Winter/Spring 2026

FourNet expands £65m customer experience and AI business with SVL acquisition

Long-standing partner adds specialist expertise and delivery capacity, strengthening FourNet’s position in financial services and other regulated markets

SVL and FourNet teams.

FourNet, the customer experience and AI transformation partner, has acquired SVL Business Solutions, creating a combined business with more than 230 people, over 450 customers and revenues of around £65m.

The deal

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Duty holders now have nowhere to hide on public safety – Fire Aware

Growing fire safety leader Fire Aware says there is now nowhere to hide for the duty holders responsible for providing services and products to the built environment.

Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly declared: “We need to act quickly. Cultural change is starting to happen but not nearly fast enough, and as we

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Tech firms to engage NHS workforce, as new trust brings care closer to home

Executives, digital, operational, and frontline staff from the newly integrated North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust, will welcome both big tech and innovative health tech firms on 27 November. 

The trust, which integrated in April, is the latest in the NHS to host Elevate – a programme of health tech showcases

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What the rollout of 5G tells us about devolution

By Gráinne Gilmore, head of residential sector & head of research at Cluttons

Devolution is having a moment in the UK, with new PM Andy Burnham promising the “biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen”. He aims to shift authority away from Whitehall and transfer fiscal and operational control to regions

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PBSA Announces New Board and Europe & Africa Council Leadership as Regional Growth Continues

Susie Thomson appointed PBSA Chair, while Sally Lacoste takes the helm of the Europe & Africa Council

Susie Thomson

The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA), the global trade association representing the background screening industry, has announced its new Board and global Council leadership for 2026/27 as the Association continues to build on

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Sodexo announces 25 new apprenticeships for Armed Cadet Forces and extended paid leave for Cadet Force Adult volunteers

Sodexo UK & Ireland is celebrating the UK’s first National Cadets Week by announcing 25 fully-funded foundation apprenticeships for Cadet Forces and 10 paid volunteering days for Cadet Force Adult Volunteers employed at the company.

The eight-month apprenticeship programmes will be available nationally for cadet leavers, aged 18 and over, and will

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Believ supports Ayrshire to drive EV uptake in Scotland with more than 600 new charging sockets 

EV charge point operator (CPO) Believ has partnered with East, North and South Ayrshire Councils to deliver more than 600 EV chargers at approximately 300 locations across Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. The rollout will support residents and visitors across the region, including those without access to a driveway or the means to privately

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Stannah delivers full lift replacement for contemporary public sector building

Endeavour House

Endeavour House, in Ipswich, Suffolk, has undergone a significant lift replacement, with the installation of five Stannah lifts designed to improve performance, reliability and overall user experience.

Home to a mix of municipal offices and meeting rooms, the five-storey public building serves as a meeting point for Suffolk County Council,

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Highland advisory board welcomes a new chair and a new member

Nicola Haywood-Cleverly takes up the reins at the expert panel, as Ben Argo brings a fresh perspective to the group that advises on health tech growth

The appointments come as Highland expands its Elevate showcase initiative as the NHS accelerates the shift from analogue to digital

The Highland advisory board has

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Stand up and be counted for public safety, says Fire Aware

Gavin Skelly

Growing fire safety leader Fire Aware is challenging those responsible for upholding best practice across multiple sectors – stand up and be counted for the public.

Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly says those who adopt the highest standards of best practice should be proud of their stance as opposed to

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We’re off – countdown begins to national water jetting show

The Water Jetting Association is to hold its next trade show at one of the UK’s premier sporting venues – giving companies involved in the water jetting industry the opportunity to meet and do business.

WJA Trade Show 2027 will take place at Newbury Racecourse on Friday 25th June 2027. It is

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The border already knows more. Now travellers can do less

SITA launches SITA Border Flow Lane, a new border processing solution that turns years of progress in traveller data and intelligence into a new border experience

The future of border control no longer has to happen at the border. SITA today launched SITA Border Flow Lane, a new border processing solution that

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Fire Aware: Commit to a moral culture for safety

Growing fire safety leader Fire Aware says the only way to achieve cultural change is for organisations large and small to recognise that the public are relying on their moral approach for their safety.

Fire Aware CEO Gavin Skelly says the duty holders in multiple sectors affected by fire safety legislation should

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Sodexo awarded 8-year place on Government​​ Commercial Agency’s FM & Security framework

Leading food services and facilities management company Sodexo has been approved onto the Government Commercial Agency’s (GCS) new RM6378 Facilities Management & Security Services framework.

The national framework, which replaced both the RM6232 Facilities Management & Workplace Services and RM6257 Security – Physical, Technical & Support Services frameworks earlier this year,

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Believ begins delivery of its largest rapid and ultra-rapid EV charge point rollout in Tower Hamlets to support Council’s sustainable transport commitment

The first 17 chargers are now live in Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO) Believ and Tower Hamlets Council’s rollout of more than 70 chargers across 35 sites in the borough. 

The rollout is Believ’s largest rapid and ultra rapid charging deployment to date and will support residents and commuters travelling through the

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New White Paper Reveals Nearly Half of Organizations Are Practicing ‘Selective’ Integration in Service Management

Organizations are moving beyond traditional models to build more agile, intelligent and cost-effective IT ecosystems.

Scopism and Unisys (NYSE: UIS) have released a new white paper, “The Global Rise of Selective Service Integration: Why the Service Integration and Management Model is Evolving.” The paper highlights an emerging trend: organizations are strategically

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Digital Reputation Is Becoming Part of Education: Why the Sector Must Prepare Students for a Future of Online Due Diligence

Susie Thomson

Education has always evolved to prepare young people for the world they will enter. Today, that world is increasingly digital, and with it comes a new reality: a

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The Death of the Perimeter: How ShinyHunters and Zero-Day SaaS Exploits Weaponised the Cloud Supply Chain

By Graham Jarvis – Freelance Business and Technology Journalist

Graham Jarvis

One thing is worth remembering: nobody is immune to either fraud or data breaches. Each and every one of us – including our organisations – could be successfully cyber-attacked; and this is exactly what happened recently in late May and early

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The Bar has Been Raised – but are public sector organisations ready to meet it?

By Matt Horne, Director of Intelligence and Investigations, Clue Software

Matt Horne

The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 hands the PSFA significant new powers – to investigate, levy civil penalties and recover money on behalf of public authorities. It is the most significant escalation in public sector counter-fraud enforcement

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PUBLIC TRUST IN HEALTH INNOVATION IS SHAPED MORE BY MINDSET THAN DEMOGRAPHICS, DNV RESEARCH FINDS

Geir Fuglerud

Public trust in health innovation may be less predictable than healthcare organizations assume, according to new research from DNV, the independent assurance and certification provider.

A global survey of 12,500 people across 17 countries found that mindset is a stronger indicator of trust than traditional demographic factors such as

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