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Brightly Software partners with AppyWay to support UK digital traffic order compliance

Brightly Software, a Siemens company, has announced a strategic partnership with digital Traffic Order specialist AppyWay to support UK highway authorities in managing digital traffic regulation orders (D-TROs) and kerbside infrastructure more effectively.

The partnership will integrate AppyWay’s Traffic Suite software that manages kerbside and traffic regulations with Brightly Software’s Confirm asset

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Government websites lead on accessibility, but widespread issues remain

Government and public sector websites are among the best-performing for digital accessibility, but new data shows that significant barriers still remain across the web.

The latest WebAIM Million 2026 report, which analysed the homepages of the world’s top one million websites, found an average of 56.1 accessibility errors per page, up from 51

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Digital skills passports: Building trust in construction’s most important asset — People

By Paul Devlin, CEO, Causeway Technologies

Paul Devlin

Every crane, cable and concrete pour on a modern construction site is tracked in real time. Yet in the main, the proof of the skills behind them still lives on plastic cards and paper certificates. In a digital age, that’s our weakest link.

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HETT Show 2025 – Restless For Change

Healthcare Excellence Through Technology took place at London ExCeL at the start of October. Over two days, speakers, exhibitors and visitors expressed a desire for policy, commitment, and innovation to bring about transformative change.

In a special address to the HETT audience, newly appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of the Department of

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New Research Uncovers Pressures and Progress in NHS Digital Transformation 

A new whitepaper from Blue Frontier details key opportunities and challenges for NHS trusts amidst ongoing digital transformation.     Interoperability, patient access concerns, and public fears over AI remain prominent challenges for the NHS to overcome.     The research uses a combination of primary and secondary data to provide a comprehensive view of the sector.     James

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Devon and Cornwall hospitals initiate digital pathology with Sectra

Cancer patients will benefit from the potential for faster diagnosis and better access to specialist opinions, following the go-live of a digital pathology solution across five NHS sites in Devon and Cornwall.  

Technical and clinical deployment of the pathology module of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution has now taken place at University Hospitals

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Delivering a Distinctive, Employer-Led Student Experience at Greater Manchester Institute of Technology

By Claire Foreman, Director, Greater Manchester Institute of Technology

Claire Foreman

When the Greater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT) prepared to welcome its first cohort of students in September 2023, one critical question framed our thinking: what is truly distinctive about being an Institute of Technology (IoT) student?

Across the UK,

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Public Sector Digital Workplace: Complexity costs and the case for simplification

By Erik Nicolai, CEO, Workspace 365

Imagine starting your workday in the public sector: battling through a maze of outdated systems, juggling incompatible platforms, and spending far too much time navigating digital tools. From document management to HR systems, procurement tools to internal comms, digital sprawl is the invisible time-thief, and it

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Finbogo Secures Major Investment to Digitally Transform UK’s Private Healthcare Sector

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,

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How a Single View of the Citizen can boost resident experience and the bottom line

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.

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Stepping Hill Hospital announced as SPARK TSL lighthouse

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

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Mail most influential marketing medium when it comes to winning votes in elections

New research challenges the idea that 2024 was the year of the ‘digital election’ – particularly for younger voters

New nationally representative research from Marketreach, the marketing authority on commercial mail, reveals that mail is more likely to have had an influence on voting intention than any other marketing channel across all

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Embracing the hybrid landscape

We now know that the shift to hybrid is a fixed part of the world of work today. It’s a fundamental shift in the working landscape. But, for IT professionals, some critical aspects of navigating the cloud shift exist.

Gerry Flanagan

With remote and hybrid working, there can be some significant challenges

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Public sector voted one of the most popular careers by young people

New research of 18 to 25 year-olds has revealed the public sector to be one of the most appealing industries to build a long-term career.

When asked to rank 10 of the most common industries to work in, young people placed the public sector in fourth place, ahead of industries like legal

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Reinventing Local Authorities To Leverage Transformative Ability Of Software

Local authorities across the country are struggling to fully embrace the use of software to improve efficiency, streamline operations and optimise decision-making. Historically, new software has been introduced to a process or system that has been used for decades. Bolt on approaches can work but in recent years, across the public sector, there

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Navigating the digital frontier for local government

By TechnologyOne UK executive vice president, Leo Hanna

Leo Hanna

Local government is facing a perfect storm. Funding pressures and demographic challenges are getting worse, councils are having to pursue modernisation amid economic volatility, and they are still recovering from the disruption caused by Covid-19.  For some, this has been an accelerant

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North Herts Council rolls out TechnologyOne’s full SaaS ERP suite

North Herts Council (NHC) is set to revolutionise its operations and enhance service delivery with the adoption of TechnologyOne’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suite. 

The comprehensive solution encompasses financials, supply chain management, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), and Corporate Performance Management (CPM), establishing North Herts Council as a pioneer in digital

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Building on the digital foundations of local and central government

By Nicola Williams – Sales Manager at Epson UK

It’s just over a year since the UK Government launched its Digital Strategy in June 2022, with ministers heralding the policy as a “vision for harnessing digital transformation and building a more inclusive, competitive and innovative digital economy”.

Beneath the bold statement,

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Three Ways Observability Can Help Address Public Sector IT Complexity

Sascha Giese, tech evangelist, SolarWinds

Sascha Giese

A well-executed home renovation goes beyond cosmetic repairs and surface-level aesthetics by delving into the structural bones of a home. This approach not only revitalises the house’s appearance but also enhances its overall efficiency and maintenance. Meaningful digital transformation also requires such an approach.

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Why Artificial Intelligence is The Next Revolution: The Good and the Bad

By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks

Let’s face it, change is often held back by fear. The same principle applies to both the public sector and the private sector. People are often the reason why projects advance, don’t go hard or fail. With artificial intelligence – particularly generative AI – there is some

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