“Here to Serve.”
Hello PPMA members and friends Following last week's election and the subsequent forming of our new Labour Government, our President Pam Parkes outlines her initial thoughts as the dust starts ...
Pam Parkes Talks About the Challenges Facing our Profession
Hello PPMA friends and members The challenges we face as a profession show no signs of easing and in a recent video interview with our new President Pam Parkes, she shares what she believes ...
Our New President Pam Parkes Shares her 3 Key Objectives for her Term
Hello PPMA members and friends At our recent Annual Conference in Birmingham Pam Parkes took over the reigns as President from Gordon McFarlane. Firstly we'd like to thank Gordon for the fantastic job he ...
Our Conference is on its Way… 24-26 April 2024, Birmingham Conference & Events Centre
Hello PPMA members and friends Another year has flown by, and it’s hard to believe that our 2024 annual conference is imminent. It's being held at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre on the ...
Six Observations from my time as PPMA President – by Gordon McFarlane
Hello PPMA members and friends The time is now very close for our current President Gordon McFarlane to hand over the reigns to incoming President Pam Parkes. Last week The MJ published an article ...
4 Ways Apprenticeships Support Business and People Goals
Hello PPMA members and friends Last week was National Apprenticeship Week and to celebrate and support this our President, Gordon McFarlane penned an article for The MJ. As there's lots of useful information ...
A Christmas Message From Gordon McFarlane
Hello PPMA members and friends It doesn’t seem 5 minutes since I was writing a post as we approached Christmas 2022! It’s tempting to pen a very similar message about how busy we’ve all ...
#PPMAHR23 Is Almost here and PPMA President Gordon McFarlane is Looking Forward to the Event.
Hello PPMA members and friends With only a few days to go now, I’m really looking forward to this year’s PPMA conference at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. We’ve got a ...
Supporting Effective Hybrid Working
Hello PPMA members and friends PPMA President, Gordon McFarlane's latest article written for the MJ and published last week is an inciteful piece on hybrid working. In it he sets out 5 design principles ...
End Of The Year Message From Gordon McFarlane, PPMA President.
Hello PPMA Member and friends As we are the end of another difficult year, I just want to briefly reflect on the challenges and achievements for our profession over the course of 2022. Since ...
A Christmas Message From Our President Gordon McFarlane
Hello PPMA members and friends It’s been another hugely busy, challenging but also productive year for our profession, and a really busy and diverse one for the PPMA. Although the year has flown by, ...
Is The Local Government Workforce Crisis Fixable?
Hello PPMA members and friends The latest article from Gordon McFarlane continues the discussion about the staffing crisis across public services and local government in particular. In it he shares some thoughts about how ...
How to Avoid a Winter of Discontent
Hello PPMA members and friends Earlier this week The MJ published an article by our President Gordon McFarlane, In it he talks about the challenges facing our profession in the coming months. It's an important ...
Recruitment Solutions for Testing Times
Hello PPMA members and friends Last Thursday (28th July) The MJ published an article by our President Gordon McFarlane, where he reflects on the challenges our sector (and others) face with recruiting and retaining staff. ...
PPMA Talent Programmes – A Great Way to Access Professional and Personal Development
Hello PPMA members and friends I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the value of our talent programmes. They’re a core part of the PPMA offering and have always been popular. I was ...
On International HR Day, PPMA President Gordon McFarlane shares his own HR Journey!
Hello PPMA members and colleagues Today is International HR Day and we wanted to acknowledge this, and the great work done by all of the amazing public services HR and OD teams across the country. ...
New PPMA President Gordon McFarlane Reflects on #PPMAHR22
Hello PPMA friends and colleagues Last week was #PPMAHR22 in Manchester. It was a brilliant 3 days and one of the highlights was the inauguration of our new President - Gordon McFarlane. As you will ...
Great Speakers, Brilliant Networking and a Spectacular Gala Awards Dinner all at #PPMAHR22 Next Week
Hello PPMA members and friends As you will probably be aware, next week is the PPMA Annual Conference. We are really excited, as I hope, are those of you attending. Especially as this will be ...
