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By Charles Knight, Managing Director of Public Services at Totalmobile
More than a year since the UK’s first national lockdown and there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel, with a somewhat clearer roadmap out of lockdown. Understandably, throughout this collective experience, a lot of attention has been focused on the workers
Continue reading The public sector post pandemic: how the mobile workforce has evolved
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
Public sector organisations across the country are looking closely at the way they can improve services and performance by optimising their use of data. Indeed, many are focusing on it as a key asset and a driving force behind their wider technology strategy to build a ‘data-centric’ approach.
Continue reading How Public Sector Database Teams Can Become ‘Data Centric’
The ash is one of the most common trees in the UK and is a much loved part of the landscape. Now, though, it is under serious and sustained threat from ash dieback.
Which means, over the coming years, another common sight will be an ash tree accompanied by a bright red mobile elevating working
Continue reading Rising to the ash dieback challenge
CICV Forum – Ivan McKee
The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum has pledged its ongoing commitment to the Scottish Construction Leadership Forum (CLF) and has warmly welcomed its new Chair, Scottish Government Minister Ivan McKee.
The unique collaboration of trade associations, professional bodies, companies and individuals is now a key contributor to the
Continue reading CICV Forum welcomes new Construction Leadership Forum Chair and pledges to continue on path of collaboration and co-operation
Software consultancy Scott Logic has been awarded a new contract to act as implementation and development partner on the Scottish Government‘s digital identity programme.
The digital identity programme is part of the Scottish Government’s Digital Strategy actions to build a suite of common platforms to be adopted across the public sector, transforming government. The commitment
Continue reading Scott Logic awarded contract to develop the Scottish Government’s digital identity platform
Implementation to digitalise and automate scheduling of over 36,000 home care visits a week will save time and money whilst improving communication with social care stakeholders
Totalmobile, the UK leader in Field Service Management software solutions, has announced it is working with South Lanarkshire Council to modernise the service that plans, schedules and carries
Continue reading South Lanarkshire Council Embarks on Modernisation of ‘Care at Home Service’ with Totalmobile
Schools are predominantly set up to teach children born in different years. With twins and multiples, it can become a challenge to ensure their needs are considered and that they are included. This extends to how teachers and schools communicate with them and their parents, whether or not the siblings are taught in the same
Continue reading Teaching Twins and Multiples: A Teacher’s Guide
With many schools, teaching unions and teachers expressing concerns about how safe the classroom is – despite reassurance from the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), an article by Yvonne Williams in the Times Educational Supplement (TES), asks how many teachers have decided to quit their profession.
Yvonne Williams is head of English
Continue reading Managing Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention
Thousands of roles available in the ‘hidden’ employability industry as the sector prepares for the busiest time in its history
Employability Day on 30 April 2021, was the UK’s largest celebration for organisations supporting often disadvantaged people to gain, sustain and progress in work. Led by the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), it’s an annual
Continue reading TIME TO DO WHAT THE EMPLOYABILITY INDUSTRY DOES BEST: RECRUIT
Whizz Education, provider of the leading virtual tutor Maths-Whizz, has quantified the lockdown learning loss in maths experienced by 5–13-year-olds in the UK. Whizz Education’s research shows that 46% of the 1,721 children assessed experienced a learning loss, exhibiting an average of knowledge decline of eight months during the first lockdown.
Dr Junaid Mubeen, Director
Continue reading Whizz Education Quantifies Maths Lockdown Learning Loss
YPO, one of the UK’s largest public sector buying organisations, has made three appointments across its board and senior leadership teams, as part of a wider focus on stability and pandemic recovery for the organisation.
Julie Hawley will be taking the role of executive director of finance, Jacquie Lightfoot will be joining YPO as executive
Continue reading YPO LOOKS TOWARDS POST-PANDEMIC SUCCESS WITH THREE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS
Highland Marketing’s advisory board welcomed Jane Brightman, social care lead at Institute of Health and Social Care Management, to discuss the sector and its technology needs. A lot of hope is being pinned on integrated care systems, but when it comes to joining up health and care systems and putting the underpinning IT in place,
Continue reading What next for social care?
Kingston Council has outlined its work to boost the local economy as new figures reveal that the pandemic saw local unemployment almost tripled last year.
A report for the council’s Response and Recovery Committee this evening shows the number of local people claiming unemployment benefits shot up from 2,115 to 6,090 in the year to
Continue reading Unemployment during COVID: Kingston leads effort to boost local economy as unemployment triples
First acts of new Government must be to establish a Wales-wide Covid inquiry – Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS
Responding to Boris Johnson’s announcement that a UK wide Covid inquiry will take place in Spring 2022, Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS said,
“One of the first acts of this Labour Welsh Government should
Continue reading First acts of new Government must be to establish a Wales-wide Covid inquiry – Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS
“Ineffective” national planning policy, which “has no teeth” is holding the industrial sector back from supporting the UK’s economic recovery from COVID-19, according to planning and development consultancy Turley.
Despite the radical reforms promised in the 2020 Planning White Paper, there is scant regard to the role of industry and logistics, in spite of the
Continue reading Government is holding the industrial sector back with ineffective planning policy, says Turley
This year has already seen an increase in interest and focus on sustainability goals and reducing impacts organisations have on the environment.
As hot water can cost between 2 to 4 times as much as cold water, once energy costs are taken into account, it means even small steps to increase water efficiency and cut
Continue reading Top tips to save running costs and reach green goals
By Evan Wienburg, CEO at Bath-based Truespeed, a full fibre infrastructure provider and ISP
Hybrid Nirvana. It sounds like a chart-topping music album, and it is certainly top of the pops at the moment for organisations of all shapes and sizes. Working from home, aka WFH, has become the norm for huge numbers of employees
Continue reading Laying down the digital tracks for hybrid working
Fleur Sexton
“Giving the next generation of our workforce an insider view of how our world works is absolute gold”
With the pandemic sabotaging so many key experiences that should be shaping young people’s lives and aspirations, work experience is one area where businesses can step up their game and provide invaluable
Continue reading Leading Coventry businesswoman urges other businesses to ‘think outside the box’ and provide remote work experience for school pupils during lockdown
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
As our cities continue to grow in population density, the need for positive environmental action on a domestic and global scale grows more urgent. However, the sheer complexity of contemporary urban living means city planners need more actionable insight into the factors affecting issues such as air quality
Continue reading How a Business IT Mindset Can Help Smart Cities Maintain Cleaner Air
Knowsley Council has appointed Jenny Rollinson as Assistant Executive Director – Adult Social Care.
Jenny has worked at the Council for almost four years, and is currently the Head of Adult Social Care.
Over the last 15 years Jenny has held a number of senior Health and Social Care roles working for both Stockport and
Continue reading Meet the new Assistant Executive Director for Adult Social Care
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