News & Views

Why would anyone care about outputs and outcomes?

The truth is most people don’t care about outcomes and outputs. But we do care. Clients talking outputs and outcomes are what drives Red Potato. What do we mean by…
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Three reasons why the UK public sector leads on customer service

Here are three reasons why the UK public sector leads on customer service. UK public sector front line service is being delivered by hard pressed staff, with thousands of moments…
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Being creative is fun

The weather in England has created some glorious sunrises! During the summer, we’ve taken sometime out from the sun to work up some ideas about how we go about creating…
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Changes to the High Street

2018 has been marked by news of store closures on the high street.  So what is to be done?   Do we really need all shops to be able to…
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Winning and losing

Is “winning” always a good thing? Here we discuss the benefits of failure. We’ve been having a discussion about ‘winning” and “not winning”. What does it look like in your…
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Three ways economic development can help business today

  What are the three ways economic development can help business today? Collecting the bins and planning are statutory functions at most local authorities in England, economic development  (ED) function…
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Why do you love statistics?

Even if we don’t “love” statistics, they are crucial for effective local services…   Why do you love stats? It is a tricky question that might not make your Valentine…
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How (not) to sell infrastructure projects

What do we mean by Infrastructure? Infrastructure – roads, rail, sewerage, airports are often big projects which offer benefits for future generations.  But infrastructure projects also often have big implications…
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The last of British Summertime

Autumn term round-up: We hope you had a chance to enjoy the last of British Summertime! Here at the Red Potato patch, we’ve been doing some fun video and animations…
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Don’t miss the HS2 train! SMEs need to get on board

Our journey with HS2 begins The HS2 train hasn’t yet arrived for passengers, but for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), it is already time to get on board.  …
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