09.2023

The Submarine Delivery Agency is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence, negotiating and managing manage the procurement, in-service support and disposal of UK nuclear submarines. The Board has asked Socia to carry out Board Effectiveness review. With changing...

08.2023

The New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the quality of new homes and customer service provided by developers. Socia were asked to work with the Chair and CEO to design and facilitate a Board strategy workshop with...

07.2023

Bristol University produced this great visualisation diagram based on a series of workshops Socia delivered on collaboration and partnership working to staff attending the University’s Enhancing Research Culture programme

06.2023

Socia has been chosen to carry out a Board Effectiveness Review at LCR – following a similar review we did in late 2018. LCR Ltd is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Department of Transport. LCR describes itself as the UK Government’s placemaking...

05.2023

Socia has been working with members of the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) to create a new governance code for large infrastructure projects aimed at improving their productivity, sustainability and the governance of risk. Read about key elements of the new code at...

05.2023

View a recording of our recent webinar run by Governance magazine and the Board Effectiveness Guild on the topic of – The Effective Board Chair: Lessons Learned from Board Effectiveness Reviews – see https://youtu.be/goS0fpsaFH0  

04.2023

Socia has been awarded a contract to conduct a review for the Energy Systems Catapult’s Board. The ES Catapult is an independent, not-for-profit centre of excellence that bridges the gap between industry, government, academia and research. It was set up by the...

03.2023

Defence Equipment and Support is an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence, negotiating and managing defence contracts on behalf of the UK Armed Forces. The Board has asked Socia to carry out Board Effectiveness review. With a new CEO in post, further changes to...

02.2023

The Data Communications Company (the business that operate the telecommunications network that connect smart meters with energy suppliers) have asked Socia to carry out an external Board review. Socia worked with the DCC Board in 2019 to facilitate the last Board...

01.2023

Socia have been asked to run a series of face-to-face and online workshops on partnering and collaboration capability as part of the Enhancing Research Culture project at the University of Bristol – funded by UKRI.