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A month after Germany took to the polls on September 24th, initial coalition talks to form a new government began last week. Although Angela Merkel and her conservative CDU/CSU group won the elections, they entered Parliament a weakened force after suffering severe losses. Although sure to be re-elected as Chancellor, Merkel is left with only
Continue reading Germany after Elections – Implications for the UK and Brexit negotiations
Fleet Hero Awards reveals 10 winners in its 12th year
Award recognises efforts of companies to reduce fleet carbon footprint, tackle air pollution and improve fleet sustainability
Fleet Leeds City Council Andrew Hickford Terry Pycroft
An innovative partnership tackling air quality issues in central London and
Continue reading UK’S FLEET HEROES REVEALED AT MUSEUM OF LONDON DOCKLANDS
Andrew Pavord of Apply4 Technology will be explaining at the Public Sector Show in Manchester on November 21st.
Andrew Pavord, CEO Apply4 Technology
While public sector bodies up and down the country are managing cuts, tax incentives (known as UK film tax relief) and local talent have led to a huge increase in
Continue reading How innovative technology is helping councils access their share of the UK’s £1.6bn film industry – which spends up £100,000 a day in local streets
Lambert Smith Hampton, the professional services organisation, has praised EssentialSkillz for its easy-to-use software which has given them automated compliance on its business-critical policies.
Lambert Smith Hampton employs 1,300 people across 34 offices. It required a new policy and training software. The system had to provide an audit trail and verify if employees had read
Continue reading LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON GUARANTEES POLICY COMPLIANCE WITH WORKWIZE
Loughborough University has upgraded its CCTV security network to increase the level of protection for the 17,975 students and 3,787 members of staff that study, work, live in or visit the campus. The project has been completed by OpenView Security Solutions (OSS), one of the UK’s leading independent providers of security and IT infrastructure solutions,
Continue reading OPENVIEW UPGRADES SECURITY SYSTEMS AT LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Phil Geraghty, MD of Crowdfunder
Report shows:
Grant funds were amplified by 161% in crowdfunding pilot
78% of people who pledged gave money they wouldn’t ordinarily give to charity or philanthropic causes 33% saw an uplift in volunteering after the fundraise, with 2 in 3 projects seeing an increase in skills
The £5.6bn
Continue reading Nesta report paves way for grant funding revolution with the crowd
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is harnessing the buying power of the public sector to reduce the cost to the public purse of purchasing mobile voice and data services.
Expressions of interest are now being taken from public sector organisations who want to take part in this latest bulk buying project.
The
Continue reading Public bodies to band together for new mobile voice and data procurement
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has recently awarded EssentialSkillz a place on the G-Cloud 9 (G9) supplier list for cloud computing services.
EssentialSkillz has been successful in achieving supplier status and can now offer its compliance solutions to public sector organisations looking to streamline their online safety training and risk assessment processes.
EssentialSkillz provides companies
Continue reading ESSENTIALSKILLZ NOW A CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE (CCS) SUPPLIER
Responding to a Local Government Ombudsman report on its first 100 investigations into Education, Health and Care Plans, Cllr Richard Watts, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said: “The number of investigations undertaken in this report is relatively small when compared to the thousands of Education, Health and Care Plans
Continue reading LGA RESPONDS TO LGO REPORT ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND CARE PLANS
THE contract to maintain Liverpool’s parks and green spaces is set to be handed to the council-owned company which operates the refuse, recycling and street cleansing service.
A report to the Cabinet on Friday 27 October is recommending that Liverpool Street Scene Services Limited – a wholly owned Local Authority Trading Company (LATco) – takes
Continue reading Parks and green spaces contract set to be taken over by council company
Targus technology unleashes 3,000-strong team to work anywhere
Targus, a global leader in mobile computing accessories, today announces that Staffordshire County Council has selected the company to boost productivity and enable flexible working, with the installation of over 1,000 universal docking stations.
In order for Staffordshire County Council to achieve smarter ways of working, greater
Continue reading Staffordshire County Council boosts employee satisfaction through smart working rollout
‘People, place and connectivity’ are the focus of a new East Midlands HS2 Growth Strategy, revealing how the planned high speed rail network could add thousands of jobs and billions of pounds to the region’s economy.
In July (2017) Government confirmed its preferred route for HS2’s ‘Phase 2b’ line, or ‘eastern leg’; proposed to run
Continue reading Thousands of jobs and almost £4billion for economy detailed in HS2 Strategy
Key facts
Location: Manchester, UK Industry: Healthcare Employees: 5000 +
Challenges
Encourage adoption of new technology Increase clinicians’ time with patients Simplify login process without compromising security
Results
Fast, secure access to systems supporting security best practice Reduced login times Fast set-up of new users providing everyone with the same User Experience
Greater
Continue reading Imprivata OneSign drives a culture shift in technology acceptance, increasing productivity and improving security
Steve Whelan (left) Technical Director and Mark Runciman Operations Director Eminox
Gainsborough-based emissions specialists, Eminox has appointed Steve Whelan, as its new Technical Director.
In his new role, Steve will be responsible for the company’s product development as well as research and advanced engineering, helping to shape Eminox’s technology strategy for the future.
Continue reading New Technical Director to lead product development at Eminox
Taxis working in London: Photo: GPSJ
Responding to today’s decision by Transport for London not to renew taxi firm Uber’s licence to operate in London, Cllr Simon Blackburn, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Safer and Stronger Communities Board, said: “Other licensing authorities will be watching with interest today’s announcement by Transport
Continue reading LGA RESPONDS TO CANCELLATION OF UBER’S TAXI LICENCE IN LONDON
Four casual-dressed persons working together on a new idea at the table.
Reporter: Allan Roach
Kodak Alaris is expanding its information capture ecosystem, delivering on the promise of digital transformation for businesses and governments around the world. The global solution provider is hosting customer and partner events in all regions this week to
Continue reading Kodak Alaris unveils next wave of IN2 Ecosystem to take complexity out of information capture
Adam Scorer
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Director of Policy at the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), Adam Scorer, repeated its call for an independent, national trading standards regime on BBC News today. This follows demands from Which? on manufactures to ‘do the right thing’ and stop producing plastic-backed cold-appliances from non-flame retardant materials.
“We
Continue reading CTSI Director of Policy calls for independent national trading standards regime
Ruth Williams
Restore Scan, the specialist document scanning sector of Restore Document Management, has appointed high-flyer Ruth Williams as its new Marketing Director, to help the company prepare to accelerate its expansion strategy. She brings with her outstanding talent in corporate communications and a wealth of integrated B2B marketing experience.
Formerly Head of
Continue reading RESTORE SCAN APPOINTS CIM AMBASSADOR AS ITS MARKETING DIRECTOR
76% of UK CEOs are concerned about cyber threats
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
In May the NHS suffered a large scale ransomware attack and although the attack was not specifically targeted at the NHS a lack of IT security awareness and variations in software on IT systems in the organisation meant the affects were
Continue reading IT experts tell GPSJ: ‘Government not doing enough to protect public sector against cyberattacks’
Simpler rules regulating how councils buy goods and services after Brexit could boost local growth and create jobs, the Local Government Association says today.
Council leaders say the Government needs to introduce a more efficient UK system regulating how councils buy goods and services when we leave the European Union.
The LGA said this could
Continue reading SIMPLIFY EU RULES OVER HOW COUNCILS BUY GOODS AND SERVICES AFTER BREXIT
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