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Jisc, the UK’s technology solutions organisation for higher and further education, and Eduserv, which specialises in digital transformation in local government, public bodies, healthcare, charities, higher education and emergency services, are coming together to form a unique powerhouse of world-leading expertise to benefit all UK and overseas clients.

Ten local councillors visited our Slough headquarters on Tuesday 4th December to observe and gain first-hand experience of the support that we provide to the local authority and its residents.

RingGo’s Emissions Based Parking (EBP) is changing the behaviour of motorists across London: reducing vehicle pollution and improving air quality without complex and costly infrastructure or administration. 

Good Things Foundation is working with Salford City Council on a landmark and trailblazing digital inclusion project across the city to help the most disadvantaged residents gain the confidence and capability to become independent users of computers and the internet.

Bloom Procurement Services Ltd today announced it has been successful in winning a new digital and information technology framework run by the National Procurement Service for Wales (NPS).

Working with Thoughtonomy, ESNEFT has cut the time taken to process the first stage of each GP referral from 15-20 minutes down to five minutes.  The program will eliminate the need for staff to spend more than 100 hours a week processing paperwork and instead ensures referrals are actioned 24/7.

Oleeo’s annual public services recruitment seminar took place on 5 October in London with lots of discussion from attendees and great presentations from industry practitioners. Here’s some of the highlights from the session.

A new funding opportunity tied to local economic development provided the impetus for Cornwall Council to start working with Bloom.

​A new app that allows NHS employees to view their payslips on any mobile device and answers pay-related queries via chatbot technology has been launched by NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS).

Today the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) publishes its ‘Framework for UK Fibre Delivery: Street Works' as an important step in supporting the upgrade of the UK's digital infrastructure to ensure data can flow reliably at volume, and speed.

Following the huge success of Future Renting North in April this year and Future Renting Wales last November, Future Renting is your chance to join hundreds of landlords, agents and other property professionals and hear all about the key issues that matter to your lettings.

A new national framework that enables NHS organisations to easily access high-quality and cost-effective back office services has named NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) as the highest ranked supplier of Financial and Procurement services.

This week Jisc launches a free geospatial data service for further education (FE) colleges to support their mapping and geospatial data download needs across a wide variety of subjects. 

The responsible lender has secured £5m investment from social investors to help break the cycle of high-cost debt in vulnerable households across the UK

Today marks 227 years since Ordnance Survey was founded. On 21 June 1791, the Board of Ordnance purchased a new Ramsden theodolite, and this is seen as the foundation of our organisation.

Businesses can apply for a share of £4 million to support innovative ideas that reduce persistent plastic waste in the environment through new alternatives.

We are delighted to announce that tlmNEXUS has been recognised with a Queen’s Award for Innovation for the development of our Resolve software program.

PNLD (Police National Legal Database) is a business service of the Police and Crime Commissioner West Yorkshire.

We have been asked by employers to  advise on the issue where employees are off sick or not able to provide a full service to their employer because they are unwell.  In one case our client’s employee suffered from MS making it difficult to do his job.

From digitising farming to gamifying the UK’s wildlife to maximising the value of rooftop space to providing transparency to estate agents and sellers – meet the new Geovation Programme members.

The UK needs more skilled people in the cyber security profession — now, and for the future. As the UK’s national technical authority for information assurance (IA), the NCSC is playing a pivotal role in addressing the skills gap and building the UK’s cyber security capability. Our Certified Professional (CCP) scheme sets the standard for UK cyber security professionals, and is at the heart of our efforts to build a community of recognised professionals.

This report illustrates the areas where artificial intelligence (AI) could help the NHS become more efficient and deliver better outcomes for patients. It also highlights the main barriers to the implementation of this technology and suggests some potential solutions.

A UK Government Agency approached T&VS to carry out independent testing of a web-based application that they were developing prior to going live.
 

Attention all public sector event organisers….
Bring cost-effective, outdoor signage mobility to your forthcoming events with the perfect temporary solution

The world is facing some of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time, and at Mercy Corps, we know that no single organisation can tackle them alone. So we work across the public and private sectors to bring our unique expertise, innovations and solutions together to spark, scale and sustain change for communities in need around the world.

A major new report released suggests that the Government should introduce dynamic road user pricing which takes into account a driver’s journey (motorways or country lanes), the time of day, congestion on the network, and even their financial situation – i.e. whether they’re a student, pensioner, or unemployed.

