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The acquisition supports BearingPoint’s overall growth objectives, increases its critical mass in the UK, and broadens its public service capabilities. Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint made a strategic move by acquiring Prederi, a leading consultancy focused on public services in the UK. The acquisition supports BearingPoint’s overall growth objectives, strengthens its presence in the UK, Continue reading BearingPoint acquires public services consultancy Prederi in the UK
June 19th, 2019 | Tags: BearingPoint, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Kiumars Hamidian, Prederi, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Stewart Johns | Category: Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment Coeus Software joins as a supplier on the latest DAS Framework by the Crown Commercial Service DAS provides a direct route for emergency services, health and other public sector customers to procure cloud software, hardware and professional services all in one procurement Coeus Software listed in lots 1b (Workflow & Case Management Solutions) and Continue reading PoliceBox and Quvo available on the new Data & Application Solutions (DAS) Framework
June 18th, 2019 | Tags: Coeus Software, Crown Commercial Service, DAS Framework, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, PoliceBox®, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Quvo®, Simon Hall | Category: Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils, Police & Policing | Leave a comment Reporter: Stuart Littleford Investment in online technology is enabling a local authority-training provider to enhance their quality improvement approach and be prepared for Ofsted. Gateshead Council Learning & Skills, which provides community learning, apprenticeship and JobCentre Plus training, as well as family learning support and Skills 4 Life, helps more than 11,000 people a year Continue reading LOCAL AUTHORITY TRAINING PROVIDER BENEFITS FROM QUALITY INSIGHT
June 18th, 2019 | Tags: Gateshead Council, Gateshead Council Learning & Skills, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, insightQ, JobCentre Plus, Mesma, Ofsted, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine | Category: Consultants & Consulting, Local Authority & Councils, Training | Leave a comment Joe Strafford A leading building surveyor has been promoted to head the building control team at Telford-based consultancy apT just weeks after gaining a prestigious new qualification. Joe Strafford has been appointed to lead the seven-strong building control team at apT, the Midlands’ first public sector commercial planning, development and environmental consultancy. Joe’s Continue reading Promotion for Joe after exam success
June 18th, 2019 | Tags: apT, Chris Richards, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE), Joe Strafford, Local Authority Building Control (LABC), public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Telford & Wrekin Council | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Reporter: Allan Roach Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today released new research highlighting the growing threats posed by mobile and remote workers. The research found that eighty nine percent of surveyed organisations have experienced a data breach, and human error is still the prevailing cause. Almost two thirds
May 17th, 2019 | Tags: 256-bit AES XTS, Apricorn, EMEA Apricorn, Encryption, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, IT Security, Jon Fielding, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, USB | Category: Government Agencies, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils, MoD & Security Services, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment Jackie Bowie, Group CEO, JCRA Reporter: Stuart Littleford Following the recent news that Croydon Council is considering hedging the currency risk in its pension fund, Jackie Bowie, chief executive officer at independent hedging advisory JCRA offers her view on optimal strategies to achieve the best outcome. Jackie told GPSJ: “All councils owning foreign Continue reading JCRA advice on optimal strategies to achieve best outcome in hedging
April 9th, 2019 | Tags: Brexit, Councils, Croydon Council, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Jackie Bowie, JCRA, Pension Fund, public sector, Public Sector Magazine | Category: Consultants & Consulting, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Reporter: Allan Roach UK market innovator Gemserv has launched proposals to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). A new industry-wide EV Governance Framework (EVGF) will help boost consumer confidence in EVs, address market failures and provide a forum to engage market actors, helping ensure the UK realises the full benefits of the EV revolution. Continue reading INDUSTRY CONSULTATION LAUNCHES TO HELP BOOST TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES
March 22nd, 2019 | Tags: Electric Vehicles, EV, EV Governance Framework (EVGF), Gemserv, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Trevor Hutchings | Category: Central Government, Government Agencies, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment An innovative approach to facilitating a long-term solution to people’s need for care support has been launched by Closomat. The Palma Life offering enables local authorities to achieve best value. It combines, in a one-off payment, supply and commissioning of a Closomat Palma Vita wash dry toilet, plus a total 10 years’ service & maintenance. Continue reading BEST VALUE AND LIFETIME PEACE OF MIND
March 18th, 2019 | Tags: Care, Closomat, Closomat Palma Vita, Disability, Disabled Facilities Grant, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Mark Sadler, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Toilet, Toilret | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment For GPSJ by Graham Jarvis – Freelance Business and Technology Journalist Graham Jarvis Gemma Baker In June 2018 Salford City Council won the Digital Council of the Year and the overall Digital Leader accolades at the prestigious DL100 Awards ceremony during Digital Leaders week. The latter award was drawn from the Continue reading Five Ways Local Authorities Can Integrate Live Chat Into Digital Transformation
November 28th, 2018 | Tags: (AI), 5G test-bed, Chabot, Click4Asssistance, Digital You programme, Gemma Baker, Government, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ Magazine, Head of Customer and Digital Services, MediaCity UK, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Salford City Council, Steven Fry, Vodafone | Category: Government Agencies, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment ENGIE, the leading energy and services Group, has signed its first energy white label contract with a local authority – Cheshire West and Chester – to supply householders across the north-west of England from a new local energy platform called Qwest Energy. The proposition sees ENGIE become the first private sector business to partner with Continue reading ENGIE enters local authority energy white label market with Cheshire West and Chester Council’s ‘Qwest Energy’
