talk with Mark Dalgarno Co-Founder of SME Create/Change. Having worked as a former Delivery Manager at the Government Digital Service and supporting many other departments, Mark talks about his experience of working in those environments and how the Digital Marketplace has enabled his and other SMEs to participate …
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In this episode, David and Warren talk with Andrew Dean, Director of Public Law at Clifford Chance, and Chris Hoyle, independent lawyer and procurement specialist. Both are enthusiastic lawyers who are proactive at challenging what Stefania Passera refers to as the “Wall of Text” and apply simplification to contracts.…
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In episode one, David and Warren talk with James Findlay, Co-Founder and Principal & Co-founder of Stance Global , former Chief Information Officer of High Speed 2 (HS2) and former Chief Technology Officer Technology Leader for the Department for Transport. We talk about why the Digital Marketplace was established, ask how far it has actually come,…
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