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Matt Glass has been appointed as new board chair of UK’s leading supplier diversity organisation, MSDUK.
In the role, Matt will lead MSDUK’s board as they continue to support a thriving network of corporates and ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) to improve supplier diversity for individuals, communities, and businesses across the UK and Europe.
Matt leads
Continue reading UK’s leading supplier diversity organisation, MSDUK, appoints Matt Glass as the new board chair
Booking is now open for the 2023 Institute of Economic Development Annual Conference and Awards Dinner, as the organisation’s 40th anniversary celebrations get into full swing.
The IED Annual Conference, which will be held at the Park Regis Birmingham on 7th November, is themed Grow for Good? Reappraising the UK’s Growth Objectives. Workshops and presentations
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Environmental charity Hubbub is on the hunt for new creative solutions to food waste, which could be boosted by its new Eat It Up fund, launching today, with applications open until 21 July.
According to WRAP, 6.4 million tonnes of edible food is wasted each year in the UK retailers, manufacturers, caterers, restaurants and in
Continue reading Hubbub announces new £200,000 fund to encourage creative solutions to tackling food waste
Claire Agutter
In the volatility of today’s international markets, businesses need to be agile and responsive and supply chain flexibility has emerged as a game-changer. “The ability of a business and its capacity to swiftly adjust supply chain operations in response to unpredictable market demands and supply-side disruptions can be make or break
Continue reading Closing the Gap: In a turbulent economic environment, how can a more agile supply chain deliver business growth?
Matrix funds new course helping young people transition out of childcare
Market-leading workforce technology and services platform Matrix is providing funding for a new adult education course aimed at helping young people successfully transition out of the childcare system. Certified as City and Guilds Level 5, the Young Adults Skills Development Care Leavers’ Programme has
Continue reading Care leaver programme secures key funding from Matrix
Enfield Council has teamed up with VisionTrack to lead the way in road safety and stay at the forefront of fleet innovation. The London borough has worked closely with its existing video telematics partner to develop a sophisticated AI-powered vehicle camera solution for its first fully-electric refuse collection vehicle (RCV). The Renault E-Tech D Wide
Continue reading ENFIELD COUNCIL ADOPTS GROUND-BREAKING AI VIDEO TELEMATICS FOR ELECTRIC RCV AND TARGETS ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Mark Benson – Rivus
With the pressures on public sector finances at an all-time high, we talk to Mark Benson, Emergency Services Fleet Consultant, at award winning fleet solutions provider, Rivus, about ways that critical public service fleets can maximise vehicle availability and fleet efficiencies to deliver significant cost savings, freeing up budget
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NHS trusts need a lot of technology, but they face complex, structural challenges when it comes to procurement, and these tend to work against smaller companies and innovation. The Highland Marketing advisory board met recently to discuss the issues and the role of marketing.
NHS acute trusts need a lot of technology. Infrastructure –
Continue reading Some challenges in the NHS acute tech market: and how to navigate them
Martin James
by Martin James, VP EMEA, Aerospike
Data is crucial in allowing any government or public sector organisation to make informed decisions to drive mission-critical applications appropriately. Whether improving the supply chain, connecting cities for a more efficient traffic flow, to respond to terrorist threats swiftly, real-time data is the linchpin. The
Continue reading Why it makes financial sense to migrate to a modern real-time data platform
Final plans have been set out for the latest stage of work aimed at making Manchester city centre safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
As set out in the Council’s City Centre Transport Strategy (CCTS), a central aim is for 90% of all peak morning trips to the city centre to be made by foot,
Continue reading Big and bold changes set for city centre as Council continues push towards sustainable transport
Achieving for Children (AfC) has chosen to partner with Huggg, the specialist platform which allows organisations to send and manage retail vouchers at scale to those in need, to provide digital disbursements and targeted assistance to children, young people, and their families. This includes various forms of support such as weekly care allowances, general reimbursements
Continue reading ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN CHOOSES HUGGG TO PROVIDE DIGITAL DISBURSEMENTS TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES
Kyndryl (NYSE: KD), the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider and Leader 2022 in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, Hybrid Cloud and Network Mobility, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) today announced a collaboration to help manage and support Defra’s core network infrastructure used to host and run their critical services, benefiting
Continue reading Defra turns to Kyndryl to support its critical services for UK citizens
Referrals to children’s social services by schools have risen by more than 50 per cent in the last eight years 129,090 referrals were made by schools in 2022 – the highest number since reporting began in 2014 New safeguarding software to transform the way local authorities and schools identify and address safeguarding concerns
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Continue reading New safeguarding software to transform multi-agency collaboration between local authorities and schools
David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks
The public sector continues to promote and undergo digital transformation. The drivers for it range from a need to digitalise operations, to increase innovation and agility or encourage and permit easier collaboration across different Government departments and public sector organisations.
There is also a need for
Continue reading SD-WANs: Are They Enough for Modern Government Enterprises?
Moving Communities participation, financial and social value data offered key evidence to unlock new £63 million fund for leisure centres with pools Data shows pool usage highest among older adults, women and under 16s and contributed to more than £833 million in social value in 2022 – 85% of the total for the sector
Continue reading Sport England’s Moving Communities Platform Provides Critical Data to Secure New Funding for Swimming Pools in England
Following the announcement that the Household Support Fund has been extended again, Huggg, the specialist platform which allows organisations to send and manage retail vouchers at scale to those in need, has launched a number of new initiatives. These are designed to help local authorities and their Third Party partner organisations (TPOs) get these vital
Continue reading HUGGG LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT HSF PAYMENTS
Julian Panter
The number of active social care work placements have reached an all-time high, with average pay rates on the rise in an effort from businesses and councils to attract more candidates into vital roles, according to data from market-leading workforce technology and services platform Matrix.
Despite the rising need for
Continue reading Pay rates on the rise amid social care worker exodus, finds Matrix data
Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa
With precious budgets under significant pressure due to high inflation and belt-tightening post-pandemic, it has never been more important to ensure funds are efficiently spent.
One important way is to gain insight, a single citizen view (SCV), of those on your database. This will facilitate the
Continue reading Deliver a single citizen view (SCV) to ensure under pressure budgets are efficiently spent By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
The NHS is looking for a new chief information officer, and the Highland Marketing advisory board has been considering what should be on his or her ‘to do’ list.
Following the merger of NHSX and NHS Digital with the NHS England transformation directorate, and the departure of some high-profile digital leaders, the NHS is
Continue reading What should be top of mind for the new NHS CIO?
An impressive 500,000 energy vouchers dispatched within four weeks and ahead of schedule.
A staggering £600m of cash distributed across post offices at speed, meticulous behind-the-scenes planning and postmasters who proved to be local heroes for their communities.
The results speak for themselves: With a redemption rate of almost 100%, it’s clear the Northern Ireland
Continue reading Why the Government’s Energy Bill Support Scheme for Northern Ireland has revealed Post Office is perfectly placed to ‘own’ the bill payments & cash disbursal space
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