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Journey to the sustainable contact centre

Jeremy Payne, Group VP, Alliances, Enghouse Interactive, explains how local government can decarbonise customer service

Digitalisation shouldn’t come at a cyber security cost

Digitalisation shouldn’t come at a cyber security cost, but it will if organisations are lax about protections, writes Sascha Giese

Technology

Green homes revolution could create 138,000 new jobs

A fully funded programme to insulate homes and swap gas boilers for low-carbon heating sources could deliver huge economic and social benefits.

Public sector should ‘do more’ to remove tendering barriers

Over 90 per cent of British SMEs think the public sector should do more to remove the tendering barriers they face when bidding for public sector contracts.

LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme

The LGA is launching the fifth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, an innovative scheme to help councils overcome housing challenges.

‘Opportunity to build a New North’ after pandemic

Transport for the North has set out a Northern Transport Charter to showcase how the region is best placed to shape its own future.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will become the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Region rebranded South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Sheffield City Region has officially rebranded and changed its legal name to South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority.

‘More accountable’ decisions likely for Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Council is to debate plans to return to a leader and cabinet model of decision making in order to strengthen the case for devolution.

Covid rent debt crisis will escalate unless UC cut is reversed

A £360 million wall of rent debt built up during the pandemic threatens to leave hundreds of thousands of tenants facing long-term housing insecurity.

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