Groups and organisations are being sought to test innovative ways of managing the UK’s public parks following a £2 million National Lottery funding boost for the Rethinking Parks programme.

Civica, a market leader in business-critical software applications, digital solutions and outsourcing and cloud-based services, has launched its new Cloud Optimisation Service. The latest managed reporting and analysis service will help organisations across both the public and private sectors to improve their governance of public cloud solutions while optimising spending.

AXELOS, the global custodian of ITIL®, and itSMF UK, the country’s leading association for IT service management professionals, yesterday reaffirmed their partnership and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote best practice in IT service management.

Places are now filling up fast for the LII conference and exhibition but there’s still time to book and take part in this global event. There is a wide array of features, events and things to do and we will host participants from almost 30 different countries in London in December.

NEPO’s award entry, which has been shortlisted in the Innovation category, demonstrated how NEPO delivers benefits to the wider public sector through NEPRO, a neutral vendor approach to the procurement of specialist professional services. 

On 9th November 2017 World Quality Day (#WQD17) will be celebrated around the world.  Initiated by The Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) which is a global professional body advancing the practice of quality management in all sectors.

Conference and event management agency Blackberry Productions has been commissioned by Aston University to produce Aston Accelerator, its ambitious employability event at the ICC, Birmingham.

With Christmas now no longer just fast approaching but only weeks away, our venue & events consultants here at Right Events have put together some points that might (we hope) help a touch in guiding you through the nightmare maze of Christmas party organising.

Cheshire County Council is one of many organisations using AVAYA technology in their Contact Centre, in this instance the purpose of the Contact Centre was to be a single point of contact for citizens of Cheshire to receive County Council based services.

London’s Air Ambulance (LAA) is a registered charity of approximately 50 staff and volunteers operating life-saving emergency helicopter ambulance services to Greater London, in conjunction with Barts Health NHS Trust.

Meet the Public Sector Online Collaboration Experts:

MeetingZone work closely with public sector organisations to provide workplace collaboration and communications services that help people connect, communicate and collaborate productively.

Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin has opened Lockheed Martin’s new £3m Cyber Security Centre.

The new ‘Cyber Works’ centre, is designed to tackle the complex cyber threats the UK faces. It will create 90 high tech jobs in Gloucester and enable Lockheed Martin to work closely with its UK partners to share knowledge, research and deliver cutting edge capabilities.

TRL has today published a far-reaching paper exploring the timings of autonomous driving and when Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) will become a common sight on UK’s roads. The comprehensive paper covers the full breadth of issues that need to be addressed as the UK enters a new era of mobility.

We are pleased to announce that Skills for Health has been accepted as a supplier on the Government’s latest Digital Marketplace, G-cloud framework: G-cloud 9. From 22nd of May, 2017, public sector organisations will have easy access to Skills for Health’s e-rostering solutions (DRS and Realtime Rostering) and e-learning solutions. The UK Government G-cloud framework simplifies the process for public sector organisations to purchase digital products. Using this framework, buyers are able to purchase digital products faster and cheaper than entering into individual procurement contracts.

Aidan Day, Joint Managing Director of SPORTCEL, said: “We are delighted to secure eleven sponsors to the NAS Awards which include prestigious international and FTSE 100 organisations.

Today’s government agencies are experiencing a seismic shift in computing capabilities, core processes, and personnel workstyles. The consumerisation of mobile devices and around‐the‐clock advances in end‐user computing technology is driving entirely new IT and operational models.

20+ new staff members recruited in 4 different IT Divisions over a 2-year period for Project based work with roles varying from technical positions such as Infrastructure Support & Development to functional roles such as Business Analysts and Project Manager.

A fun board game about asset management may sound pretty much like a contradiction. Synergy however, is a board game where teams spend Sellafield-minted money, worth £millions, on a range of facilities and infrastructure for the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria.

An innovative and original approach to reducing lane transgression on a multi-lane roundabout has continued to attract widespread industry recognition throughout 2016 with four independent awards, including most recently the National Transport Award for the most Innovative Transport Project.

To log in using one-time passwords via SMS has been a popular method for businesses, governments and banks that want to increase security instead of logging in with fixed passwords. While this method is generally considered more secure than fixed passwords, and good enough security for many applications, new threats have exposed serious vulnerabilities in the messaging infrastructure.

