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Network of over 100 Electric Forecourts® across the UK will solve electric vehicle charging concerns, and pave the way for electric vehicles to become mainstream in the earliest possible timeframes GRIDSERVE announces today that the first of a nationwide network of over 100 Electric Forecourts® is now under construction and will open this summer, offering Continue reading UK’s first Electric Forecourt® is under construction, opening Summer 2020
March 10th, 2020 | Tags: Braintree, Braintree District Council, Chelmsford, Colchester, Electric Cars, Electric Forecourts®, Electric Vehicles, Essex, EV, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, GRIDSERVE, James Cleverly, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Stansted Airport, Toddington Harper | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Government Agencies, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment ibml processes high-volume government documents for stringent, mission-critical needs, meeting the highest quality and security standards across many departments in a secure, safe environment New product offers transformative solutions for outdated information management processes Imaging Business Machines, LLC (ibml), the leading global provider of intelligent information capture solutions, unveiled its next generation of ultra-high-volume Continue reading ibml unveils world’s fastest, ultra-high-volume, intelligent scanner: the ibml FUSiON, the most comprehensive intelligent information capture solution
February 18th, 2020 | Tags: Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM), Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, IBML, ibml FUSiONTM Series, Information Capture, IT, Martin Birch, NHS, Pete Rudak, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Scanners | Category: Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services | Leave a comment allpay, a leading UK payment specialist, has renewed its place on the Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) Electronic Payment Services framework following a detailed tender process. Rob McCloy, Head of Sales (North), allpay explains: “Frameworks are now an everyday tool for social housing procurement. The NHC offers a range of services to its members of Housing Continue reading allpay Renews Place on Northern Housing Consortium (NHC) EPS Framework
February 6th, 2020 | Tags: allpay, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, Government Magazine, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Landlord, NHC, Northern Housing Consortium, Payments, Public Sector Magazine, Rent, Rob McCloy | Category: Finance & Investment, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Community Impact Managers Bev Bertenshaw and Dave Brereton unloading the van Reporter: Stuart Littleford A housing association has invested over £80,000 to combat poverty among its customers on low incomes and bring a discounted food service to their local communities. First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) has partnered with Manchester-based food surplus redistribution charity, Continue reading FCHO is investing 80k to help alleviate food poverty in Oldham
February 5th, 2020 | Tags: Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT), FCHO, First Choice Homes Oldham, Food, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Magazine, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, NEON Hub, Oldham, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Sholver and Moorside Community Centre, Vinny Roche | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Japanese knotweed is the problem that just keeps on growing. Described by the Environment Agency as “indisputably the UK’s most aggressive, destructive and invasive plant”, it’s now thought to affect 4- 5% of homes in the UK and the most conservative estimates put the cost of treatment at around £166 million each year. As people Continue reading Mapping the Japanese knotweed problem
February 3rd, 2020 | Tags: Councils, Environet UK, Environment Agency, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Highways, Japanese knotweed, Public Sector Magazine | Category: Construction & Engineering, Environment & Sustainability, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment MOBILANE – LivePanel at the Nursery in London N Family Club is a group of early years nurseries with a brand new nursery concept in four spaces across London. Offering day care to children aged three months to five years, the facilities create a family feel and offer support to parents, grandparents and Continue reading Introducing living walls to the next generation
December 4th, 2019 | Tags: Carex Ice Dance, Carex Morrowii, Environment, Euonymus Fortunei, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Green, Hedera Helix White Wonder, London Fields, Mobilane, Mobilane LivePanel, N Family Club, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine | Category: Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services | Leave a comment A range of works and 234m2 modular data centre design and build completed for Thurrock County Council, which will serve its 170,000 thousand residents. Secure I.T. Environments Ltd, one of the UK’s leading design and build companies of modular and containerised data centres including refurbishment of existing data centres, has announced today the handover its Continue reading Secure I.T. Environments Completes Data Centre Build for Thurrock County Council
December 4th, 2019 | Tags: Chris Wellfair, Council, Data, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, IT, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Resilient Data Centre, Riello MPW UPS, Secure I.T. Environments Ltd, Thurrock County Council | Category: IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment • 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
November 28th, 2019 | Tags: Bristol City Council, Chipside, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, MiPermit, Navigant Consulting, Parking, Paul Moorby, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Smart Cities | Category: Consultants & Consulting, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment Professor Jim Hall By Professor Jim Hall, Chair of DAFNI Governance Board A new tool, set to transform research, planning and policymaking around infrastructure in the UK and beyond, is now in alpha testing. DAFNI 1.0 from the Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI) takes a significant step forward this autumn Continue reading New platform for infrastructure modelling now open
November 24th, 2019 | Tags: DAFNI, Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium (ITRC), Leeds University, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Southampton University, University of Oxford | Category: Central Government, Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment AMI Conversational Artificial Intelligence Solution Transforms Services for Citizens Britannic Technologies, specialists in voice communications, systems integration and managed services, has deployed AMI, a conversational AI solution into Stockport Council’s contact centre to improve customer experience. AMI has enabled the council to reduce the cost of customer response in the contact centre by 95%, compared Continue reading Stockport Council reduces cost of customer response in the contact centre by 95% with Britannic Technologies
