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Anna Jackson joins TTC Group as Chief Operating Officer 

Focusing on delivering great user experiences and driving operational evolution

Appointing Anna Jackson as its new Chief Operating Officer, training and compliance expert, TTC Group, has reconfirmed its focus on delivering the best possible experiences to employees, customers and prospective customers. With a proven track record of driving operational excellence, Anna is perfectly placed

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Three Key Pillars for Effective Social Housing Upgrades: Government-backed Retrofit Loans Create New Opportunities

By Euan Durston, Regional Director and Passivhaus Designer at ECD Architects

Euan Durston

The UK government’s commitment to improving energy efficiency in social housing has taken a significant step forward with the recent announcement of substantial financial support through the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC). This initiative, which provides

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Public Sector Digital Workplace: Complexity costs and the case for simplification

By Erik Nicolai, CEO, Workspace 365

Imagine starting your workday in the public sector: battling through a maze of outdated systems, juggling incompatible platforms, and spending far too much time navigating digital tools. From document management to HR systems, procurement tools to internal comms, digital sprawl is the invisible time-thief, and it costs more

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Forbes Solicitors Announces Leadership of New Public Sector Division

Forbes Solicitors has announced that partner Chris Booth will lead its newly formed Public Sector division, as the firm completes a restructure to fulfil its ambition of being the number one regional law firm with a national reach.

Chris, who has been part of the Forbes family since 2002, steps up from his previous

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The Ageing Population Crisis: Why Housing Reform Cannot Wait

Professor Glenda Cook, Director of the Better Living in Later Life Research Group at Northumbria University and spokesperson for Stiltz Homelifts, issues a stark warning:

“Ignoring the housing needs of our ageing population is no longer an option. Change is not only overdue—it is critical.”

Britain faces a demographic time bomb that demands immediate

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Finbogo Secures Major Investment to Digitally Transform UK’s Private Healthcare Sector

Finbogo, a ground-breaking digital platform designed to streamline public access to private healthcare practitioners, has secured significant investment to lead a new, digitally driven era within private healthcare.

While sectors such as property, retail, and hospitality have rapidly embraced digital transformation over the past twenty years, making services easily accessible to consumers, private healthcare

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DIGITAL DEFENCE LEADER, REBECCA ALDERSON NAMED AS QUANTUM TRILOGY’S NEW CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER

Ex-MoD Senior Civil Servant, Rebecca Alderson joins mission-critical technology company, Quantum Trilogy to strengthen company’s portfolio strategy Appointment comes following her successful oversight of the £2Bn IT portfolio at UK’s Ministry of Defence

Quantum Trilogy, a technology company providing mission-critical, agile solutions to urgent government needs, is delighted to announce the appointment of

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How a Single View of the Citizen can boost resident experience and the bottom line

By Owen Hodge, Product Manager at Headforwards

Owen Hodge

As the impact of recent Government and economic decisions have put local councils under more pressure than ever before, councils are turning to digital technology to build efficiencies that can improve their financial position to be able to maximise provision for their communities.

In fact,

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NHS, councils, and housing could share new risk insights to cut hospital demand through C2-Ai and Netcall partnership

A new technology partnership formally announced today, could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to create an unprecedented understanding of the risks and needs of people in their care. Resulting intelligence could enable co-ordinated decisions that help to ease demand on recovering NHS services, prevent avoidable harm and A&E visits, and target

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Matrix Delivers Career Support and Skills to 10,000+ People Nationwide in 2024/25

Matrix’s Social Value team has made a significant impact in communities across the UK, supporting over 10,000 individuals between March 2024 and April 2025 on their journey to employment. Through a range of initiatives, including employability workshops, career support and volunteering days, Matrix has helped students, job seekers and local authority employees unlock new

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Proactive measures to strengthen cybersecurity in schools

by Gareth Jelley, Product Security Manager, edtech charity, LGfL – The National Grid for Learning

Figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO, 2024) reveal a steep increase in cyber-incidents within the education and childcare sector, with 354 cases reported in 2023, a significant rise from 224 the previous year. Government data also indicates that

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CIEH shares disappointment at reported government decision on wood-burning stoves

The professional body representing environmental health professionals has shared its disappointment at reports that wood-burning stoves are set to be allowed to heat new-build homes in England.

A letter from the Government to the Stove Industry Association (SIA), as reported by the Guardian, states that the Government do not intend to ban wood-burning stoves

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Winter Ready? Why Smart Operators Plan Their Maintenance Now

As we enjoy the longer days and warmer weather, it’s easy to forget that winter will be here before we know it.  Spring is the ideal time to get ahead, ensuring you invest in your fleet well before the sub-zero temperatures hit and heavy snowfall arrives.

Kärcher’s range of implements carrier such as the

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How to win the election connection: Lessons in political comms

Written by Amanda Griffiths, Head of Communications Planning at Royal Mail Marketreach

Last year was a year of elections. Around the world, new leaders took office with the promise of change. Now, with critical political milestones on the horizon, from Donald Trump’s first 100 days in Spring to the Labour Party’s one-year anniversary in

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Three ways NHS patient engagement could get a big tech boost

Hospitals have been using technology to stimulate patients in new ways. Innovative approaches to engaging and informing patients could soon rapidly scale. Dean Moody, healthcare services director at Airwave Healthcare, explains how.

In NHS trusts across the country, a momentum has been building to engage patients in innovative ways.

Patient Engagement – engage patients

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Brightly Software achieves Bronze-level accreditation from The Carbon Literacy Trust

Brightly Software, a Siemens Company, is pleased to confirm that it has met the requirements of the Carbon Literate Organisation Standard and has been certified as a Bronze-level Carbon Literate Organisation.

Emphasising the collective role we all share in tackling climate change, CLO accreditation supports the development (recruitment and retention) of a Carbon Literate

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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust goes live with Sectra

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has marked an important milestone in connecting busy radiologists across large parts of South East England, following the successful go live of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution.

The trust is the sixth NHS organisation in the South East 2 Imaging Network to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution. Commonality of

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Transitioning to a Circular Economy: A Call to Action for Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies

By Paul Empson, General manager, Bakers Basco

The news of the UK government’s recent push toward a circular economy is a welcome and much-needed step in reshaping our waste management practices. As part of its plan, the government has launched an initiative to tackle waste and encourage recycling across various sectors. But while the

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‘NEW PARTNERSHIP’ BETWEEN DEFENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR SET TO BOOST UK DEFENCE SECTOR

Influential investors convened in London to discuss future routes to defence financing. Government’s record spending uplift and reforms will help unlock private-sector investment into UK defence, Defence Secretary said. Defence “is an ethical investment” as Government set to back Britain’s high-growth companies with new innovation funding. Comes alongside up to £250 million of Government

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Matrix Workforce Management Launches Future of Work Whitepaper Following Industry Debate

Mark Inskip

Matrix Workforce Management Solutions (in association with The People Space) has today launched its in-depth Unlocking Unseen Talent: The Future of Work whitepaper, following extensive research and a high-level industry debate with leading HR professionals. The whitepaper explores the critical shift towards a blended workforce and the role of AI and workforce

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