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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
Continue reading The Ageing Population Crisis: Why Housing Reform Cannot Wait
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,
Continue reading Finbogo Secures Major Investment to Digitally Transform UK’s Private Healthcare Sector
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
Continue reading DIGITAL DEFENCE LEADER, REBECCA ALDERSON NAMED AS QUANTUM TRILOGY’S NEW CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER
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.
Continue reading How a Single View of the Citizen can boost resident experience and the bottom line
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
Continue reading Matrix Delivers Career Support and Skills to 10,000+ People Nationwide in 2024/25
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
Continue reading Proactive measures to strengthen cybersecurity in schools
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
Continue reading CIEH shares disappointment at reported government decision on wood-burning stoves
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
Continue reading Winter Ready? Why Smart Operators Plan Their Maintenance Now
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
Continue reading How to win the election connection: Lessons in political comms
Living conditions for families in military housing will be transformed under a new Consumer Charter, as Defence Secretary John Healey promised to “stop the rot” in military housing.
The Charter will be part of a new Defence Housing Strategy, to be published later this year, which will set out further plans to
Continue reading HOMES FIT FOR HEROES: RAFT OF NEW MEASURES TO IMPROVE MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
Leeds GP and CCIO will bring an important primary care perspective to the leading health tech agency’s panel of NHS IT professionals and industry experts
The Highland Marketing advisory board has welcomed a new member – Dr Jason Broch, a GP and director with a strong track record in the NHS and
Continue reading Dr Jason Broch joins the Highland Marketing advisory board
Suffolk County Council, in partnership with charge point operator (CPO) Believ, will deliver around 6,000 new public electric vehicle (EV) charge points across the county to support residents make the transition to EVs.
Suffolk County Council is the first local authority in England to both award their LEVI main funding tender, and
Continue reading 6,000 on-street and community EV charge points for Suffolk
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.
Continue reading Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust goes live with Sectra
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
Continue reading Transitioning to a Circular Economy: A Call to Action for Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies
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
Continue reading ‘NEW PARTNERSHIP’ BETWEEN DEFENCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR SET TO BOOST UK DEFENCE SECTOR
Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has replaced its bedside units with state-of-the art devices running a full range of information, engagement, communications and productivity apps, to demonstrate the potential of digital technology in the NHS
Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport has gone live with the first lighthouse deployment
Continue reading Stepping Hill Hospital announced as SPARK TSL lighthouse
Zhaga, the global lighting-industry consortium, proudly announces the launch of Zhaga Book 21, a new industry-standard specification designed to ensure full interoperability of LED modules in SELV applications. Building on the Zhaga Book 26 for non-SELV applications, which was launched in December 2024, Book 21 further strengthens Zhaga’s mission to promote sustainability, serviceability,
Continue reading Zhaga Unveils Book 21: Future-Proofing Luminaire Design with Linear Socketable LED Modules for SELV applications
Can you tell us about SWSC?
SWSC is an internationally recognised high security printing and identity management solutions provider with a range of award-winning products including passports, identity cards, excise stamps, birth and education certificates. For government and public sector organisations our solutions help secure borders, protect citizens, prevent fraud, generate revenue
Continue reading INTRODUCING SMURFIT WESTROCK SECURITY CONCEPTS
FourNet’s digital channel map uncovers crucial demographic trends and analyses tech usage across every council area in England, Wales and Scotland
Alan Linter
The first ever Local Authority Digital Transformation Index (LADiT) has been unveiled today by customer experience and digital transformation specialists, FourNet, to assist councils – many of which are facing reorganisation,
Continue reading First ever Local Authority Digital Transformation Index furnishes councils facing change with critical data to inform their future technology plans
The recent cyberattacks on London councils have exposed a fundamental weakness in today’s cybersecurity strategies. Despite organisations investing heavily in perimeter defences such as firewalls, anti-phishing measures, and zero-trust policies, cybercriminals continue to breach these barriers. The reason? Traditional best practices focus on keeping attackers out, rather than protecting what truly matters; the
Continue reading Why “Best Practice” is Failing to Protect Personal Data: A Call for Data-Centric Security
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