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The Government has awarded a one-off payment of £20 million to the BBC World Service as part of the refresh of the Integrated Review.
The money is being provided to protect all 42 World Service language services over the next two years, support English language broadcasting, and counter disinformation. The refreshed Integrated Review concludes that
Continue reading NEW FUNDING AGREED TO KEEP BBC WORLD SERVICE ON AIR
The purchase of Security Watchdog from Capita fuels Matrix’s growth ambitions and broadens its services portfolio in the workforce solutions marketplace
Market-leading workforce technology and services platform Matrix is furthering its growth strategy with the acquisition of employment screening business, Security Watchdog, from business process services group Capita.
Security Watchdog is the UK
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By Samira Amani, Strategic Marketing Manager Automation, Omron Electronic Components Europe B.V.
Samira Amani – Strategic Marketing Manager Automation
As the world takes steps to safeguard the planet from a climate calamity, new hazards demand tighter regulations in applications such as industrial and consumer refrigeration, vending machines, and heating systems such as heat
Continue reading New regulations and electronic components bring safer ways to save the planet
By Casey Ellis, CTO and Founder of Bugcrowd Cyber experts levelling the playing field and disrupting threat actors
In technology circles, it’s a well-known and often lamented fact that technology and cybersecurity have a habit of moving at a much faster pace than policy. “Hackers on the Hill” (HotH) is a program that works to
Continue reading Hackers in the White House
By Sascha Giese, SolarWinds Head Geek™
When it comes to digital transformation, one area of investment trumps all others. It’s not hardware. It’s not software. It’s not even the latest development in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
It’s people. And if public sector organizations want to deliver data-rich government services, they need to
Continue reading Investing in people always pays dividends
Multi award-winning fleet management expert, Rivus, has been awarded multiple maintenance and repair contracts for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) from 1 November 2023.
Following a rigorous, multi-lot, competitive tender process, which began in February 2022, Rivus has been appointed to take care of the prestigious fleet for a period of up to 10 years.
Continue reading Rivus is set to keep the Metropolitan Police moving with major new contract win
In The Loop
Areas surrounding waterways in Bury, Derby, Adur & Worthing and Bristol will soon be adorned with colourful and eye-catching bins to help residents and visitors recycle when out and about. The news comes as environmental charity Hubbub and Coca-Cola announce the winners of the In The Loop grant fund that
Continue reading Four local authorities receive funds to boost recycling on-the-go near waterways
By Claire Harris – Head of regional business Vodafone UK
When is your next bus due? How full are your local litter bins? How clean is the air where you live? How many parking spaces are available in this part of town right now? If a council can measure something, it can improve it with
Continue reading Vodafone: Helping local government make the most of the digital future
Oliver Gray, Charis business development director
By Ollie Gray, business development director, Charis
So, are we better off or worse off this spring when it comes to our energy bills?
Unfortunately, despite falling wholesale costs, the average household bill is still set to rise to £3000 in April, and many will need
Continue reading Are we heading towards an energy cliff edge?
Electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure provider, SWARCO Smart Charging, and Connected Energy, a leading supplier of second life battery energy storage systems (BESS), have teamed up to help accelerate the roll out of EV charging across the UK and offer a decarbonised solution.
This collaboration aims to overcome two of the biggest barriers to the wider
Continue reading SWARCO Smart Charging and Connected Energy partner to accelerate the roll out of EV charging
Goupil G4 Cage Tipper
A new Goupil G4 cage tipper from electric vehicle specialist Bradshaw has helped improve the working lives of Dunstable Town Council’s rangers.
The vehicle was acquired through Grounds Operations Manager Dmitriz Sopiaz who had been aware of its benefits through a previous role.
“I’d had experience of the G4,
Continue reading NEW GOUPIL G4 CAGE TIPPER HELPS DUNSTABLE TOWN COUNCIL RANGERS IN THEIR ROLES
Baroness Blake and Tom Stannard
Judith Blake, the Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE, has been appointed as the new Patron of the Institute for Economic Development (IED). She takes up the unpaid role from outgoing Patron, The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, who was in post for two years.
A British Labour politician
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Mark Inskip – CEO, Matrix
Workforce technology and services platform Matrix has officially become carbon neutral, having offset its carbon footprint by investing in a program that also addresses poverty by creating jobs, aligning with its goal of connecting people to work.
The update came as part of Matrix’s Annual ESG Report, which
Continue reading Matrix achieves carbon neutrality and lays out commitment to reach net zero by 2040, in annual ESG report
CHANNEL 3 CONSULTING has recruited Leo Jones, a former deputy director of children’s services, as a partner to support the company’s continued growth and further strengthen its position in the social care sector.
A qualified social worker and children’s services manager with over 20 years’ experience across consulting and the public sector, Jones will also
Continue reading Senior appointment at Channel 3 Consulting strengthens its foothold in social care sector
Chubb’s senior leaders (from left to right) David Dunnagan, Gary Moffatt, and Terry Sallas
Chubb, one of the UK’s leading fire safety and security solutions provider, has strengthened its senior leadership team with a number of significant appointments.
Following the recent senior executive hires and promotions for Chubb Group globally, the UK and
Continue reading Chubb strengthens senior leadership team in the United Kingdom and Ireland
New research from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy reveals a major barrier to driving urgently needed waste reduction and reuse behaviours is a fundamental misunderstanding amongst the public of what waste prevention actually means.
Under the waste hierarchy (more commonly communicated to people as ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’), recycling is important, but reduce and reuse sit
Continue reading Keep Britain Tidy calls for collective action to move people beyond recycling and onto waste prevention
Sodexo has been awarded a three-year contract with The Insolvency Service to provide strategic programme and advisory services to support the organisation’s ‘Transforming Workplaces Project’.
Partnering with Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB), global construction and property consultancy, Sodexo’s Property Professional Services business and RLB will support The Insolvency Service to rationalise and transform its existing
Continue reading Sodexo awarded contract with The Insolvency Service
Barley Laing
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
Evolving technology is driving efficiencies in processes and reducing costs across most sectors. The significant impact of this trend is quite apparent in the public sector, where budgets have fallen dramatically, or are being scrutinised. Whatever the reason – continued government borrowing,
Continue reading How new technology is resolving the costly data quality issues afflicting the public sector
By Ollie Gray, business development director, Charis Grants Ltd
It’s a strange world when you consider those being forced against their will onto prepayment meters because they are struggling to pay their bills, actually end up being charged higher prices as a result – but that is exactly what is happening.
According to the
Continue reading Is it now time to introduce a subsidised social energy tariff for the most vulnerable in our communities?
Considering setting up a joint venture to save on temporary staff recruitment costs? Don’t do anything before reading this, writes Ian Middleton, Business Director, Matrix.
Rising interest rates, soaring inflation and a cost-of-living crisis; growing external pressures have consumers and businesses alike tightening their purse strings in an effort to weather the economic storm that’s
Continue reading Hidden costs: the dangers of local councils going down the JV route for temp staff recruitment
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