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Lancashire PCC Andrew Snowden
A partnership which aims to reduce crime, tackle disorder, and make our communities safer has celebrated its 30th anniversary.
Lancashire Partnership Against Crime (LANPAC) is a unique collaboration between Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire Businesses and Public Services working together to reduce levels of crime and disorder across the county.
The
Continue reading Partnership which aims to reduce levels of crime and disorder in Lancashire celebrates 30 years
Just like every other part of government, local authorities are currently trying to figure out how to help the UK reach its 2050 carbon net zero aspirations. One way of doing this is to encourage more people into electric vehicles (EVs) – but this requires a significant increase in the number of public chargepoints, whether
Continue reading Helping Local Authorities Establish A Business Case For EV Chargepoint Installation
Solar and wind
A new report from ThermoSphere – ‘Working towards Net Zero’ – sheds light on the attitudes toward direct electric heating in the construction industry, with many preferring it as a means of retrofitting small homes and apartments. Alistair Bell, ThermoSphere’s managing director discusses the mood in construction, and the industry’s
Continue reading Direct electric heating: a real low-carbon alternative for construction
Andrew Webber, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer, at Whitespace
New research has revealed that increasing digital collaboration to reduce duplication across government, is seen by public sector organisations as the key to the future of innovation and productivity.
In a survey of over 100 senior leaders and managers, collaboration in the online environment
Continue reading Public sector says collaboration, not duplication, is key to the future of innovation and productivity
A new ability swing for wheelchair users at the new Roman Play Villa in Castle Hill is to be installed as part of Ipswich Borough Council’s commitment to inclusivity.
The ability swing allows wheelchair users to swing alongside a flat-seated swing and so enables side-by-side inclusive play – a key aim of the Council’s Play
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Katial House
Islington Council has worked with Comelit-PAC to create a cloud based door entry solution for managing access control to communal residential developments across its housing portfolio.
As a leading London Borough Council, Islington has made the transition to a PAC cloud solution across its housing network, delivering improved security for residents.
Continue reading Islington Council moves to Comelit-PAC’s cloud for the benefit of residents
Barley Laing
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
As public sector services become increasingly accessible online due to the pandemic and improving technology, there has been a corresponding growth in fraud. According to the Cabinet Office fraud and error in public spending are estimated to cost the taxpayer up to
Continue reading Why effective ID verification in the public sector starts with data quality
Ransomware has long been a menace and has even led to some referring to it as the digital plague of our time. The constant barrage of cyberattacks in the last few years has raised concerns, particularly for organisations that must get to grips with the tactics used by threat actors trying to gain access to
Continue reading Tackling the Threat of Ransomware by Addressing Social Engineering
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has taken the next step in its modern, modular electronic patient record (EPR) programme with Alcidion, having gone live with electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) system Better Meds.
The trust has deployed Better Meds to inpatient and outpatient areas, where it is already removing paper forms and manual
Continue reading South Tees reaches e-prescribing milestone in EPR journey
By Chris Hornung, Managing Director of Public Sector Business at Totalmobile
In recent months, there’s been a lot of hot debate about how the Metaverse is set to transform how we work, play, shop, socialise, transact, and more.
Featuring the confluence of multiple technologies including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things, blockchain, virtual
Continue reading The Metaverse: From Hype to Reality?
Transparency, cost control and fulfilling short notice staffing requirements in as little as 1-2 hours are just three of the main benefits City of Cardiff Council has accomplished since it started working with recruitment technology business Matrix in 2016.
Matrix, which specialises in the procurement of temporary, interim and permanent staffing solutions, provides a neutral
Continue reading How City of Cardiff Council saved £5.7m in recruitment costs with Matrix
Ian Hogan from the Northern Care Alliance and Neil Perry from Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have joined the forum that debates the big issues facing health tech and seeks to spread innovation for the future
Two of the NHS’ most dynamic chief information officers have joined Highland Marketing’s advisory board of NHS IT professionals
Continue reading Two leading CIOs join the Highland Marketing advisory board
NCC Replaces Paper and Spreadsheets to Digitalise Facilities Management Across 89 Buildings and Over 40 Schools
Northumberland County Council, serving over 2,000 rural square miles, has completed a successful pilot and is now deploying field service management solutions from Totalmobile to digitalise its facilities management
Continue reading Northumberland County Council Modernises Facilities Management Function with Totalmobile
Julian Boneham
By Julian Boneham, Technology Practice Director – Data, at Node4
Following the biggest year of UK electric vehicle (EV) consumer market sales and the COP26 climate conference, 2022 is set to be a defining year for EVs.
Backed by the UK government’s ambitious emission-free measures, and a £1,500 plug-in-car grant for
Continue reading Fuelling the Future of Electric Vehicles
An independent review into the response to COVID-19 in Walsall has shown that partnership working was a dominant feature, essential to meet the challenges that were presented to the community during the pandemic.
The review conducted by the Institute for Community Research and Development at the
Continue reading Council publishes independent report into COVID-19 response
Left to right: Satnam Bains, Lisa McNally and Ali Al-Osaimi (Lifestyle Improvement Programme Manager for Sandwell)
Public health experts will use the Unity platform to work with local communities on effective campaigns in many languages and deliver them through the Unity app
Digital health company Health Fabric is preparing to work with Sandwell
Continue reading Health Fabric and Sandwell Council secure Healthy Ageing Challenge funding to tackle health inequalities
Oldham Mill Fire @GPSJ
On Saturday 23 July 2022, human remains were discovered, by demolition workers, at Bismark House Mill, Bower Street, Oldham.
Detectives from GMP’s Oldham district and Major Incident Team have confirmed that, on Saturday 7 May 2022, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire at the premises which
Continue reading Greater Manchester Police declares major incident following discovery of human remains in Oldham premises
Durham
itelligent-i has been chosen by Durham County Council to deliver a corporate data and analytics platform to accelerate the delivery of meaningful insights across the council’s main service areas using its suite of Accelerator Analytics. The solution securely brings together data from multiple sources and delivers meaningful insights upon which the council
Continue reading itelligent-i wins Durham County Council contract in deal to deliver data-driven, customer-led intelligence
‘If we are to diversify how we heat our homes and buildings, then we must diversify our industry!”
Charlotte Large, Strategy, Policy and Innovation Director for EQUANS UK & Ireland
EQUANS, part of the ENGIE Group, has led the introduction of a diversity and inclusion charter for the Heat Networks
Continue reading EQUANS pioneers a diversity charter for the Heat Network Industry
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
The impact of budget cuts and austerity, Covid-19 disruption, and concerns about security have resulted in a hybrid of legacy and cloud technology in U.K. government and public sector bodies. The government’s 2013 ‘cloud-first’ policy has driven varying levels of successful cloud migration and little consistency. Critical business
Continue reading Why Legacy Systems Remain Critical in Modern, ‘Cloud Appropriate’ Hybrid Digital Transformation
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