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A new partnership between a charity platform and homelessness support network has launched with the aim of bringing local charities together to support vulnerable people and tackle the challenge of rough sleeping in Wakefield. Investors in Community, a charitable giving platform which links good causes with businesses and fundraisers, will be working with Street Support Continue reading NEW PARTNERSHIP TO BRING CHARITIES TOGETHER TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS IN WAKEFIELD
December 3rd, 2020 | Tags: Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Homeless, Public Sector Magazine, Street Support Network, Street Support Wakefield, Wakefield, Wakefield Council | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Keeping the nation’s cycleways and pathways clear and ice-free this winter has just got easier with the announcement of an exciting new winter services partnership. This new venture between Safecote and Econ Engineering will provide local councils across the country with the equipment and materials to clear ice and snow on footpaths and cycleways more Continue reading ECON AND SAFECOTE’S PATHS MERGE IN NEW WINTER SERVICES PARTNERSHIP
November 23rd, 2020 | Tags: Alloa, Cardiff, de-icer, Econ, Econ Engineering, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ Magazine, Gritting, Ice, Mark Dutton, Public Sector Magazine, Safecote, Winter Maintenance | Category: Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment Woking Town centre WPS, one of the UK’s leading parking equipment providers, is helping Woking Borough Council to provide a seamless visitor and resident experience with a series of ticketless car park upgrades as a part of Woking town centre’s regeneration. Central to each installation is the use of WPS’s leading-edge Automatic Number Continue reading WPS to install ticketless parking in Woking Borough
November 6th, 2020 | Tags: ANPR, Cllr Ayesha Azad, Cornwall Council, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, JustPark, ParkAdvance™, Parking, Parking Technology, Public Sector Journal, Simon Jarvis, Ticketless Parking, Woking Borough Council, WPS | Category: Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment Momentum growing in education sector for CO2 monitors The Scottish Government is leading the call for increased usage of CO2 monitors in classrooms, to reduce the transmission of COVID, and protect pupils and teachers. Local authorities are being advised to learn from neighbouring authorities who already have the monitoring devices in place. Recently published guidelines Continue reading COVID-19 guidance on reducing risk in schools
November 2nd, 2020 | Tags: CO2, COVID, Environmental and Modelling Group (EMG), Flamefast, Gas, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Jane Warburton, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, SAGE, Schools, Scottish Government, Secretary of State for Health | Category: COVID-19, Education & Learning, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment London housing association uses Totalmobile’s cloud-based job management solution Connect to power up a new in-house repairs service for residents Totalmobile, the UK leader in Field Service Management software solutions, recently announced that it has provided the technology for Barnet Homes to successfully launch a new in-house repairs service that is dedicated to improving Continue reading Barnet Homes Launches In-house Repairs Team with Totalmobile to Improve Tenant Services
October 26th, 2020 | Tags: Barnet, Barnet Homes, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Housing, London, Public Sector Journal, Totalmobile | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Alert Technology Ltd, is excited to announce the launch of their new Alert PureAir R150 unit Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is a growing environmental health and wellbeing risk faced by most building occupiers today. Recognised as one of the largest environmental risks we face by WHO (World Health Organisation) – it is Continue reading Alert Technology launches ‘ALERT PureAir’ – a new virus-killing purification unit to celebrate “Clean Air Day” 8th October
October 8th, 2020 | Tags: Air Filtration, Air Quality, Alan Archer, Alert PureAir R150, Alert PureAir R150 unit, Alert Technology Ltd, Asthma, Clean Air, Clean Air Day, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, HEPA-14, NHS, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Secretary of State for Health | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Government Agencies, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services | 2 comments Stuart Hardisty By Stuart Hardisty Yesterday I spoke at the Westminster Briefing event on Planning Policy Reforms Under the New Government www.westminster-briefing.com/Planning_Under_The_New_Government around the impacts of such reform on employment land, an issue I am firmly embedded in. Three years ago I wrote a blog post setting out a series of risk factors Continue reading The impacts of planning reform on employment land