@ Government ICT 2.0 - QEII Conference Centre,
Wednesday, 28th September

MeetingZone work closely with public sector organisations to provide workplace collaboration and communications services that help people connect, communicate and collaborate productively. We’re experts in WebEx and Skype for Business, which we combine with our Telephone Conferencing and personal service.

Why not visit us at stand #28 at Government ICT 2.0 2016.  

In a society of ever changing regulation and compliance one thing is certain; your data is precious.

Everyone desires your data. Foreign governments, your government, bad people pretending to be good people, search engines trying to optimise advertisements. Data can be seen as a commodity to be traded, often to the highest bidder. How do you maintain ownership of your data, and secure citizen trust through a zero-breach policy?

LowCVP Conference, 30 June - last few days to book!

There's just a few more days to book and limited space left for the LowCVP's Annual Conference which takes place this Thursday, 30 June. The Conference will feature new thinking on automated & connected vehicles and their potential implications for cutting carbon. Find out how the UK is placed to develop and benefit from the low carbon propulsion technologies of the future and hear views on the implications for the sector following the vote for 'Brexit'.

As effortless as it is awe-inspiring, the latest advances in communication are here. Already being used by your kids and already compatible with the devices on the market. They are primed and ready for business. 

Join Vapour Cloud and bleeding edge tech providers Content Guru and Spearhead Interactive for an evening of innovation at the White Cloth Gallery, Leeds.

Local authorities and  energy companies are two of the worst sectors in the UK when it comes to collecting debt - often subjecting customers to inaccurate billing, deploying overly aggressive tactics and following recovery procedures which make customers feel embarrassed, according to new research. 

2016 Budget Impact on Engagement of Public Sector Temporary Workers:

Do you know what your responsibilities, risks and liabilities are?

Last month’s budget contained measures to change how the IR35 status of contractors providing services to public sector clients must be assessed – putting financial liability on clients and recruitment agencies to ensure this tax legislation is correctly applied.

What is Robotic Process Automation? If you’ve heard the term ‘Robotic Process Automation’ (RPA) and wondering what it’s all about – look no further...

Robotic process automation (RPA) technology is revolutionising the way we think about and administer business processes, back-office operations, IT support processes, workflow processes and remote infrastructure.

This is an opportunity for employers to show that they are committed to the health and well-being of their workplace. Support is available to help businesses gain a workplace accreditation. Information about the accreditation including a free self-assessment tool can be found on the national website for Workplace Wellbeing. 

Stratia Consulting Ltd are proud to announce that after a rigorous paper-based and interview selection process it has achieved certification by CESG for the new Certified Cyber Security Consultancy  framework and is in the first tranche of companies to achieve this new standard with multiple Head Consultants. 

UK Data Management and Business Intelligence (BI) reseller, Orion & Associates, a dedicated Data Management and BI solution provider, is pleased to announce its award of G-Cloud 7 for the provision of Software as a Service.Orion & Associates works collaboratively with its clients to deliver successful data and business analytics solutions that address each customers’ unique challenges.

Orion & Associates works collaboratively with its clients to deliver successful data and business analytics solutions that address each customers’ unique challenges.

A number of Local Authorities across the UK have trialled cashless systems across different areas such for catering, parking and payments with limited adoption and success  but the London Borough of Brent is the UK's first genuine Cashless Local Authority as a result of working with MasterCard and Prepaid Financial Services  to design and launch a number of social disbursement prepaid card programmes.

Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave cloud services company, today announced that it has been chosen by Genomics England to deliver Compute-as-a-Service solutions to support the 100,000 Genomes Project, which aims to make the UK a world leader in genomics research.

WiredGov Appointed Media Partner to the 5th Annual Public Sector ICT Summit 

The fifth annual Public Sector ICT Summit will enable digital, technology and data leaders to shape the debate about the future of Government policy. With the wider roll out of platforms imminent, effective transition from legacy systems a political necessity and the use of data the subject of vigorous discussion, the Summit presents an opportunity to assess the progress and influence the development of ICT strategy.

Civica, a market leader in specialist software, technology and outsourcing services which help organisations to transform the way they work, has been selected by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to modernise all customer contact and deliver a more tailored, personalised and digital approach, focused on self-service.

Outsourced customer contact specialist, Echo Managed Services, has won a major contract with the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) to provide a helpline service across the whole of England.

Under the agreement, Echo will provide STA with a helpline which will provide targeted support and advice on tests and assessments across the national curriculum, from the early years foundation stage, up to key stage 3.