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Blockchain: what is in it for the European economy?
Benoît Abeloos, Policy Officer at the European Commission gives a compelling glimpse into how virtual currency could affect the economy
Real wages fall despite rising employment
Data shows that when inflation is taken into account wages are declining despite the rising employment broadcasted by the government
Bitcoin price rises over $5000 amid warnings of a cryptocurrency bubble
The price of bitcoin has risen above $5000 and is now more valuable than gold, generating warnings of a possible cryptocurrency bubble
Changing regulatory rules in financial institutions
Jean Noël Georges at Frost & Sullivan explains how RegTech providers can aid financial service organisations in meeting changing regulatory rules
How local councils can improve their community leisure centre
Cheryl Hersey from Action PR explains how local councils can make the most of their community leisure centre through investment and marketing
NHS staff unions call for pay rise of 3.9% to match inflation
Unions representing NHS staff have written to the government demanding a 3.9% pay rise after figures show wages have fallen compared with inflation
After the government announced that the pay cap on public sector workers was to be lifted NHS staff have written to the Chancellor asking for a raise to...
Cryptocurrency prices crash as China cracks down on Bitcoin
Cryptocurrency prices have dropped dramatically as rumours spread that China will become the first country to begin cracking down on Bitcoin
Global leadership in supporting and enabling business agility
Agile Business Consortium highlights the importance of business agility in ensuring value for money and greater efficiency
Poll shows students are satisfied with degree courses
A new poll by the National Student Survey (NSS) has found that the majority of university students in the UK are happy with their courses
A springboard to the cloud: Putting a plan into action
Andrew Mellish, of Six Degrees Group Company Carrenza shares the challenges public sector organisations face when it comes to implementing cloud services
OECD urges next government to focus on boosting productivity
As the country moves to decide the next government, the OECD has called for more investment in projects that will encourage growth and productivity
Outsourced IT fail: Why government must use the cloud
Alistair Smith, Government and Public Sector Lead, Contino outlines why moving to the cloud could help government departments ditch toxic vendor relationships
I’ve spent the last few years working on projects across a number of public sector organisations and have seen many of them hamstrung by legacy vendor relationships, typically...
Conservative party makes a U-turn on social care policy proposals
Following backlash, the Conservatives have amended social care policy plans included in last week’s election manifesto
Labour manifesto pledges £48.6bn funding for services
Some £48.6bn worth of pledges have been put forward as part of the Labour manifesto and will fund a range of services
Blockchain will have the biggest impact on the public sector
John Bertrand, Digital Value Engineer at SAP talks about the value of blockchain and how it can benefit government as well as local authorities
Blockchain seems to be everywhere and nowhere all at once. It is based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) – also known as a shared database or...
Police numbers will grow as Labour pledges an extra 10,000 officers
Extra police officers will be put on the streets of England and Wales if Labour wins the upcoming snap General Election
Citizen and the state: The government at your service
The relationship between the citizen and the state is sacrosanct. Cabinet Minister Ben Gummer explains how the government will work for the people
Great Western failings cause concern for future rail projects
A report says the government must learn from serious failings in the design, planning and cost-estimating of the Great Western railway modernisation project
Significant failings in the management of the Great Western railway’s modernisation raise concerns about the Department for Transport and Network Rail’s ability to manage similar projects in...
Postal operators’ security challenges are great, but collaboration is key
Botond Szebeny, Jean-Paul Forceville, David Pilkington, Antonino Scribellito and Waqas Ahsen at PostEurop describe their work to tackle postal operators' security challenges
Can you tell us about the collaboration at PostEurop, and how important this collaboration is from a postal security perspective?
Botond Szebeny – Secretary General, PostEurop: The main tasks...
The Erasmus+ review: More than a European funding programme
Michael Gaebel, Director of Higher Education Policy at the European University Association, highlights the upcoming European Commission Erasmus+ review
The European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme is of major importance for European higher education institutions. Like its predecessors, it provides funding for international staff and student mobility, inter-university cooperation, and wider engagement...
