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West Lindsey District Council’s enforcement officers have today served an Enforcement Notice and a Stop Notice to the Home Office, which calls for all work to cease at RAF Scampton.
It means that all activity using the site as accommodation for asylum seekers must stop, pursuant to section 172 and 183 of the Town and
Continue reading District Council issues a Stop Notice to the Home Office at Scampton
National auction house John Pye & Sons Limited has secured a four-year nationwide framework worth up to £50,000,000 to oversee the disposal and auction of end-of-life emergency service or “Blue Light” vehicles.
The ‘Framework for the Provision of Auction and Disposal of End-of-Life Vehicles and Items’ was awarded by BlueLight Commercial, an organisation established by
Continue reading John Pye Appointed to Multi-Million Pound Emergency Services Framework
Multi-million-pound fund for charity sector to carry out crucial work – alongside the NHS – to save lives and tackle tragedy of suicide Government calls on charities across England to apply for funding to continue supporting tens of thousands of people experiencing suicidal thoughts Comes alongside expected £13.6 billion this year to transform the
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By Claire Harris – Head of regional business Vodafone UK
When is your next bus due? How full are your local litter bins? How clean is the air where you live? How many parking spaces are available in this part of town right now? If a council can measure something, it can improve it with
Continue reading Vodafone: Helping local government make the most of the digital future
Sascha Giese
By Sascha Giese, SolarWinds Head Geek™
When protecting computer systems and networks, the “biggest cyber risk is complacency, not hackers.” That’s according to John Edwards, the UK’s Information Commissioner who warned that companies are leaving themselves open to cyberattacks by ignoring crucial measures such as updating software and training staff.
Continue reading Legacy systems and security will continue to dominate the agenda for public sector IT professionals
Nigel Dews
Restore Records Management has been awarded a £5.857m contract by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to transfer approximately 375,000 boxes of records into off-site storage and provide retrieval services.
The three-year contract, worth c£1.9m a year, will see records moved away from DWP’S on-site location at Heywood Stores, near
Continue reading Restore Records Management earns £5.8m contract with Department for Work and Pensions
Local authorities and housing providers can now access a free resource aimed at reducing veterans’ homelessness. The No Homeless Veterans toolkit has been designed as part of a collaborative campaign by the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation (Stoll), Homeless Link and the National Housing Federation.
The toolkit contains a self-audit for local authorities and housing providers
Continue reading New toolkit launched to help local authorities and housing providers eliminate veterans’ homelessness
Exterro FTK Gets Evidence Into the Hands of Investigators Faster Than Ever
Harsh Behl
Today, Exterro, Inc., the preferred provider of Legal GRC software specifically designed for law enforcement agencies as well as in-house legal, privacy, and IT teams at Global 2000 and Am Law 200 organizations, announced the debut of Exterro FTK®
Continue reading Exterro Launches FTK® Suite 7.6, Introducing Mobile Parsing, Automation Capabilities, and Industry-First Remote Endpoint Triage
Barley Laing
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
As public sector services become increasingly accessible online due to the pandemic and improving technology, there has been a corresponding growth in fraud. According to the Cabinet Office fraud and error in public spending are estimated to cost the taxpayer up to
Continue reading Why effective ID verification in the public sector starts with data quality
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
British quantum computer developer, ORCA Computing, is working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to develop future data processing capabilities.
In a year-long programme of activity, MoD will use ORCA’s PT-1 model, the first computer of its kind to operate at room temperature and be based on-premises.
ORCA computing has developed
Continue reading ORCA Computing provides UK MoD with first quantum computer
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
In our increasingly crowded urban settings, delivering better, safer, and more sustainable environments for citizens is central to both short- and long-term national and local government strategies.
As a result, the accelerating development of smart cities is driving huge advances in technology and the use of data across
Continue reading Smart Cities: Taking a Security-Minded Approach to Open and Shared Data
Bright Initiative has joined the UK Government-backed Data Skills Taskforce to help tackle the UK’s data skills challenges Initiative also set to begin work with members of the UK Parliament on an inquiry investigating issues around governance and ethics in data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) New collaborations complement ongoing support for UK Government officials
Continue reading Bright Initiative: Global data for good Initiative expands support for the UK’s National Data Strategy with new partnerships
Barley Laing – UK Managing Director at Melissa
The invasion of Ukraine has resulted in a large number of new sanctions by many countries against leading politicians, businesspeople, and entities in both Russia and Belarus.
The UK has been one of a number of states leading the way in imposing sanctions, and as
Continue reading How to comply with new sanctions prompted by the conflict in Ukraine By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
Victoria Preece
By Victoria Preece, Compliance Director – allpay Limited
“Competition law compliance is not always given the attention that it deserves. I would like to see anti-competitive behaviour taken as seriously by UK businesses and boards as the risks around bribery, fraud, health and safety and cybercrime.” Lord David Currie, Chairman, Competition
Continue reading Blowing The Full Time Whistle on Cartel Behaviour
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
Like many countries around the world, the U.K. is familiar with following trends that originally emerged in the U.S. It’s a long-standing idea, amplified in recent years by increasing globalisation and the impact of digital transformation on society.
Take cybersecurity, for example, where the U.S. has been at
Continue reading Why the U.K. Public Sector Should Monitor U.S. Cybersecurity Trends
The release of the UK government’s Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan: 2022-2024 is a great step forward in supporting and empowering the UK’s military veteran community, says Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc).
The Action Plan aims to provide a solid foundation on which the government can continue to build over the next two years and beyond. Reinforced
Continue reading Landmarc welcomes Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan
The MAST (Joint European Torus and Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak) experimental plasma machine at CCFE
Hundreds of scientists and engineers working on the UK’s race to harness fusion energy are being protected from COVID-19 contamination by new super-tough anti-microbial coating Touchpoint Shield.
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has commissioned bio-hazard cleaning and
Continue reading Fusion boffins get new shield against COVID contamination
Investment will enable the company to further enhance its software solution Scout®. A data aggregation, risk identification and reporting platform that currently allows organisations to more effectively carry out compliance checks, investigations and make intelligent decisions.
Synalogik, the company whose Scout® data automation platform allows organisations to aggregate data, identify risk and create reports,
Continue reading Synalogik raises £3m in Series A Funding round led by Bill Currie and former Tesco CEO, Sir Terry Leahy
Bolton-headquartered EdTech firm, Near-Life, has successfully launched a ground-breaking immersive learning programme for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) that will support their work tackling Child Sexual Exploitation and protect some of the most vulnerable members of society.
The pilot was awarded £241,000 in funding from Innovate UK in November 2020 to accelerate the development of an
Continue reading Near-Life launches pioneering immersive learning project in partnership with Greater Manchester Police
Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa
The Pandora Papers have focused attention on the sometimes questionable and corrupt practises of the politically connected and super wealthy.
They highlight how important it is for the public sector to have access to international sanctions lists or watchlists from governments and regulators of persons who
Continue reading The Pandora Papers highlight the importance of watchlists as part of KYC and AML efforts By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
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