BUSINESS

Trio of Welsh authorities sign IT deal to tackle early intervention

By James Evison | 11 April 2017

Three Welsh councils have signed up to Capita IT software to help address issues impacting vulner...

DIGITAL

Working out what really drives our communities

By Simon Jones | 11 April 2017

Councils must develop richer insight that gets under the skin of their communities, argues Simon ...

DIGITAL

To be smart, councils must first be open

By Abigail Gilbert | 22 March 2017

Emerging technologies will allow councils to go beyond the usual glamour associated with them. Ab...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Regional approach to immigration hailed as 'a common sense idea'

By James Evison | 14 March 2017

Reports that Brexit secretary David Davis is open to a regional approach to immigration have been...

DIGITAL

Preparing for next year's data regulation overhaul

By Jos Creese | 20 February 2017

Jos Creese explains why councils should get ready for the game-changing General Data Protection R...

DIGITAL

Finding solutions from within

By Dr Anuschka Muller | 14 February 2017

Embedding data analysts in local authorities is increasingly becoming the norm. Dr Anuschka Mulle...

FINANCE

Voice telephony – a path to savings and improved services

By Freddy Kanter | 10 February 2017

Many council telephony systems are costly on-premise systems maintained by external partners, but...

WHITEHALL

Data sharing systems in need of improvement

By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2017

Public bodies must improve their data sharing regime to successfully tackle social challenges suc...

DIGITAL

Data analysis is no croaking matter

By Tom Symons | 18 January 2017

Data has sprung up the local government agenda in recent years. Tom Symons says it will take more...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Dark side of the digital age

By Dan Peters | 18 January 2017

The digital revolution promises to transform the way local government operates, but at a recent T...