NEWS

Cherwell to pilot mortgages for self-build homes

Cherwell District Council is exploring an innovative new approach to helping local people finance self-build homes.....read more

New Air Quality Action Plan for Cambridge

Cambridge City Council has set out a new Air Quality Action Plan to improve areas of poor air quality and maintain areas of good air quality.....read more

Single council for Buckinghamshire welcomed

Buckinghamshire County Council has welcomed news that the government is ‘minded’ to replace its existing five councils with a single council for the region.....read more

Tussell reveals top local government suppliers

Skanska has been revealed as the top regular supplier to local government in 2017, a new ranking by Tussell has shown.....read more

Funnel more tax towards social care, says CIPFA

CIPFA has urged the government to funnel more tax towards social care as part of its social care Green Paper wish list.....read more

FEATURES

Is the NCSC doing enough to protect us from today’s cyber threats?

In its annual review, the NCSC reported preventing a total of 79,567 attacks. But how successful has the organisation been? David Warburton discusses.....read more

Culture is the secret ingredient for digital transformation

Terry Storrar explains why cultural change is central to digital transformation projects in the public sector.....read more

EVENTS

Flood & Coast Conference & Exhibition 2018

20-22 March, Telford International Centre, Shropshire
Flood and Coast is 3-day conference and exhibition that advances the debate about flood and coastal erosion risk management, resilience and response between government bodies and local authorities with business, infrastructure owners, delivery partners and affected communities.....read more

SPONSORS

Gala Lights

Gala Lights is one of the UK’s major providers of Christmas lights and festive lighting solutions, designing and manufacturing everything from tree lights, street decorations and lamp column motifs, through to entire displays for town centres, shopping centres, and BIDs. Founded as a family-run business in 1994, we take pride.....read more

Awesome Apps

The MoonRay 3D printer from Awesome Apps is now available in three models aimed at the rapid prototyping, dental and investment casting sectors. Based on the new DLP ultra violet technology these printers have a layer resolution of 20 microns and are available directly from a UK stock.....read more

We are Lean and Agile

Need to improve processes in 2018? Need to save money, improve quality or compliance? Try our software used by over 33% of Dutch Local Authorities and 15+ UK Public Sector bodies. No risks, free trial before you buy. Contact We are Lean and Agile for help in training/delivering process improvement.....read more

Rockford Associates

Rockford Associates is a leading professional firm of recovery audit specialists. Since 2001 we have conducted over 650 audits and recovered over 100 Million pounds on behalf of private and public sector clients on a contingent no recovery no fee basis.....read more

OnePoll

OnePoll delivers online polling services, human insight and data analysis to strengthen communications across a variety of sectors. With a nationally representative in-house panel spanning across consumer and B2B markets with international access, OnePoll is trusted by the media and has generated over 100,000 headlines in the last decade.....read more

Geesinknorba

The world’s first fully-electric, rear-loading refuse collection vehicle – the Li-On Power Pro – has been launched by Geesinknorba. It is aimed at urban rounds, characterised by short journeys between collections and shorter routes. It offers zero emissions of CO2, CO and NOX gases and running costs typically reduced to just 10%.....read more

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