Public Sector news worldwide

An overview of news, trends and research in the Public Sector industry in all countries:

Australia

Government department selects Accenture for SAP replacement programme Australia’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts has launched a major enterprise resource planning (ERP) transformation programme, appoint
25 August 2026
Saudi Arabia

Riyadh has evolved into a ‘globally competitive city’ – and is ready for its next phase Over the past decade, Riyadh has strengthened its foundations and evolved into a globally competitive city.
25 August 2026
Australia

Governments urged to streamline AI approvals to unlock public value Public sector organisations are facing growing pressure to move beyond high-level principles in the risk frameworks that guide AI adoption, and to simplify the complex, duplicative approval processes
24 August 2026
Lebanon

Lebanon’s Local Development Project for the Al-Fayhaa area kicks off in Tripoli The Local Development Project has kicked off its implementation in Tripoli, with municipalities across the region set to work together under the UN-led program to strengthen the foundations for long-
21 August 2026
United Kingdom

Capital Economics suggests Andy Burnham could turn to wealth taxes to fund key pledges A new paper from Capital Economics suggests that the new Prime Minister may move away from recent trend of increasing the burden on businesses – long bemoaned by companies as placing an unfair burden
20 August 2026
United Kingdom

WSP contracted by Wiltshire Council to support highway design across county WSP has secured Wiltshire Council’s new six-year highways consultancy contract.
18 August 2026
Middle East

LOGIC Consulting: Why foresight will be critical to the GCC’s transformation agendas Governments pursuing large national transformation plans, particularly in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, need to build stronger ‘foresight’ systems into their planning processes or risk b
18 August 2026
United Kingdom

London the world’s ‘most intelligent city’ according to BCG AI benchmark BCG’s inaugural Intelligent Cities Index shows London tops a list of the world’s 61 largest cities, when it comes to deploying AI in support of their citizens.
06 August 2026
Middle East

Rethinking the cost and budget structure of government AI Paul Lalovich and Philipp Kishkovarov highlight how AI projects often fail because of hidden implementation costs; dual-running helps governments identify and budget them early.
28 July 2026
Jordan

Consultancies tapped by German state agency for development project in Jordan International consultancy firm Ecorys and local player Manafeth have been tapped by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to support Jordan’s Economic Modernisation Vision
27 July 2026
United Kingdom

MPs reprimand Capita amid civil service pensions storm Capita has apologised for a raft of failures connected to its civil service pensions contract with the UK government.
14 July 2026
United Kingdom

Majority of social infrastructure investors have seen deals collapse amid culture concerns New research from S-RM suggests culture and conduct concerns are growing deal risks in social infrastructure investment.
17 June 2026
Saudi Arabia

After a decade of Vision 2030: Strengthening the link between systems and people A decade after its launch, Vision 2030 has become one of the world’s most transformative national roadmaps, reshaping Saudi Arabia’s present and future.
10 June 2026
United Kingdom

Mott MacDonald secures role on Scottish local authority framework Mott MacDonald has been appointed to the Scotland Excel Engineering and Technical Consultancy Framework.
04 June 2026
United Kingdom

Government spending on consulting grows to record £3.7 billion The UK government has once again seen consulting spending spike to record levels, with Tussell research showing the financial year 2024/25 led to a bill of £3.7 billion.
26 May 2026
United Kingdom

AI roll out could stall as public opinion remains divided Over the last three years, headlines have been dominated by excited coverage of the potential of artificial intelligence – but in spite of this, public support is far from unanimous.
19 May 2026
Middle East

International indices: Turning GCC’s national reform goals into credible signals for progress Policymakers driving national reform agendas in the GCC often use international indices to shape goals and measure progress.
13 May 2026
United Kingdom

Government names Cognizant strategic industry partner for its TechFirst programme The UK government has named consultancy Cognizant as a strategic industry partner for its TechFirst programme.
28 April 2026
United Kingdom

UK overhauls regional growth strategy to close economic gap Faced with significant disparities in economic performance between its different regions, the UK is set to launch a series of Local Growth Plans (LGPs) aimed at closing these gaps.
21 April 2026
Saudi Arabia

Hail and its strategic advisor Mindsets celebrate first-ever spot in IMD Smart City Index Hail, a city in northern Saudi Arabia, has made its debut in the prestigious IMD Smart City Index.
10 April 2026

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