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Mark Porter
We’ve all needed agency workers in the past to fill recruitment gaps or cover peaks in workload, I acknowledge that there will always be a need for temporary workers in some respect however, there is fine line between this and an overreliance. It’s no secret that the public sector faces high
Continue reading With agency worker placements increasing in London borough councils, Mark Porter, Head of HR Operations at OneSource explains how the right recruitment technology can help to identify and consequently reduce that trend
Professor John Read, General Manager, Specialities Technology at Shell
By: Professor John Read, General Manager, Specialities Technology at Shell
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives
Continue reading Circular highways is a necessity not an aspiration – and it’s within our grasp
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
The pandemic, along with improving technology driving digitalisation, has seen the public sector place many of their services online.
Unfortunately, fraud has always been a big issue in the public sector – something that’s been exacerbated by services quickly going online during the health crisis. The
Continue reading Why it’s time for the public sector to verify identity remotely
Investment will enable the company to further enhance its software solution Scout®. A data aggregation, risk identification and reporting platform that currently allows organisations to more effectively carry out compliance checks, investigations and make intelligent decisions.
Synalogik, the company whose Scout® data automation platform allows organisations to aggregate data, identify risk and create reports,
Continue reading Synalogik raises £3m in Series A Funding round led by Bill Currie and former Tesco CEO, Sir Terry Leahy
Emily Heard
Four Bristol-based lawyers from national law firm Bevan Brittan are included in Who’s Who Legal 2021, a prestigious international guide to the legal profession.
The four colleagues from Bevan Brittan’s procurement practice are included in the guide’s government contracts section, which is based on feedback from lawyers and in-house counsel from
Continue reading Bevan Brittan’s procurement lawyers listed in Who’s Who Legal
The circular economy presents big opportunities for sustainable lighting. Zhaga, the global lighting industry organisation, discusses the needed standards to best position the lighting industry for these opportunities.
Reinhard Lecheler
One of the key challenges of the 21st century is the building of a sustainable society: one that can meet its own
Continue reading Sustainable Lighting and the Circular Economy
Channel 3 Consulting helps health and care organisations harness the power of technology to deliver better patient care, improve services and operate more efficiently. Earlier this year, the company received investment to extend its geographic footprint and recently appointed industry heavyweight Paul Henderson to spearhead growth across the North of England. Here he explains his
Continue reading Why everyone will benefit from a digital NHS
Tom Magner
Government & Public Sector Journal is pleased to announce that Tom Magner has today joined the editorial board of the journal.
Currently, Tom works as News & Political Editor on Carers World Live (public service health and social care broadcast journalism), he is a writer, director and presenter on Carers World
Continue reading Tom Magner joins Government & Public Sector Journal’s editorial board
Mark Florman, chairman and CEO of Time Partners
Some years ago, I did some work on the difference in the duties and responsibilities of directors of private companies and directors of public bodies. I noticed that I was one of very few people who had taken an active role in serving on both.
Continue reading THE TWELVE NEW PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNANCE FOR PUBLIC BODY NEDS
Specialist social value agency, Samtaler, has appointed entrepreneur and former Vice Chair of Social Enterprise Scotland, Zahra Hedges, as its new director of operations.
The Scottish-based boutique agency has been experiencing a period of rapid growth in 2020 and has a solid roster of clients including Europe’s leading energy company, Vattenfall, as well as several
Continue reading Social value success: Scottish agency set to expand with new appointment
The Zhaga interface standard for street lighting future-proves luminaires to keep pace with rapid developments in digital technology. It enables a multi-vendor eco-system of interoperable luminaires and sensor/communication modules and breaks existing barriers to smart and connected lighting.
The Zhaga smart interface specifications will have a major impact on the value of the lighting
Continue reading Zhaga standards break barriers to smart and connected lighting
Jim Roberts, Director at Fourth Street, reacts to the recent controversy over the use of public parks during the Covid-19 crisis
Our public parks were both a blessing and a battleground on the first sunny weekend of spring this year.
People flocked to their nearest park for some much-needed respite from weeks of tough,
Continue reading Parks in a Pandemic
Unremitting financial pressures, ongoing staff reductions and the unforgiving need to deliver new political initiatives against tight budgets are leading local, regional and national government managers across the UK to turn to outsourced private sector business transformation experts for the delivery of organisational change and new services.
A leading supplier of this kind of high-level
Continue reading Under Pressure Public Sector Managers Turn to Private Sector Boardroom Expertise
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Medi-Immune Ltd have revealed their ProtectivAir® compact, wearable, breathing device which will protect front-line healthcare staff and those
ProtectivAir® in use on a medical professional
working in biologically-compromised environments. ProtectivAir® is currently awaiting testing against the Coronavirus at PHE Porton Down. ProtectivAir® has proven extremely effective against a range of
Continue reading Medi-Immune Ltd Announce Covid19 Tests
CIoJ President, Professor Tim Crook
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
The Chartered Institute of Journalists is calling for the emergency government measures to help businesses cope with the COVID-19 crisis to be extended to individual freelance journalists known as ‘sole-traders.’
The Institute says individual freelances are already experiencing substantial cancellation of contracts, assignments and projects
Continue reading CIoJ calls on government to provide emergency support for freelance journalists
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
As the UK heads into at least three weeks of lockdown, concerns are being raised across the country as thousands of construction workers headed out to work, including on packed London Underground trains.
Last night the Prime Minister gave an instruction that everyone should stay at home for all but the most
Continue reading Government must give clearer guidance on building sites says British Safety Council
Sylvia Sage
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Over the past 18 months, House of Commons authorities have come under repeated fire for their lack of action to address bullying and harassment.
Dame Laura Cox, who authored a report in 2018 which laid bare the scale of the problem, criticised the slow pace of progress a
Continue reading Tackling bullying and harassment in Westminster
• Contract will include up to 2 million MiPermit digital permits per year
• Introduces MiPermit innovation to leading UK Smart City
Chipside, a provider of parking and traffic management IT to more than 160 UK local authorities, is delighted to announce it has been awarded a contract with Bristol City Council for MiPermit digital
Continue reading Chipside announces contract win with Bristol City Council
IED Annual Conference 2019
The Challenge of Change – economic strategies for a new era – Wednesday 4th December 2019 – BMA House, London
Exploring ways to deliver inclusive and sustainable growth and more effective place management will be the focus of discussion at the Institute of Economic Development (IED) Annual Conference 2019, which is
Continue reading Strategies to support UK growth post-Brexit to be debated at national economic development conference
Miriam Mendes, Programme Manager of ITRC,
By Miriam Mendes, Programme Manager of ITRC, based at The Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford.
A new tool from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and University of Oxford-led Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC) has been launched to ensure that infrastructure is developed to
Continue reading New tool helps planners and policy makers ensure global infrastructure development is sustainable
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