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Technology trends shaping the public sector in 2025

As we look ahead to 2025, the public sector faces unique challenges and opportunities. With service demands rising and budgets tightening, finding the right balance has never been more crucial.

Liverpool and Salford councils agree to digital transformation programme

A new deal between software firm SAP and two city councils has been reached to provide a new technology platform aimed at improving services… Enterprise...

Smart cities are not a priority for councils

New research has revealed smart cities are not deemed a strategic priority for the majority of local authorities across the UK… Leading designer and manufacturer...

Government introduces Digital Economy Bill

The government has introduced the Digital Economy Bill to parliament, with the aim of driving the UK to become a global leader… The government has...

London councils come together in digital services

Councils across the capital have launched a peer group aimed at helping to support the implementation of the Local Government Digital Service Standard… London councils...

Mobile access to council websites lag behind desktop

A new survey has revealed many council websites are difficult to use on mobiles when compared to desktops… A new survey from Socitm has revealed...

MPs warn the UK is heading towards a digital skills crisis

MPs have warned urgent action is needed to tackle a digital skills crisis in the UK, which costs the UK some £63bn a year...

Wales will fail to meet broadband target

Natasha Marie Levanti, Association for Consultancy and Engineering, highlights the plight of Wales to meet targets to install broadband across the nation... Despite the large...

PETRAS – Cybersecurity of the Internet of Things

Jeremy Watson, Professor of Engineering Systems at UCL and Emil Lupu from Imperial College London outline how the new PETRAS research hub aims to...

London council IT teams urged to build cloud services

London local authority IT teams have been called upon to design and implement their digital services through the ‘SuperCloud’… London Grid for Learning (LGfL) Chief...

Digital public services in the UK fall behind EU

The UK has fallen to 16th place among 28 EU member states for delivering digital public services… The 2016 Digital Economy and Society Index has...

IT advances leave 40 per cent more secure

Mav Turner, of SolarWinds highlights how far IT security has come and how nearly 40 per cent of UK companies are more secure than a year...

Shared chief digital officer plan receives support of Scottish councils

Some 26 out of Scotland’s 32 local authorities have joined a strategy that will bring digital services under a single chief digital officer role… Under...

Digitalising services to strengthen communities

Dave Langhorn, Head of Regional Business and Regional Public Sector at Vodafone UK discusses how communities can be strengthened by digitalising services... What makes a...

Accessing 5G mobile networks

The University of Kent outlines how it is leading research focused on the radio access network of future mobile communications... The next, 5th generation of...

City council rolls out free Wi-Fi across Edinburgh

As part of plans to improve connectivity, Edinburgh City Council has signed a contract to roll out free Wi-Fi across the city… A 10-year contract...

New head of ICT appointed at Norfolk County Council

A new director of ICT will start at Norfolk County Council in early August, it has emerged… Socitm president Geoff Connell has been appointed as...

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