October 7th, 2020 | Tags: Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ Magazine, Hardisty Jones Associates, Housing, Institute of Economic Development, Planning, Planning Policy Reforms, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, SME | Category: Central Government, Construction & Engineering, Finance & Investment, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Specialist social value agency, Samtaler, has appointed entrepreneur and former Vice Chair of Social Enterprise Scotland, Zahra Hedges, as its new director of operations. The Scottish-based boutique agency has been experiencing a period of rapid growth in 2020 and has a solid roster of clients including Europe’s leading energy company, Vattenfall, as well as several Continue reading Social value success: Scottish agency set to expand with new appointment
October 6th, 2020 | Tags: CEIS, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Public Sector Journal, Samtaler, Scotland, Social Enterprise Scotland, Vattenfall, Zahra Hedges | Category: Appointments, Consultants & Consulting, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Bristow & Sutor, one of the UK’s leading players specialising in debt recovery, are meeting with more people now than before the coronavirus pandemic began. Despite not currently entering premises, contact rates have increased by 15% and Enforcement Agent (EA) payment results have shown an increase of 24%. The company believes this proves the majority Continue reading Bristow & Sutor celebrate success of returning to enforcement
October 2nd, 2020 | Tags: Bristow & Sutor, Corona Virus, Council Tax, Debt Collection, Enforcement, Finance, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Penalty Charge Notices, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine | Category: COVID-19, Finance & Investment, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Pothole damage on our roads Traffic accidents, potholes, road deterioration, trip hazards on pavements and in car parks, There seems to be an epidemic happening all around us affecting every city, town, village and the connecting roads in between. Why is this happening? What can we realistically do about it? What can be Continue reading #SayNOtoRockSalt #SayYEStoEcoGrit
September 24th, 2020 | Tags: #SayNOtoRockSalt, #SayYEStoEcoGrit, COSHH, EcoGrit, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Grit, Gritting, Highways, Highways England, Potholes, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Roads, Rock Salt, Salt, Winter, Winter Maintenance | Category: Central Government, Environment & Sustainability, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment Christian Jacob, Managing Director, Qualco UK With millions outstanding in tax revenues and unpaid debts, local authorities and central government agencies are evaluating how they recoup their losses. Around six million people across the UK have found themselves with bills they cannot pay as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. This figure, from Continue reading Can the public sector improve collections, post Covid? Asks Christian Jacob, Managing Director, Qualco UK
September 22nd, 2020 | Tags: Citizens Advice, COVID-19, Debt, Debt Market Services (DMS) framework, Fairness in Government Debt Managemen, Finance, Local Government Association, Qualco, Qualco UK, UK local authorities, Wokingham Council | Category: COVID-19, Finance & Investment, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd today announced that it is helping Walsall Council to deliver enhanced ICT, as part of the council’s PROUD programme, which is transforming the way public services are delivered. The council has deployed a cloud-hosted PlanetPress solution as part of its centralised communications strategy, hosted and managed by Konica Minolta. Continue reading Konica Minolta cloud solution plays vital role in helping Walsall Council modernise and streamline critical processes
September 15th, 2020 | Tags: Crescent Print Consortium (CPC), ICT, IT, Konica Minolta, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, PlanetPress, Walsall Council | Category: IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment TWO THIRDS of the public think that vital public services, such as social care, are put at risk when people who can pay their council tax do not, according to a new YouGov survey. Already hundreds of millions go unpaid every year and over 80% of the public think that this would continue or get Continue reading Public backs debt enforcement to support vital public services – survey
August 20th, 2020 | Tags: CIVEA, Civil Enforcement, Council Tax, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Russell Hamblin-Boone, YouGov | Category: Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Stephen Stead By Stephen Stead, director of strategy and digital services at SSE Enterprise’s distributed energy business COUNCIL officials have shown incredible leadership during the coronavirus pandemic – from supporting vulnerable citizens through to maintaining essential services, local authority workers have been at the forefront, ensuring the wheels of local government keep turning. Continue reading Why the Covid backlog mustn’t slow down councils’ response to the climate emergency
