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Autumn 2023 Cover story – by Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa
Barley Laing
The public sector has long been considered a soft target by fraudsters. This is backed up by data from the Cabinet Office which highlights that fraud and error in public spending are estimated to cost taxpayers up to £51.8
Continue reading How to know your citizens (KYC) and prevent fraud
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has signed a new agreement to deploy Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution in bid to further improve patient care.
Following a contract signing in September, the Trust will now share a common picture archiving and communication system (PACS), with five other trusts in the region that have already deployed
Continue reading Surrey and Sussex collaborative extends Sectra imaging technology to sixth NHS trust
RE-100 electrification solution extends the life of the vehicle
Fleet managers concerned about the cost and availability of buying a new electric van when there is still life in their existing vehicle now have an alternative: an advanced retrofit solution using innovative in-wheel motor (IWM) technology which fits to existing diesel vans to
Continue reading BEDEO LAUNCHES RETROFIT TECH THAT MAKES A DIESEL VAN ELECTRIC AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON
The 2023 Spring Budget depicted a further £21.6 billion in unannounced cuts to public services by 2027/28*. In line with this, we’ve seen technology budgets slashed across the sector, with NHS tech funding falling below the £1 billion mark**. As such, the public sector must find new and innovative ways to maintain the supply and
Continue reading Driving efficiency, saving time, and saving money – how automation can benefit the public sector
Paul Empson
Bakers Basco the industry-leading membership scheme created by Allied Bakeries, Fine Lady Bakeries, Frank Roberts & Sons, Hovis, and Warburtons, is calling upon local authorities and waste management managers to prioritise the environmental consequences of misused grocery delivery equipment. The scheme, which provides and manages an industry-wide bakery equipment solution, aims
Continue reading UK’s Bakers Launch National Poster Campaign Urging Councils and Waste Management Companies to Address Environmental Impact of Misplaced Grocery Delivery Equipment
Leading public sector and professional services organisations look to shared services model to improve core business functions, data compatibility and real-time analytics
Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organisations, today highlighted key trends in shared services adoption among public sector and professional services organisations (PSO), drawing on data from
Continue reading Unit4 Studies: Organisations Adopting Shared Services to Drive Transformation
Blackhawk Network(BHN), the global market leader in payments, rewards and incentives, has been awarded a place on ESPO’s Staff Benefits Framework (319_23).
Lot 1 Managed Services Platform for Benefit Schemes Lot 2 Cycle to Work Salary Sacrifice Schemes Lot 4 Technology Products Schemes
Joining the ESPO Staff Benefits Framework will allow public sector organisations to
Continue reading Blackhawk Network Awarded a place on ESPO’s Staff Benefits Framework
Social enterprise Fusion21 has announced the renewal of its national Building Improvements Framework worth up to £346 million over four years and is now inviting bids from interested contractors of any size, providing local, regional or national coverage.
Developed to support public sector organisations, including housing, education, and healthcare providers, the framework offers a wide
Continue reading Fusion21 announces £346 million Building Improvements Framework
Matrix steps forward as a strategic partner for National Interview Week, a ground-breaking education initiative aimed at bridging the gap between education and career
Tim Campbell
Matrix, one of the UK’s leading Workforce Management companies, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with National Interview Week, a pioneering education and early
Continue reading Matrix Teams Up with The Apprentice Star, Tim Campbell, to Support National Interview Week
Blackhawk Network(BHN), the global market leader in payments, rewards and incentives, has been awarded a third Crown Commercial Service Framework. Cyclescheme, a wholly owned subsidiary of BHN, has been approved to join the (CCS) RM6273 Employee Benefits & Services Framework.
With Cyclescheme, the UK’s leading Cycle to Work provider, employees can save up to 42%
Continue reading Blackhawk Network approved for third Crown Commercial Service Framework
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
Nick Denning, CEO of IT consultancy Diegesis and veteran of multiple public sector IT transformation projects shares his thoughts with GPSJ on what makes a successful risk awareness strategy
Risk management involves identifying, assessing, mitigating, and planning for potential events that could impact a business. This article explores risk management in practice and the priorities
Continue reading Building a Practical Cyber Security Risk Awareness Strategy
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
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
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
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
Mark Benson – Rivus
With the pressures on public sector finances at an all-time high, we talk to Mark Benson, Emergency Services Fleet Consultant, at award winning fleet solutions provider, Rivus, about ways that critical public service fleets can maximise vehicle availability and fleet efficiencies to deliver significant cost savings, freeing up budget
Continue reading Driving critical fleets forward
NHS trusts need a lot of technology, but they face complex, structural challenges when it comes to procurement, and these tend to work against smaller companies and innovation. The Highland Marketing advisory board met recently to discuss the issues and the role of marketing.
NHS acute trusts need a lot of technology. Infrastructure –
Continue reading Some challenges in the NHS acute tech market: and how to navigate them
Martin James
by Martin James, VP EMEA, Aerospike
Data is crucial in allowing any government or public sector organisation to make informed decisions to drive mission-critical applications appropriately. Whether improving the supply chain, connecting cities for a more efficient traffic flow, to respond to terrorist threats swiftly, real-time data is the linchpin. The
Continue reading Why it makes financial sense to migrate to a modern real-time data platform
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