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As the UK moves towards the 2030 ban on the sale of new cars and vans, local authorities will play a key role in propelling the electric mobility transition and encouraging drivers to go electric.
With a target of at least 300,000 public charge points by 2023, the UK is advancing its electric transportation system
Continue reading Electrifying The UK’s Transportation System – Public Sector Bodies Are Key To The EV Transition
Andy Archibald, Scotwork UK
By Andy Archibald, Senior Consultant at Scotwork UK
It has been a long time coming but next year will mark a significant change in the way that the public sector buys in a whole host of situations.
Transforming Public Procurement is designed to simplify and modernise the way procurement
Continue reading Negotiation, mind games and guessing – a myth exploded
SKDC HR team
South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) has been named as a finalist in two categories of a national awards scheme that highlights great places to work.
The Personnel Today Awards 2023 recognise excellence in Human Resources and Learning and Development and SKDC is a national finalist for Employee Experience and Excellence
Continue reading South Kesteven District Council recognised as a great place to work
Matrix, a leading provider of comprehensive workforce solutions, is delighted to announce its successful bid for both Lewisham and Southwark Councils, following an extensive three-month tender process. The recent victories underscore Matrix’s commitment to expanding its presence in the Southeast London region and strengthening its position as a trusted partner for local government organisations.
Recognising
Continue reading Matrix Secures Lewisham and Southwark Councils confirming their expansion in the London area
Dave Neilson – Chief Executive at Fusion21
Real positive change, changes real lives.
This year, Fusion21 is marking its 21st anniversary and as the co-founder and Chief Executive I am so proud of what our team of procurement and social value specialists have achieved through work with our members, suppliers and partners.
Continue reading Procurement experts Fusion21 turns 21: How a step into the unknown became a route to social value success
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust gained complete visibility across their IT infrastructure enhancing clinicians’ digital experience and improving patient care with Riverbed’s Unified Observability solution
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (KCHFT) is one of the largest NHS community health providers in England, serving a population of about 1.4 million. KCHFT’s IT team
Continue reading UK-based NHS Trust supports 1.4 million people with help from Riverbed
Thatcham Research has launched its cutting-edge EV Safe training to help the public sector prepare for the unique safety challenges presented by electric vehicles (EVs).
EV Safe is a comprehensive training program designed to ensure the safety of key workers who interact with High Voltage (HV) vehicles as the volume of EVs on the road
Continue reading Thatcham Research ‘EV Safe’ training to prepare public sector for electric vehicles
Peoplesafe partners with Crimestoppers to tackle the growing crisis in employee safety
A NEW initiative from Peoplesafe working with the charity Crimestoppers, highlights the long overdue call to UK employers to step up and do more to protect their people, not just at work, but out of hours too.
Peoplesafe, the UK’s leading provider of
Continue reading Step Up Stay Safe
The final piece of roofing felt has been laid to officially mark the topping out of L2 Orchard Park, in Cambridge.
75 new homes, consisting of a mix of social rent and affordable rent will be delivered through Cambridge Investment Partnership and a funding agreement from Homes England.
Gerri Bird, Executive Councillor for Housing and
Continue reading Milestone reached at affordable housing development in Cambridge
A further £8million will be spent on road maintenance over the next two years to help deal with potholes and the maintenance of highways, as Cllrs voted it through at Barnet Council’s Cabinet meeting last night, 18 July 2023.
The new investment is in response to the 2022/23 winter period when the number of potholes
Continue reading Barnet Council to tackle potholes as part of £8million additional investment in road maintenance
Mark Venables
Mark Venables, chief executive of Highland Marketing, argues the NHS’ struggles to adopt EPRs has disguised success in other areas, and now’s the time to level up innovation.
The NHS has arrived at its 75th anniversary facing bigger challenges than it has faced since its inception. It’s true that founder
Continue reading NHS75: The future is here, it just needs to be evenly distributed
One of the UK’s leading providers of contingent labour on behalf of public sector organisations, Matrix, has seen its clients grow their investment in temporary and fixed-contract staff by a fifth since the end of the Covid pandemic.
The largest increases were seen in Qualified Social Care, where spending has risen by almost a third.
Continue reading Public sector contingent labour spend rises 20% post pandemic, reports Matrix
By Stephanie Ward
The intricacies of the IT systems companies rely on to operate are more now complicated than ever. There is the constant challenge of managing internal service providers and multiple third-party vendors. Fortunately, Service Integration and Management (SIAM) has emerged to bring sanity to an IT world plagued with chaos and poor return
Continue reading Driving forward SIAM innovation through practitioner collaboration
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
Continue reading Why Artificial Intelligence is The Next Revolution: The Good and the Bad
High-trust organisations believe technology choices play a vital part in securing customer trust
For nearly three quarters of AV professionals (70%) improving customer trust is the number one priority when selecting new collaboration and communication tech, beating other options such as increasing efficiency (69%) and increasing productivity (68%). That’s according to a new ‘Trusted Connections
Continue reading Improving customer trust is the top priority for AV professionals
Lord Kerslake (credit – Peabody)
A University of Manchester publication released today presents a series of evidence-led solutions to tackle regional inequalities and boost the levelling up agenda.
The 44-page document begins with a characteristically incisive foreword from Lord Kerslake, former Head of the Home Civil Service.
Power in Place – published by
Continue reading Power in Place: new approaches to addressing regional inequalities
Matt Glass has been appointed as new board chair of UK’s leading supplier diversity organisation, MSDUK.
In the role, Matt will lead MSDUK’s board as they continue to support a thriving network of corporates and ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) to improve supplier diversity for individuals, communities, and businesses across the UK and Europe.
Matt leads
Continue reading UK’s leading supplier diversity organisation, MSDUK, appoints Matt Glass as the new board chair
Booking is now open for the 2023 Institute of Economic Development Annual Conference and Awards Dinner, as the organisation’s 40th anniversary celebrations get into full swing.
The IED Annual Conference, which will be held at the Park Regis Birmingham on 7th November, is themed Grow for Good? Reappraising the UK’s Growth Objectives. Workshops and presentations
Continue reading IED Annual Conference and Awards launched as 40th anniversary celebrations get underway
Comment from Ollie Gray, business development director, Charis
While Charis welcomes the reduction in the Ofgem price cap this July from £3280 to £2074, households will still be paying generally double what they were paying in 2021. The cumulative effect of the increase in the overall cost of living has meant that many people have
Continue reading Ofgem price cap reduction – what does it mean?
Environmental charity Hubbub is on the hunt for new creative solutions to food waste, which could be boosted by its new Eat It Up fund, launching today, with applications open until 21 July.
According to WRAP, 6.4 million tonnes of edible food is wasted each year in the UK retailers, manufacturers, caterers, restaurants and in
Continue reading Hubbub announces new £200,000 fund to encourage creative solutions to tackling food waste
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