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Influential digital health leader joins growing not-for-profit consultancy committed to ‘making a difference to and for the NHS’ Andy Kinnear Andy Kinnear is to join Ethical Healthcare Consulting, a growing community interest company that is proud to be the only not-for-profit digital health consultancy in the UK. The former chair of Continue reading Andy Kinnear joins Ethical Healthcare Consulting
This afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and CDL Michael Gove spoke to 250 business leaders on preparing for the end of the transition period. The Prime Minister thanked businesses for the huge efforts they have made so far this year, both to help with the coronavirus pandemic and to prepare for the end of the Continue reading Prime Minister Boris Johnson and CDL Michael Gove spoke to 250 business leaders this afternoon
Prisons across England are being virtually connected to local hospitals by secure encrypted video, in a move that will reduce the need for prisoners to travel to receive specialist care NHS England and NHS Improvement have signed a new national agreement that is rapidly connecting prisons in England with specialists in their local hospital through Continue reading Prisoners to virtually consult NHS doctors under new national agreement
Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds The U.K. public sector has never been more digital than it is now, and an increasing use of applications—both within organisations and for use by the general public—have allowed the sector to work more efficiently and provide better services. But, the more Continue reading Keeping Apps on Track: The Business Case for Application Performance Management
The Prime Minister has set out new plans to Build Back Greener by making the UK the world leader in clean wind energy – creating jobs, slashing carbon emissions and boosting exports. £160 million will be made available to upgrade ports and infrastructure across communities like in Teesside and Humber in Northern England, Scotland and Continue reading NEW PLANS TO MAKE UK WORLD-LEADER IN GREEN ENERGY AND SUPPORT 60,000 JOBS
Following a highly competitive procurement process, last week The Retail Energy Code Company (RECCo) announced the appointment of three new service providers to carry out the Code Manager function for the Retail Energy Code. RECCo is the corporate vehicle for ensuring the proper, effective, and efficient implementation and ongoing management of the Retail Energy Code Continue reading RECCo announces Code Manager bid partners for delivery of consumer-focused approach to UK retail energy
InfoSaaS and UKCloud have signed a partnership agreement that will see InfoSaaS’s data security, risk management and compliance software solutions made available to UKCloud’s customers and partners, free of charge for the an initial six month period. UKCloud’s customers and partners can now access InfoSaaS’s solutions supporting data security, risk management and general business compliance Continue reading InfoSaaS to make its solutions available free of charge to UKCloud customers in partnership agreement
Blocser believes cards still have a hold Ambitious Danish fintech Blocser has partnered with top UK card manufacturer allpay.cards with designs on the fast-growing gig economy. Blocser has pinned their Butterfly Card to one of its biggest market moves yet – the UK offer to the near 5million now estimated as working in Continue reading allpay and Blocser confirm card contract for fast-growing UK gig economy
Anthony Browne MP The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Environment is ushering in a new era today, bringing in a new secretariat and an ambitious calendar of events ahead of the 2021 ‘Super Year’ for the environment. Led by a new cross-party committee chaired by Anthony Browne MP, the APPG is relaunching with Continue reading New era begins for cross-party environment group
This year, Women’s Equality Day celebrated its hundredth milestone, celebrating the date of which women in the US gained the right to vote for the very first time. Since 1920, the world has dramatically changed for women in every sector, from making strides in their education and in their work, to winning more nobel prizes Continue reading Women’s Equality Day 2020: Let’s hear it for the girls!
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick today unveiled a new £12 million boost for affordable homes, in a bid to make it easier for people to get on the housing ladder. The programme represents the highest single funding commitment to affordable housing in a decade. Commenting on the measures, Peter Hogg, UK Cities Director at Arcadis, Continue reading Affordable homes: Comment from Arcadis
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds As the second half of the year gets well underway, and lockdown restrictions generally continue to ease, one of the main topics of concern is a “second wave” of COVID-19 potentially hitting the U.K. in the coming weeks or months. With some Continue reading Weathering the Storm: Prepare Your IT to Ride the “Second Wave”
Following an initial proof of concept phase, Diegesis Limited, an independent business technology and IT systems integration company, has been awarded a managed services contract by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) under the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 4 framework. Under the two-year agreement, Diegesis will support and maintain ONS’s existing Ingres/Actian-X systems written in Continue reading Diegesis secures a two-year managed services agreement with the Office for National Statistics
The rapid deployment of healthcare technology has been one of the most commented features of the NHS’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet a significant minority of patients cannot benefit from new, digital services; and risk being overlooked in the rush to go ‘digital first’ in a post-Covid reset. So what can be done to Continue reading Getting digital inclusion onto the health and care agenda
Thousands of SMEs across Scotland are set to benefit from vital free support after the Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced that it was trebling funding for msp The £1.5m of funding is considered a critical lifeline for helping many businesses to overcome the exceptional challenges brought about by COVID-19. Now in its fifth year, DigitalBoost Continue reading Thousands of Scotland SMEs to benefit from free DigitalBoost support thanks to treble funding boost
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