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A free directory detailing the wide range of businesses and services available in Tewkesbury Borough is now available.
The Tewkesbury Borough Business Guide and Directory aims to help people and businesses to find local suppliers and service providers, as well as promoting the borough to potential investors looking to locate to the area.
The directory
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Imprima, the UK’s leading virtual data room and financial documents provider, has been appointed by HS2 Ltd, wholly owned by the Department for Transport, to provide an online payment portal and USB-archived database containing Environmental Statement for the High Speed Rail 2 (HS2) project.
In a unique appointment, Imprima was chosen to enable
Continue reading UK legislation available digitally for the first time
Date: October 30th 1974
Venue: The 20th May Stadium, Kinshasa, Zaire
At stake: The heavyweight championship of the world
One of the most eagerly anticipated and talked about boxing matches of all time ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’. George Foreman, strong and aggressive did his talking in the
Continue reading Ali or Foreman?
Transport for London
Ipswitch File Transfer, a provider of secure Managed File Transfer solutions has won a contract with Transport for London (TfL), to help govern and secure business information workflow between employees, customers and external partners working together to manage the city’s transport systems.
Ipswitch File Transfer technology is used by TfL
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SImon Fry and Frank Baxter from Southampton Council with Joe McMenemy and Gary Whittle of Meachers
Southampton City Council (SCC) has appointed Meachers Global Logistics to run a Sustainable Distribution Centre (SDC) for the City region following a competitive tender process.
Meachers Global Logistics is one of the UK’s leading independent
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With the digital by default agenda moving more services online, the Government aims to save between £1.7 and £1.8 billion a year. However, is the infrastructure in place to support this move, both from the provider and the user perspective? And how are CIOs preparing for these 2015 targets?
CIOs across the country are
Continue reading How long will it take to be Digital by Default?
The Government’s latest refresh of its National Infrastructure Plan has been welcomed by MCA Think Tank Director, Paul Connolly. However, Connolly expressed some disappointment at the lack of ambition in some of the recommendations.
“The Government’s focus on infrastructure after decades of neglect is very welcome. Yet since publishing its Plan for the first time
Continue reading National Infrastructure Plan Response – Management Consultancies Association welcomes the plan but laments “Missed Opportunities”
True Grit from Road Sweeper & Gully Waste
According to Siltbuster, leading waste treatment specialists, the newly published revised edition of the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Protocol on the recovery of Aggregates from Waste is a major development for local authorities and their waste management companies, as it means
Continue reading Rule Changes In Aggregate Recovery A Golden Opportunity For Local Authority Road Waste Recycling
But what if something as simple as the inability to access your own office space strikes at your technology and means of communication? Where will this leave your staff and those who truly depend on you?
Solid communications are at the heart of the public sector, which not only goes out of its way
Continue reading The Public Sector – Avoiding emergencies to help the community
Nick van Terheyden
Speech recognition technology is living up to its original promise, driving a dramatic cut in turnaround times in a struggling Histopathology Laboratory. Nick van Terheyden MD, Nuance Communications, explains how
When you combine a growing and ageing population and a healthcare system in desperate need of a makeover, you
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UK council works with managed file transfer consultants Pro2col to deploy MFT technology and provide a secure shared services network for local government and emergency services
London, UK – 19 November, 2013 – Cambridgeshire County Council has invested in and deployed MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT) technology from Ipswitch File Transfer to secure the
Continue reading Cambridgeshire County Council adopts Ipswitch File Transfer’s MOVEit to manage fast, secure, simple, audited data transfers for 4,000+ key workers
Peterborough City Council
Cllr Marco Cereste, and CityFibre CEO, Greg Mesch
London and Peterborough, 13 November 2013 – CityFibre’s vision of creating Gigabit cities throughout the UK took a significant step forward today with the official signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Peterborough City Council at a ceremony
Continue reading CityFibre and Peterborough seal partnership on Gigabit City roll-out
Graeme Gordon, CEO of IFB
A reliable and comprehensive broadband package is essential to the public sector. There are a myriad of broadband options available on the market, offering varying contracts and deals. The choice is complex and has led to the emergence of misunderstanding and myths surrounding broadband. When working in
Continue reading True or False? The Top Five Broadband Myths
In 2005, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT) chose ITESOFT, a leading developer of automated document processing and Purchase-To-Pay solutions, to streamline their Accounts Payable process. This forward thinking approach from OHFT was a driving factor in the evolution of their shared service centre in Oxford.
The Aim
OHFT aimed to achieve financial spend control
Continue reading An Invoice Automation Workflow Case Study: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT)
The conference – photo Nick Edgington, Nick Edgington Photography
An important and timely conference looking at ways to improve children and adult protection took place in Coventry on 23rd October.
The National Safeguarding Conference saw safeguarding professionals from across the UK attend the event held at the Welcome Centre in Coventry. The conference
Continue reading National Safeguarding Conference a great success
Graham Manville
For many years the Third Sector was the Cinderella of the economy with the private sector and public sector basking in the spotlight and attracting the top talent. During the past 15 years, however, there has been a drive for the Third Sector to play a larger role in public service
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The economic climate might not look quite so gloomy, but it’s still tough out there. So it’s good news that distributor Lely UK has launched four flexible finance options for golf clubs and others buying its new Toro equipment and TYM tractors.
The plans are designed to help customers buy the machinery they need without
Continue reading LELY ANNOUNCES FOUR FLEXIBLE FINANCE DEALS ON NEW TORO MACHINERY AND TYM TRACTORS
Rada’s expertise in delivering robust and sustainable commercial showering and digital washroom controls has been demonstrated through a project at the Ministry of Defence’s Dale Barracks site in Chester.
Refurbishment works across multiple blocks of the purpose built infantry barracks saw Rada supply a range of products including its T1 100 timed flow taps, VR2
Continue reading Rada completes MOD mission in Cheshire
By David E P Dennis FCIPD LCGI RAF – Arachnoid Articles
On clear nights it is easy to see Mars, reddish and distant. The planet is around half the size of Earth and the pull of gravity is far less than on our planet. Astronauts travelling to Mars would be weightlessly suspended in what
Continue reading Anyone for Mars?
Protecting confidential business relationships used to be easy. You just kept your mouth shut.
But the internet makes it easy to disclose people’s details, without even realising it. And that could have serious professional consequences.
This checklist will help to keep you out of trouble:
Tell your contacts not to pass on personal messages on
Continue reading Ten ways to keep business relationships private
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