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The continuous improvement of care
Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) on developing the hospital pharmacy profession and the improvement of care for patients in Europe
The importance of cities as partners in successful governance
Anna Lisa Boni, secretary general, EUROCITIES shares her reflections on the growing importance of cities as agenda setters
Ivory trade ban set for the UK
The UK government is set to impose an ivory trade ban at all levels in order to reduce demand, protecting African elephants
An ivory trade ban has been attempted before, but it would have excluded the sale and procurement of certain antiques.
The new ban introduced by environment secretary Michael Gove will...
How HSCN can improve the NHS digital strategy
Michael Bowyer of Innopsis highlights the need for improved connectivity to boost the government's NHS digital strategy and improve integration
Where next for public sector networking?
Michael Bowyer, Director at Industry Association, Innopsis looks at how technology in the public sector is changing and the benefits to be had
Harmonising the bio-based economy policies
Standardisation can accelerate bio-based economy growth. Here, Suzan van Kruchten, Standardisation Consultant, NEN explains
Bio-based products represent an important part of the bio-economy, which is seen as a major source of economic growth and employment for Europe in the 21st century. Standardisation can accelerate bio-economy growth as several projects of...
Cohesion policy offers support for low income member states
Policy must be tailored to help low-income regions catch up. Corina Crețu, Commissioner for Regional Policy, explains how cohesion policy ensures growth
Securing large scale events in the aftermath of terrorism
James Kelly, Chief Executive of the British Security Industry Association, looks at some of the most effective methods of securing large-scale events
The true value of industrial management and engineering
The Business Competence and Process Management RDI-group outline how industrial management and engineering degrees are valuable to businesses in Europe
How can your organisation meet the transformation agenda?
Sungard Availability Services provides technical know-how and support to meet the transformation agenda and help organisations achieve their cloud ambitions
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...
FinnFusion: Advancing fusion research in Finland
The FinnFusion Consortium focuses on two centres of excellence, fusion power plant analysis and remote handling, explains Dr Tuomas Tala
Brexit should not impact the disaggregation of IT services
Littlefish's Dave Aspindle explains why it is important the disaggregation of IT services should continue, irrespective of the political landscape
The transformation of local authority leisure facilities
Over the past decade local authority leisure facilities have revolutionised how they operate. Here, Cheryl Hersey, of Action PR Ltd explains
Cloud is first and it’s native to the public sector already
Software Europe's Chief Sales Officer, Deborah Saunby, shares her views on the move from ‘cloud first’ to ‘cloud native’ within the public sector
Back in 2013, GDS published a policy that said all public sector buyers of IT products should consider the cloud as their first option, hence ‘cloud first’....
Council boycotts of Israeli goods will become illegal
The UK government plans to make local council boycotts of countries and companies – particularly Israel – illegal, in new measures announced this week
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has unveiled plans to prevent council boycotts of companies and countrie unless they fall in line with central government policy.
The move aims...
What are the prospects for public sector ICT suppliers in 2017?
Rob Anderson, analyst in the public sector team at GlobalData, predicts a buoyant market for public sector ICT this year and in the longer term
In a post-referendum, pre-Brexit world of economic uncertainty, what are the prospects for public sector suppliers in 2017? Theresa May and Phillip Hammond may have...
Dissecting the government’s new economic roadmap
Dr Julian Francis, Director of Policy and External Affairs, ACE, discusses the government’s new Industrial Strategy and economic roadmap
May intends to ‘grasp the bigger prize’ with modern industrial strategy
Theresa May is to set out her flagship Modern Industrial Strategy today, the policy which sits at the core of her government’s vision for post-Brexit Britain
The Prime Minister is using her first regional Cabinet meeting today to launch a new, more interventionist industrial strategy aimed at bridging the productivity...
Schools can save cash on computer equipment with DfE deal
Schools can save cash on computer equipment including laptops, desktops and tablets under a new deal offered by the Department for Education
The Department for Education (Dfe) has announced today that it is offering schools the chance to save money on tablets, laptops and desktop devices.
The government say schools thinking...