September 26th, 2018 | Tags: Andrew Lewis, Cheshire West and Chester Council, Council, Energy, ENGIE, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Local Government, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Qwest Energy | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils, Utilities & Infrastructure | Leave a comment Hackney Council can now build mobile applications 50 percent faster using the OutSystems platform OutSystems, provider of the number one platform for low-code development, today announced that Hackney London Borough Council is using the OutSystems platform to enhance its digital services. Hackney Council is the local government authority for the London Borough of Hackney and Continue reading OutSystems Enables Hackney Council to Enhance Its Digital Services
September 19th, 2018 | Tags: Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Hackney London Borough Council, London, London Borough of Hackney, Matthew Cain, OutSystems, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine | Category: IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment By Matthew Boulton, COO of Pivot Power The public sector is grappling with the emerging public health crisis that is being caused by poor air quality in cities, resulting in an estimated 40,000 premature deaths each year in the UK. The electrification of transport is a powerful lever for reducing local pollution levels, whilst also Continue reading Electric vehicle transition offers golden opportunity for Local Authorities to improve air quality
August 22nd, 2018 | Tags: By Matthew Boulton, Electric Vehicles, EVs, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, National Grid, Pivot Power, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment Schaffer House, Maidenbower Reporter: Stacy Clarke A residential retirement development in West Sussex has replaced its outdated, inefficient radiators with highly efficient, ultra-modern low surface temperature (LST) models from Barlo Radiators – keeping vulnerable residents safe, warm and comfortable, while making substantial cost and carbon savings. Schaffer House in Maidenbower is a sheltered Continue reading Retirement complex warms to super-safe Barlo LST radiators
August 10th, 2018 | Tags: (LST), Barlo Radiators, Carl Himsworth, Crawley Borough Council, Dave Thornback, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Heating, Maidenbower, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Radiators, Schaffer House | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils, Museums & Public Buildings, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment Reporter: Stuart Littleford Award winning firm GRITIT has secured a valuable public sector framework award for the provision of Winter Gritting, Snow Clearance and Grounds Maintenance services. Following a competitive tender process, GRITIT has been awarded a place on the YPO 827 Winter Maintenance Products and Services Framework for Lot 4 – Winter Gritting, Snow Continue reading GRITIT celebrates national public sector Framework status
August 1st, 2018 | Tags: Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, GRITIT, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Snow Clearance, Steve Webb, Winter Gritting, YPO | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Transport | Leave a comment Heavily corroded midsoles, leave them open to risk of penetration Neil Murray, Head of Public Sector at Arco discusses the unseen risks for your business Although we enjoy the benefits of working in one of the safest places in the world, with the lowest incident rates of work related deaths in the EU, Continue reading CE MARKINGS NO GUARANTEE OF SAFETY
July 20th, 2018 | Tags: Arco, CE, CE Mark, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Neil Murray, Public Sector Journal | Category: Construction & Engineering, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services | Leave a comment Reporter: Stuart Littleford BakerHicks, the multidisciplinary design and engineering company, is celebrating the success of one of its major pharmaceutical projects, the GSK Aseptic Manufacturing Facility, at the 2018 Constructing Excellence North East (CENE) Awards. GSK won the Client of the Year category for the project, which was also a finalist in both the Offsite Continue reading STATE-OF-THE-ART ASEPTIC MANUFACTURING FACILITY WINS AT THE CONSTRUCTING EXCELLENCE NORTH EAST AWARDS
July 16th, 2018 | Tags: 2018 Constructing Excellence North East (CENE) Awards, BakerHicks, Daldrop, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, GSK Engineering team, McLaughlin & Harvey, NHS, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, SES Engineering Services, Star Refrigeration, Turner & Townsend | Category: Construction & Engineering, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment Fisher German partner – Kay Davies Reporter: Stuart Littleford To the uninitiated, UK planning policy and its supporting legislation appears to be a bit like criminal law: clear rules that govern what is and is not permissible, effectively written in stone. And, just like criminal law, the reality, as a quick glance at Continue reading Professional planners: planning for the future?
July 5th, 2018 | Tags: Fisher German, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Kay Davies, Localism Act, National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), Public Sector Journal, Stuart Littleford, UK planning policy | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Finance & Investment, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Blackwall Reach SAFETY checks have been carried out on hundreds of high rise buildings* in the last 12 months, with many having to be reclad to meet regulations*. In June 2017, all local authorities and housing associations were told by the Department for Communities and Local Government to carry out safety checks on Continue reading FIRE SAFETY: HIGH ON THE AGENDA FOR HIGH RISE REFURBISHMENTS
June 22nd, 2018 | Tags: Blackwall Reach, Cladding, Communities and Local Government, EQUITONE, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Housing, Ministry of Housing, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Robin Hood Gardens | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment RBWM – Eton College background – SmartScape Macro As part of its ‘spend to save initiative’ the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) awarded Bicester-based Zeta Specialist Lighting a £2m contract to replace all of its existing street lighting estate with energy-efficient LED luminaires. The council’s overriding objective was to reduce both Continue reading Zeta completes £2m LED upgrade for RBWM six months ahead of schedule
June 11th, 2018 | Tags: Cllr Phill Bicknell, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, LED luminaires, Macro LED, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, RBWM, Royal Borough Windsor and Maidenhead, SmartScape, SmartScape Nano, Zeta Specialist Lighting | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services, Transport | Leave a comment Exclusive research published in April, carried out by the team behind the Public Sector Show, has explored the views of over 200 public servants, gauging their views of the current state of affairs in the sector and the challenges and opportunities ahead. Top of the list of concerns for those leading, delivering and managing public Continue reading Public servants look to the future at this year’s Public Sector Show
June 8th, 2018 | Tags: ExCel London, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Manchester, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Public Sector Show 2018 | Category: Construction & Engineering, Education & Learning, Environment & Sustainability, Fire & Rescue Services, Government Agencies, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils, MoD & Security Services, NHS & Healthcare | Leave a comment |
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