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Located between University Walk and Cantocks close, Queen’s Building is a large, four-storey, 1950’s building that falls within the Tyndalls Park Conservation Area. The north-west section of the building is under proposal for extension.

As the end of the year looms some in the public sector invest any available end of year budget into ‘back office’ tasks, such as cleaning their user databases. This sees them cleaning the contact data on their databases – names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses of those that use their services – to ensure accurate datasets. 

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is using an algorithmic tool that categorises incoming emails and sends an automatic response signposting to an online service to organisations and individuals who are requesting a change in their business address.

Emerging and advancing technologies are driving the exponential growth of content creation and retention in an organisation. This growth is creating unmanaged silos, often containing terabytes or even petabytes of information. 

Fleet management experts see cost of living crisis drive public sector demand for salary sacrifice car schemes

With almost 80,000 businesses now part of the Consumer Codes Approval Scheme (CCAS) and more than £97billion of consumer spending protected, CCAS continues to grow from strength to strength. CCAS was launched by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) in 2013 as a means of promoting consumer interests by setting out the principles of effective customer service and protection.

Running for office is a way to impact your community and create the change you want to see. The following advice will help you navigate the challenges of campaigning, including how to address inclusivity for others with disabilities, courtesy of WiredGov.

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (RCTCBC) consists of Five Valleys to include Rhondda Fawr, Fach, Cynon, Taf and Ely with a population of 238,306 (2016 Census) and is the third largest of the 22 Authorities within Wales.

Professional development is an intrinsic factor for organisations in operating smarter and more efficiently. By helping employees master the skills they need to progress, you can shape the development of your future leaders. As an organisation which for many years has provided professional qualification training, CTSI understands the huge benefits that professional development provides to both employees and their own organisations.

The big jump in inflation has created a cost of living crisis. Combine this with an increase in digitalisation of services and remote working at a time of great volatility in the world, and you create new motives and justification for fraud to flourish. In fact, the current turmoil has fed into the three elements of the fraud triangle: motivation, opportunity and rationalisation.

Government and political organisations have spent more than £15m on advertising and exposure on Meta (formally Facebook Inc) since November 2018, which is the second-highest out of all UK industries.

There is huge pressure on the public purse due to Covid. It’s the main factor why the government has recently announced its plans to cut up to 91,000 civil service jobs - about a fifth of the workforce - over the next three years to save £3.5 billion.

UKAuthority Smart Places & Communities 2022 
Wed 22^nd- Fri June 24^th 2022, 11:00-12:45 via Teams Live

Join UKAuthority this month for our virtual conference running across three mornings as we explore the development of digitally smart communities and infrastructures and discuss what we can imagine for the future of public services. 

Paul Scully,  Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at BEIS announced as Key Plenary Speaker

Objective RegWorks, a specialist end-to-end regulatory platform, has been selected by New Zealand Police to develop the firearms registry.

City of Wolverhampton Council were looking for a partner to help them redesign their core IT service functions, including implementation and training.

In 2020 and 2021, governments accelerated digital initiatives to respond to pandemic-induced operational disruptions.  

For many of us, school was the time of our lives. It’s the time when we’re most socially active - surrounded by friends every day with no responsibilities or distractions.

The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is launching a new, free expert guide for green energy installation businesses through its Business Companion platform.

The challenging last two years have seen many in the public sector understandably focus on providing core services to the public. This has meant a large number have neglected important ‘back office’ functions, such as ensuring the cleanliness of their databases.

With UK households wasting on average the equivalent of eight meals a week, (87,000 tonnes of food waste across all households in seven days), TV presenter Gregg Wallace joins Food Waste Action Week to help households get on top of food waste and spread the message Wasting Food Feeds Climate Change.

Automated threat modelling company IriusRisk has partnered with Methods, the leading public sector digital transformation consultant to deliver embedded threat modeling to improve the security of public sector services.

Live Event: Wed, 12 Jan 2022 12:30 - 13:30 GMT - Intelligent thinking, shared learning, enabled services, quality outcomes, best social value for taxpayers

How address verification can help solve a number of challenges for the public sector in 2022

DWF, the global provider of integrated legal and business services, has been named as a supplier on UK Government's Crown Commercial Service's (CCS) Legal Services Panel, which has a total estimated value of £300 - £400m.

The system allows healthcare professionals to continuously monitor vaccines stored in a fridge and receive alerts should the temperature move out of a defined range.

Even before Covid and the accelerated period of digital transformation, parts of the private sector had undergone a data revolution. Data analytics now sit firmly at the heart of many organisations influencing what communications we receive, what product recommendations we are offered, the news we are served and even the creation of TV shows based on what an algorithm believes will be successful.

A new and exciting Continuing Professional Development (CPDSO) accredited training product has been added to my list of driver management services. 

Fraud is becoming a serious problem in the public sector as interactions in the digital space become more prevalent.