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Paul Excel with the tabs app design award
With technology’s ability to drive efficiencies, cut costs and improve scalability, flexibility, productivity and immediacy, adoption of new smart technologies is increasingly being cited as the antidote to the swathing cuts hitting the public sector. The government’s G-Cloud 7 digital marketplace, where such technology as
Continue reading Adoption of smart technology to help public sector weather the cuts
Sennheiser Presence
Sennheiser, a leading provider of headsets and speakerphone solutions, has been chosen by the Environment Agency as sole provider of its headsets and speakerphone equipment in a major revision of its telephony systems. The headsets and speakerphones are currently being rolled out across the agency to its office-based and mobile workforce
Continue reading The Environment Agency Chooses Sennheiser as Official Headset and Speakerphone Provider after Rigorous Evaluation
Command Wall
Honeywell (NYSE:HON) today announced the next generation of smart building technology, Command and Control Suite, which turns complex facility data into recommendations and easy-to-implement changes that help boost business outcomes — lowering costs, minimising risk and reducing downtime.
By combining intelligent automation, advanced analytics and visualisation with the simplified user experience
Continue reading HONEYWELL’S NEW SMART BUILDING TECHNOLOGY USES VISUALISATION AND SIMPLE, INTUITIVE INTERFACES TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS OUTCOMES
Counter Terror Expo 2015 comes at a time when terrorism and unconventional threat levels across much of the world are at heightened levels. Recent events in France and Nigeria, to pick just two, have accentuated the myriad of different threats that have proliferated since the 1990s. And as the threats have increased and mutated,
Continue reading Counter Terror Expo 2015 to cover key terror threat areas under one roof
Ctrack Monitoring
Vehicle tracking specialist Ctrack has launched a new multi-comms solution to enable emergency services organisations in the UK to seamlessly switch between communication channels to meet precise operational requirements while minimising data transfer costs.
This solution takes advantage of the most appropriate mobile, TETRA or WiFi network to achieve the most
Continue reading Ctrack launches Multi-Comms solution for emergency services
Government and public sector organisations are under increasing pressure to provide protection and security for lone workers. John Wisdom, Managing Director of vehicle, asset and employee tracking specialist Ctrack, takes a look at some of the latest lone worker developments and innovations.
According to the British Security Industry Association, there are now more than six
Continue reading Don’t take the risk with lone worker protection
Regardless of whether our interpreters are working in a home, hospital, council building, prison or a GP’s surgery, they always listen to what people say. They bring clarity to confusion, and help deliver vital public services to those who need them most. To those who are disorientated and frightened, such as asylum seekers or refugees,
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World-leading manufacturer of automotive, CV and marine heating, cooling and ventilation systems specialist Webasto has been selected by Boss Cabins to provide diesel powered interior heating for their new -Big Space- towable welfare cabin.
Continue reading Webasto Heats Boss Cabin's Big Space
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) has taken the bold step of releasing CCTV footage of the moment a house exploded, just yards from firefighters and the residents they rescued seconds earlier.
Continue reading BLAST FOOTAGE PROMPTS WARNING – amazing footage
The present wave of public sector strikes is clearly stoked by a deep well of discontent among public service workers.
Continue reading PUBLIC SECTOR STRIKES
Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, explains the Display Screen Equipment regulations and their implications for public sector organisations:
Continue reading DSE ' one law fits all
Keeping your staff’s personal information safe onlineMedia law expert Cleland Thom warns of the dangers of mixing business with pleasure
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A wharehouse attached to Pingle Mill in Delph near Oldham was in danger of setting alight at the weekend.
Continue reading James saves the day with a beating
A Labour-dominated Select Committee has today slammed Labour Ministers for their botched plans to regionalise the fire service. It declares that the project has -been inadequately planned, poorly executed, and badly managed and a -catalogue of poor judgement and mismanagement.
Continue reading Taxpayers foot the bill for catalogue of errors on new Fire HQs
Social media has taken the world by storm. More specifically, Twitter, with its simplicity and powerful outreach, has rapidly grown in popularity and usage. With the general election looming and public sector budgets tighter than ever, Adrian Moss, head of Web 2.0 at Parity, discusses the benefits of social media and how new communication mediums can be used effectively to engage voters, disseminate information and create an affinity with communities further and wider than previously possible.
Continue reading @Tweeting to the masses
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has today (March 5) welcomed the end to the industrial dispute over work hours. Chairman Cllr Jim Andrews says the Fire Authority is now looking forward to working with the management, unions and workforce to maintain and build on the -professional first class service provided to communities across South Yorkshire.
Continue reading Fire Authority welcomes end to dispute
As the consequences of economic slowdown take effect and the demands of environmental stewardship intensify, both public and private sector organisations are focused on realising efficiencies in every operational area. The Prime Minister has, in the past, referred to a “fourth technological revolution” for its power to act as a catalyst for a new way of working. Collaboration technology is doing exactly that and its multiple applications ensure that increased levels of efficiencies are achieved across the organisation on a day-to-day basis.
Continue reading How the fire service is driving efficiency through technology
Highlands & Islands Fire and Rescue Service (HIFRS) is the most northerly in the country, covering a geographical area of approximately 12,000 square miles providing a fire, rescue and community safety service to the populations of the Highlands, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands and the Western Isles.
Continue reading Protecting the IT infrastructure of Britain's most dispersed emergency service network
Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has launched the musically-flavoured ‘Stand by Your Pan’ as a response to figures which highlight a particular risk to those who get peckish after a few drinks.
Continue reading Kent Fire Service 'Stand by Your Pan' Video
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