{"product_id":"delivery-gap","title":"Delivery Gap","description":"\u003cp\u003eSometimes, government has to build something big. Really big. A high-speed railway network, a fleet of nuclear submarines, an IT system big enough for the health records of every person in the country. But Britain has a woeful record of delivering projects of this scale. They are either late, over budget, deliver less than promised – or all three. Some are never completed at all. What is going wrong?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the cancellation of HS2, Jonathan Simcock, former Major Projects Director of the Office of Government Commerce, provides answers. This eye-opening text draws on testimony from the Ministers, officials and project managers who have tried, and mostly failed, to deliver the country’s biggest projects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo face up to its challenges – productivity, growth, national security, and the changing climate – Britain needs huge publicly funded investment. So how do we close the Delivery Gap?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54719578079576,"sku":"9781836624851","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781836624851_41eb21ed-4a3e-4021-b205-713135417ec3.jpg?v=1781077538","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/delivery-gap","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}