November 9th, 2019 | Tags: Alison Blount, Britannic Technologies, Councillor Kate Butler, Jonathan Sharp, Mercedes Benz World, Stockport Council, Weybridge | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Peter O’Driscoll Peter O’Driscoll, Managing Director, RingGo Local governments are now fully embracing digital services that benefit both their staff and constituents, slowly, but surely getting rid of paper and physical offerings. However, to see the scale of benefits that can be realised from digitising, local governments should be looking to develop Continue reading Drive strategic change with integrated transport solutions to create more liveable cities
November 9th, 2019 | Tags: Emissions Based Parking (EBP), Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Paris, Parking, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, RingGo, Urban Mobility Control Hub (UMCH), Westminster City Council | Category: Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment Reporter: Stuart Littleford An ecology team at a pioneering public sector planning and development consultancy is expanding to cope with growing demand. Telford-based apT’s team of ecological experts has trebled in two years, partly as a result of winning new consultancy work outside their home borough. The team – made up of ecology and green Continue reading apT ecology team grows after new business wins
October 7th, 2019 | Tags: Fran Lancaster, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Mark Latham, Nicola Stone, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Shropshire Wildlife Trust, Telford & Wrekin Council | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Reporter: Stuart Littleford Wiltshire Council has taken a significant step forward by welcoming the first of a team of virtual assistants (VAs) to its workforce. The VA team will complete high volume, repetitive but critical tasks to free up staff time so they can focus on activities that really make a difference to residents and Continue reading Wiltshire Council takes a step into the future
July 23rd, 2019 | Tags: Digital, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Ian Blair-Pilling, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Thoughtonomy, Wiltshire Council | Category: Government Agencies, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment L-R: Pictured at the Birmingham, Sandwell and Westside Jazz Festival are Cultural Leadership Board chair and Coventry City of Culture chief executive Martin Sutherland, Milda Stasaityte from jazz band The Schwings, Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and Remigijus Rancys from The Schwings Local people from all backgrounds and representatives from cultural Continue reading Call for volunteers to supercharge our vibrant cultural and creative economy
July 22nd, 2019 | Tags: Cultural Leadership Board, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, public sector, Public Sector Journal, West Midlands, West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment A new free guide has been launched to help organisations that handle payment cardholder information. The jargon-free document explains the complexities of compliance to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and what can be done to protect customers, their data and an organisation’s reputation. Developed by contact centre and secure payment experts Continue reading Free PCI DSS Compliance Guide Launched For Organisations That Handle Cardholder Information
July 19th, 2019 | Tags: allpay, Eckoh, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Simon Cook, Tony Porter | Category: Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Reporter: Stuart Littleford Web accessibility and language software company Recite Me has created a guide to help public sector bodies including local authorities understand and comply with new public sector web accessibility regulations. The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 came into force for UK public sector bodies in September Continue reading Recite Me guide to help local authorities comply with new accessibility laws
July 9th, 2019 | Tags: Disability, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ Magazine, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Recite Me, Ross Linnett, The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018, UK public sector | Category: Government Agencies, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Bath Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES Council) is extending its Videalert CCTV enforcement platform with the installation of additional cameras for an approved class C clean air zone (CAZ) that is expected to commence operation at the end of2020. This scheme gives exemptions to private cars but charges higher polluting buses, Continue reading VIDEALERT AWARDED ENFORCEMENT CONTRACT FOR BATH’S CLEAN AIR ZONE
June 20th, 2019 | Tags: Bath, Bath and North East Somerset Council, Chris Major, Class D CAZ, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, HD ANPR cameras, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Traffic, Videalert | Category: Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment By Chris Berry, Managing Director, Liquid Voice (UK) Limited Today’s customers have much greater expectations and organisations are increasingly having to demonstrate that industry regulations are being met and appropriate systems are in place to manage and protect the way in which their personal information is stored. Local authorities have had to find practical and Continue reading Voice and data analytics helps compliance with GDPR and PCI
June 20th, 2019 | Tags: ASC, Automated Speech Transcription, Chris Berry, GDPR, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Liquid Voice, Liquid Voice (UK) Limited, NICE, Oak, PCI DSS, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Red Box, Verint, Xarios | Category: Central Government, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment ….£250,000 per annum saved as a rolling desktop PC replacement programme isn’t required… IGEL, a world leader in software-defined endpoint optimization and control solutions for the secure enterprise, today announced that Falkirk Council has implemented virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to provide workplace flexibility and mobility for over 2,000 staff and to enable it to assess Continue reading Falkirk Council Introduces VDI and IGEL to Deliver Workplace Flexibility and Mobility for Over 2,000 Staff
June 20th, 2019 | Tags: Andrew Gee, Citrix Workspace, Edinburgh, Falkirk Council, Glasgow, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ Magazine, IGEL, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, UMS software, Universal Desktop Convertor (UDC) | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Reesink customer service Reesink Turfcare, the UK distributor for top turfcare brands including Toro, TYM Tractors and Otterbine lake and pond aeration, has invested in six new service vehicles for its mobile technicians. With the up-to-date and extended fleet, Reesink is now more equipped than ever to provide customers with an effective and Continue reading GROWTH SEES REESINK TURFCARE INVEST IN FLEET OF VANS TO EXPAND CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFERING
June 19th, 2019 | Tags: David Jackman, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Livingston, Otterbine, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Reesink Turfcare, Toro, TYM tractors | Category: Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment |
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