In order to thrive, UK cities must compete for talent, resources, and investment in the knowledge economy. This requires them to undertake simultaneous digital and physical transformations. Successful cities reinvent themselves through a relentless focus on providing value for their citizens, businesses, and employees by becoming efficient and effective enterprises, being responsive and resilient thus allowing them to predict and plan for the future. If successful, they can deliver on their core mission and become economically vibrant, inclusive, sustainable, and safe cities—where people choose to work, live, and play.
LATEST THINKING
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Transforming cities
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Efficient and effective enterprises
Transforming your core enterprise to be efficient and effective frees up resources to re-invest in innovation. -
Responsive and resilient cities
Driving an innovation agenda ensures you can be responsive and resilient to meet citizens and the workforces’ growing demands. -
Predict and plan for the future
Adopt a nimble approach to predicting and planning for future opportunities and threats to your city’s economy.
ACHIEVING TRANSFORMATION
Digital disruption is having an unprecedented effect on cities and how they deliver services to citizens, businesses within their city, and the cities workforce. Ensuring you have a digital strategy in place is key for a successful transformation.
AI IN CITIES
AI is transforming how we capture, inspect, and analyse data to impact everything from public safety, traffic, and parking management to law enforcement and city services. Citizens are now accustomed to services provided instantly, queries answered rapidly, and functionality available continuously. They expect public services to be customer-centric, flexible, and responsive. Can artificial intelligence help government agencies meet demand and improve services, while also controlling costs?
UNLOCKING DATA
Insights gained from data gathering and advanced analytics are essential to enabling emerging technologies to create a more effective, resilient and innovative city.
Data driven communities in the UK: The power and potential of analytics
People led, Technology enabled: Data insights changing the lives of rotterdam's citizens
INNOVATING FOR CHANGE
Whilst homelessness is an age old issue, Birmingham City Council and West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) are taking a fresh approach to tackling it using technology. The aim is to ensure support from the community is directed into specialist charities and street teams already working to change the circumstances of rough sleepers.
"West Midlands Combined Authority and Birmingham City Council’s leadership in tackling homelessness is inspiring. Accenture, building on our existing transformational work in the region, are proud to bring our digital and design skills to help address this important social issue."
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Global Cities, Consulting and UK Lead
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WORK WE HAVE DONE
Accenture helps cities improve public service, see case studies below:
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London Police Force: Using analytics to fight gang crime
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City of London: Government transformation through centralized processing
Realizing cost savings and delivering public service for the future through an end-to-end procure-to-pay process.
MEET OUR CITIES TEAM
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Jen Hawes-Hewitt
Global Cities, Consulting and UK Lead
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Simon Giles
Global Cities Managing Director
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Cecilie B. Müller
Global Cities Consulting Manager
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