Government to move 2,500 officials to ‘digitally enabled’ Manchester hub
The city centre facility will include hundreds of civil service posts relocated from London
Highlands and Islands gets IoT funding boost
Scottish Government supports scheme to fund firms’ investment in connected technologies
New Welsh Government operations chief to help drive transformation
Tim Moss announced as COO with remit to support three-year vision
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Kingston and Sutton jointly seek digital chief
London boroughs recruiting senior manager to spearhead transformation
Three London boroughs plan £1.5m move to Microsoft cloud
Lewisham, Brent and Southwark seek partner to offer construction of environment and subsequent migration
Lambeth Council seeks digital chief
London borough seeks leader to create 'roadmap' for tech future
Liverpool seeks guidance on citywide fibre network
City seeks advice on possible options for construction and ownership of connectivity infrastructure
Scottish Government creates IoT marketplace for public sector
Dynamic purchasing system seeks suppliers of products and services
Government builds new online planning appeals service
Pilots of digital platform to begin in July
Leeds picks suppliers for £26m IT deal
Resellers CDW and Insight chosen to supply council and local CCGs with tech
Liverpool and Birmingham councils seek digital leaders
Two big-city authorities advertise for top tech jobs
Northern Ireland prepares for three major IT projects
Departments of finance and infrastructure publish information on land registration, finance and planning systems
East Midlands creates £250m WAN framework
Nottinghamshire County Council publishes contract notice
HMRC to open high-tech Edinburgh hub
Office for 3,000 government workers will deploy an array of smart working technology
Dorset Council offers £112k for digital and change chief
Authority seeks leader to oversee transformation of tech estate and digital services
London heralds ‘new era of digital transformation’ for borough councils
Group representing all councils in the capital launches the London Office of Technology and Innovation
Government launches £200m rural fibre broadband project
Beginning rollout in most difficult areas represents a ‘significant shift in government policy’, culture secretary claims
South Staffordshire seeks technology and transformation leader
Authority recruiting for £60,000 role
How Nottinghamshire drove broadband uptake – and made £5m
Ceren Clulow of Nottinghamshire County Council, discusses the benefits for local authorities in optimising the uptake of superfast broadband in their region – including potential major rebates on initial infrastructure investments
Belfast council launches its own digital currency
Citizens will be able to use Belfast Coin to pay for local services
Surrey seeks ‘digital transformation partner’
County council seeks external review of existing change plans to ‘help the organisation see that digital is a critical component’
Durham council puts democracy into digital design
Designing a strategy to take digital take-up over the 50% mark means getting to the heart of what the county’s residents really want. Gill Hitchcock writes.
Bradford to build app to boost uptake of online services
Council looks to implement platform including push notifications
Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust to create £800k data warehouse
Hospital wishes to enable a ‘transparent view of patient care’