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Sascha Giese
Sascha Giese, SolarWinds Head Geek™
The recent spike in energy prices has once again drawn attention to the costs associated with powering IT infrastructure, and high-density technologies such as data centres aren’t the only things under the spotlight.
The energy consumption of technology across departments and agencies within the government—including PCs,
Continue reading Public sector ICT switches to greater energy efficiency
Barley Laing
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
Evolving technology is driving efficiencies in processes and reducing costs across most sectors. The significant impact of this trend is quite apparent in the public sector, where budgets have fallen dramatically, or are being scrutinised. Whatever the reason – continued government borrowing,
Continue reading How new technology is resolving the costly data quality issues afflicting the public sector
By Ollie Gray, business development director, Charis Grants Ltd
It’s a strange world when you consider those being forced against their will onto prepayment meters because they are struggling to pay their bills, actually end up being charged higher prices as a result – but that is exactly what is happening.
According to the
Continue reading Is it now time to introduce a subsidised social energy tariff for the most vulnerable in our communities?
MICHELIN Connected Fleet helps Marston Holdings to unlock 13.4% fuel efficiency improvements and cut engine idling by 14% Data from the on-board telematics system helps company maximise efficiency savings across its 1,400-strong car, van & truck fleet
Marston Holdings is reaping the benefits of MICHELIN Connected Fleet’s smart data and personalised performance analysis, pointing
Continue reading MARSTON HOLDINGS PARTNERS WITH MICHELIN CONNECTED FLEET TO IMPROVE FLEET OPERATIONS AND BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE
Environmental charity Hubbub has published its ‘In The Loop’ toolkit, an in-depth guide for local authorities on how to roll out successful recycling on-the-go campaigns and thereby increase recycling rates and reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill or incineration.
The toolkit, funded by environmental compliance scheme Ecosurety, brings together key learnings from #InTheLoop,
Continue reading In The Loop: New toolkit and funding available to local authorities to boost recycling on-the-go
Last year’s Budget set aside £2.1 billion for NHS IT, and the autumn statement confirmed the capital is still there, but it looks like most of the money is headed for Frontline Digitisation. The Highland Marketing advisory board considers how this pattern of putting money into health tech, taking it out again, shaking up the
Continue reading Step up for the NHS digital funding hokey-cokey
IGEL, provider of the managed endpoint operating system for secure access to any digital workspace, recently announced that it is a major technology partner supporting the annual Crisis for Christmas campaign to help the homeless – the 12th year it has helped the charity.
Since 1967, Crisis has supported the most disadvantaged in society at
Continue reading Crisis moves apps & data to the cloud to streamline the operation of its annual Christmas campaign to support the homeless
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™ at SolarWinds
When it comes to IT, much is made of the differences between public and private sector projects. People are quick to point out the world’s most successful go-getting companies use technology to gain a competitive advantage, while the public sector is motivated by the delivery of services to
Continue reading Removing departmental siloes is vital for Governments under fire from state-sponsored salvos
Tom Stannard, Chief Executive of Salford City Council in Greater Manchester, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Institute of Economic Development (IED) Board of Directors.
In a long and distinguished career in local government spanning over 25 years, Tom has worked in a variety of senior economic development, regeneration, growth, skills and
Continue reading Salford City Council Chief Executive Tom Stannard appointed Chair of the Institute of Economic Development
Oysta Pearl+ allows patients to return home an average of three days faster
Camden Council, in partnership with Oysta, has successfully piloted a care tech device to allow residents to return from hospital sooner and be fully supported to recover at home.
So far, the Oysta care device has supported over 200 residents
Continue reading Camden trials care tech device to help residents return home from hospital sooner
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
Europe’s leader in mobile messaging, LINK Mobility, has been accepted on to the UK Government’s G-Cloud 13 Framework of approved supplier services.
Under the agreement, all government bodies from local and central government, through NHS, social housing, to policy and emergency services, will be able to use the G-Cloud’s Digital Marketplace to directly buy LINK
Continue reading LINK Mobility accepted on to the UK Government’s G-Cloud Framework
Ingenuity and collaboration result in enthusiastic adoption of Imprivata technology at Health Organisations across the UK
Imprivata®, the digital identity company for mission- and life-critical industries, has honoured the achievements of customers from across the UK at its annual HealthCon virtual user group conference, held on 3 November.
For each of the five Awards,
Continue reading Healthcare Leaders and Innovators Honoured at Imprivata HealthCon Annual Awards
Blackhawk Network finds four priorities local governments should consider when providing funds to people in need
Since 2020 there have been significant increases in the need for ‘alternative payment’ such as voucher schemes and prepaid cards, to deliver financial support to people in need,
Continue reading New cost of living crisis research calls for change to public sector financial support
The energy infrastructure expert aims to bring greater flexibility of choice to organisations entering the EV charging market through its advocacy of the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)
Fully-funded and part-funded service options will help
Continue reading SMS launches new EV chargepoint infrastructure solution to get Britain moving
The smart energy infrastructure specialist, SMS, is the first meter installer to bring the device to the UK market Until now, thousands of customers with larger gas supplies – such as large domestic dwellings or commercial properties – have not been able to switch their traditional analogue meter to a smart meter
The UK’s
Continue reading SMS installs UK’s first ever U16 gas smart meter for Octopus Energy customer
Public sector bodies could save many hundreds of thousands of litres of water, at the same time as slashing CO2 footprints, and saving thousands of pounds each year, simply by switching to waterless urinals.
The findings have been released by Smarti Environmental following one of the longest droughts in living memory, increasing concerns over water
Continue reading Waterless tech breakthrough – the eco-solution to cutting CO2, and halving urinal running costs in the public sector
L to R: Innovative Ash Solutions Director Robert Green; Built Environment – Smarter Transformation’s (BE-ST) Head of Sustainability Programme Jennifer Smart; and Zero Waste Scotland Built Environment Manager Stephen Boyle
Lanarkshire-based Innovative Ash Solutions (IAS) has launched a new environmentally-friendly replacement for pulverised fly ash (PFA), a key but increasingly scarce ingredient used
Continue reading Circular Economy in action: New PFA replacement can significantly decarbonise UK cement production
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Law firm Freeths LLP yesterday won a landmark environmental case in Harris vs Environment Agency. The High Court has ruled that key European nature conservation laws remain enforceable against the Environment Agency (and by implication other public bodies), despite the UK having left the European Union.
The Court agreed with Freeths’ clients,
Continue reading Landmark environmental case against the Environment Agency: Court confirms enforceable European laws post-Brexit
New recruit brings insights from inside the NHS Track record of delivering significant digital transformation programmes Appointment follows significant contract wins
Andy Haywood, Channel 3 Consulting
CHANNEL 3 Consulting has recruited former NHS heavyweight Andy Haywood as it continues to deliver digitally enabled transformation programmes to the health and social care sectors.
Continue reading Public sector leader joins Channel 3 Consulting
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