7th November 2017          View The Latest Issue Online          Follow Us On Twitter           View This Email Online
 

NEWS

 

Improvements made in pavements programme

 

This year’s Even Better Pavements programme of improvements is progressing well with about 70 sites having been improved so far.....read more

£162 million school programme underway in Norfolk

 

More than £40 million of school building programmes are underway across Norfolk, creating new schools for hundreds of the county’s children.....read more

Helpline available for Oxford residents to keep warm

 

Residents in Oxford concerned about keeping their homes warm this winter are being encouraged to contact a free helpline for advice.....read more

Cardiff Council named as Living Wage for Wales Champion

 

The Living Wage Foundation has named Cardiff Council its Living Wage for Wales Champion for 2017-18.....read more

Bristol City Council launches parks consultation

 

Bristol City Council has launched a city-wide consultation on the future of Bristol’s parks and green spaces.....read more

 

FEATURES

 

Christmas trees - getting value for money

 

The BCTGA look at the supply of Christmas trees in the UK and the importance for authorities of sourcing them locally.....read more

Making the most of G-Cloud

 

Jake Madders, co-founder and director of Hyve Managed Hosting, outlines some crib sheet questions to ask every cloud provider.....read more

 

SPONSORS

 

STC Energy

 

Established in 1989, STC Energy, part of Inspired Energy plc, are a specialist energy management consultancy and a leading provider of bureau services in UK. Since 2005, STC has recovered over £160m in utility billing errors for our clients, whilst maintaining a very high degree of customer satisfaction.....read more

Mobex

 

Mobex provides solutions for Public Sector organisations looking to engage face to face with the public on a one to one basis. Whether this is indoors at an exhibition or in a City or Town Centre or Public gathering. Email us, call us on 01453 511210 or visit our website.

Symity

 

Symity deliver Skype for Business and Polycom telephony, video, conference and meeting room solutions that 'just work' and have allowed organisations to: 1). Reduce conference costs by 95% 2). Reduce travel related costs by 25% 3). Improve productivity per person, per day by up to 28 minutes. For more information please email us.

X-on

 

CardByPhone removes credit and debit card data from being accessible within an organisation during phone transactions. PCI-DSS requirements which govern security when handling card data are taken out of scope. CardByPhone can be integrated with contact centre and order processing systems or as a complete hosted telephony environment.....read more

Parity Consultancy Services

 

Difficulties sourcing contractors at affordable rates? At Parity Consultancy Services, we have developed a new Project Delivery Service, we provide advice on how best to plan and deliver your project, then supply the right skillsets as and when they’re needed. All part of a managed service, outside of IR35.....read more

selufen

 

selufen, solving compliance and certification problems to make our clients better, cleaner, safer and stronger, enabling our clients to achieve their goals through informed decision making and risk managed solutions. selufen is your risk based, professional and proactive problem solving partner.....read more

 

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