August 10th, 2020 | Tags: Building Management System, Climate, Council, COVID-19, EV, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, SSE, Stephen Stead | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Bristow & Sutor, one of the UK’s leading local authority debt recovery specialists, is resuming recruitment and hiring for Enforcement Agents (EAs), Collection Officers and several ad hoc roles within the business. Collections and enforcement agencies have been on the front-line of businesses affected by social distancing measures, but with Government legislation allowing visits to Continue reading Post-lockdown recruitment gets green light at Bristow & Sutor
August 4th, 2020 | Tags: Andy Rose, Bristow & Sutor, Collection Officers, COVID-19, DCXA’20, Enforcement Agents, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Local Authorities, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine | Category: Local Authority & Councils, Transport | Leave a comment The Zhaga interface standard for street lighting future-proves luminaires to keep pace with rapid developments in digital technology. It enables a multi-vendor eco-system of interoperable luminaires and sensor/communication modules and breaks existing barriers to smart and connected lighting. The Zhaga smart interface specifications will have a major impact on the value of the lighting Continue reading Zhaga standards break barriers to smart and connected lighting
June 15th, 2020 | Tags: Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ Magazine, Lighting, Luminaires, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Street Lighting, Zhaga, Zhaga smart interface | Category: Construction & Engineering, Consultants & Consulting, Environment & Sustainability, Highways & Roads, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services, Utilities & Infrastructure | Leave a comment Tillr’s director, Paul Romer-Ormiston Reporter: Stacy Clarke – Sponsored It is acutely ironic that 2020, a number associated with complete clarity of vision, is a year of unmatched confusion when it comes to looking into the future. Given the unprecedented nature and scope of the restrictions imposed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Continue reading Get ready for the relaxation of lockdown restrictions with Tillr’s Post-Lockdown Recovery Toolkit
June 10th, 2020 | Tags: COVID-19, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Lockdown, NHS, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Tillr, Whitehall | Category: COVID-19, IT & IT Security, Local Authority & Councils | Leave a comment Reporter: Stacy Clarke – News If you are an energy app developer or energy innovator; a local authority energy manager or an electric vehicle (EV) charging provider; a grid or micro-grid operator; an academic or one of the many other energy-interested individuals or organisations, Siemens would like to hear from you. You can have your Continue reading A national energy data platform, YODA
June 3rd, 2020 | Tags: Energy Data Best Practice, Energy Data Taskforce, Energy Systems Catapult and National Innovation Centre for Data, Government & Public Sector Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Online Digital Architecture, public sector, Public Sector Magazine, Siemens, YODA | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils, Utilities & Infrastructure | Leave a comment Reporter: Allan Roach – News Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer and a developer of renewable power, has pre-qualified as new supplier for the Re:fit Energy Performance Contract framework. The Norwegian state-owned energy company can now provide public organisations in the UK with fully funded behind the meter solar solutions. Re:fit is jointly owned by the Greater Continue reading Statkraft selected on UK Re:fit Energy Performance Contract framework
June 1st, 2020 | Tags: Energy Performance Contract, EV, Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Greater London Authority, HM Treasury, Local Government Association, PPA, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Renewable Energy, Solar, Statkraft, Welsh Government | Category: Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Utilities & Infrastructure | Leave a comment ProGuard+ arriving in Spain Reporter: Allan Roach – Sponsored Evolve Scientific Products (ESP) based in Chesterfield has announced an international order for its ProGuard+ multi-surface cleaner. A surface cleaner that provides long-lasting effective protection against the Covid-19 virus that could make moving towards an end of lockdown safer and securer for everybody, particularly Continue reading Covid fighting UK innovation gains export success
May 29th, 2020 | Tags: Chesterfield, Corona Virus, COVID-19, EN1276, Evolve Scientific Products (ESP), Government & Public Sector Journal, Government Journal, GPSJ, GPSJ Magazine, Hotels, ISO13485, ISO9001, Mark Nolan, Matt Hancock, Multi Surface Cleaner, NHS, Nursing Homes, ProGuard+, public sector, Public Sector Journal, Public Sector Magazine, Secretary of State for Health, Social Workers, Spain, Transport | Category: COVID-19, Environment & Sustainability, Local Authority & Councils, NHS & Healthcare, Products & Services | Leave a comment |
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