The public sector estate is a potential source of huge savings for the Government. With an increased focus on the way both central and local government manage their property assets, which are worth an estimated £370bn and cost £25bn a year to run, rationalisation and more efficient use is imperative for all parts of the public sector.

Capita Symonds is the UK's leading delivery partner for real estate and infrastructure solutions. We have unparalleled expertise in property and estates rationalisation, cutting edge design, management, planning, engineering and business skills. This expertise, coupled with our experience, flexible approach and insight into the public sector, means we can offer opportunities for collaboration across the public, private and voluntary sectors, which will be key to meeting the massive challenges faced by public sector property.

We have a number public sector partners and joint venture arrangements, which include Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Salford City Council and Gwent. Through these partnerships, we are working to:

• use enhanced working environments to drive productivity and cost savings, not only within the Estates Department, but across the entire organisation
• leverage their property assets and services in order to provide new sources of capital for investment, without selling at the ‘bottom of the market’
• commercially exploit and develop surplus estate to maximise yields and income.

Our integrated real estate expertise covers the full property life cycle, including:

• opportunity identification
• advisory and feasibility
• acquisition
• design and development
• property and asset management
• disposal.

As a leading provider of support services to the public sector in the UK, Capita Symonds has been selected as an approved supplier on a number of Government Procurement Service's professional consultancy and construction services frameworks.