Public Sector news in the UK | Page 8

An overview of news, trends and research in the Public Sector industry in the UK:

41 million children under age of 5 globally face obesity Obesity is a growing problem across the world, by 2030 41% of the global population is projected to be overweight or obese, warns a report. The social costs are staggering, with 2.
01 February 2016
Essentia joins European Connected Health Alliance Essentia, the commercial consulting arm of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, has become a member of the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance).
27 January 2016
Arup & Atkins JV wins Thames Tideway Tunnel contract To relieve the Thames river ecosystem of damaging raw sewage, and meet EU regulations, London is set to receive a major upgrade to its sewage system.
21 January 2016
Capita to deliver North Yorkshire County Council LMS The North Yorkshire County Council has appointed Capita, following a competitive tender, to deliver a library management system (LMS) to the region’s council operated libraries.
19 January 2016
Oxera Consulting: Building affordable flood insurance In Europe, the risk of flooding is projected to increase due to climate change.
15 January 2016
Arup wins 2 major Phase Two of High Speed 2 contracts HS2 has again sought support from Arup to provide a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the initial second phase development of the HS2 network between Birmingham and Crewe.
13 January 2016
Ecorys to evaluate Global Social Enterprise Programme Consultancy Ecorys has been hired by the British Council to evaluate the impact of its Global Social Enterprise programme, which aims at promoting the development of social enterprises and social inv
13 January 2016
PKF Littlejohn: Fraud costs NHS over 5 billion a year Fraud and error cost the global healthcare system around £299 billion, a recent study claims.
05 January 2016
Canada blows its combatant ship budget out of water The price of war is set to cost the Canadian tax payer dearly as the cost of building 15 surface combatant ships for the navy balloons more than $16 billion to reach $30 billion.
31 December 2015
Scottish Government awards CGI electronic election deal In a bid to improve the efficiency of counting ballots for the 2017 Scottish local authority elections, the Scottish Government has awarded CGI a £6.
29 December 2015
UK Generation Z wants more emphasis on cyber security Almost half (43%) of UK’s Generation Z want more focus on fighting cybercrime than on real-world crime, research by PA Consulting Group shows.
28 December 2015
Royal HaskoningDHV supports Danish proton therapy To provide cancer patients with specialised radiation treatment options, the Danish Parliament approved the Danish National Particle Centre, which will house Denmark’s first proton particle therapy c
23 December 2015
Andrew Lansley takes on health role at Bain & Company Andrew Lansley, former UK Secretary of State for Health, has taken on a parttime role within the Healthcare Practice at Bain & Company.
22 December 2015
Deloitte supports cyber security MSc programme at DMU The threat to companies from cyber-crime is on the increase.
17 December 2015
Arcadis and UN-Habitat extend partnership up to 2017 Design & consultancy firm Arcadis and the UN-Habitat have extended their collaboration, which runs under the name ‘Shelter Programme’, to improve urban quality of life of people worldwide with two mo
17 December 2015
UK MoD selects CGI for electronic health record service The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded CGI a contract to enhance its Defence Medical Services with an integrated electronic health record, enabling it to provide the appropriate healthcare to its per
16 December 2015
McKinsey supports Facebook with TechPrep initiative The lack of diversity within the US tech industry is a well-known phenomenon, which according to research has a negative impact on economy and society.
15 December 2015
Ecorys UK evaluates mental health provision for schools Consulting and research firm Ecorys has been selected to evaluate a new £3 million Government mental health scheme for hundreds of schools in England.
14 December 2015
Capita supports Spelthorne with app for its residents Spelthorne Borough Council has hired Capita to deliver a multi-purpose smartphone app to its residents.
10 December 2015
Myanmar healthcare industry set to pass 2 billion mark The Myanmar economy, following liberalisation, is seeing strong increases across a variety of sectors.
09 December 2015
Accenture partners with Code.org and Hour of Code Yesterday the Hour of Code campaign kicked off as part of the Computer Science Education Week , a global initiative with the aim of stimulating millions of students globally to follow a one-hour intr
08 December 2015
US Army awards 1 billion deal to Booz Allen Hamilton The threat from physical and cyber-breaches to both governments as well as private businesses and citizens has increased significantly in recent years, with the risk only expected to continue as more
07 December 2015
Slalom Consulting joins forces with SalesForce for vets Slalom Consulting and SalesForces’ VetForce programme have joined forces to help move US vets into cloud-based computing training for eventual deployment within the cloud-based computing ecosystem.
04 December 2015
HMRC hires Bain & Co. to guide move away from Aspire The HMRC has selected Bain & Company to guide its transition away from its hefty £10.7 billion Aspire IT outsourcing contract.
03 December 2015
Deloitte integrates gaming in apprenticeship selection In a bid to increase the diversity of backgrounds, Big Four professional services firm Deloitte has launched a new tool to select and assess young minds.
30 November 2015
Oxford City Council hires r360 to boost retail scene The City Council of Oxford (Alabama, US) has hired Birmingham-based r360, a boutique research and consultancy firm, to attract retailers to the city’s retail spaces.
26 November 2015
Havering turns to Capita for social housing solution The London Borough of Havering has hired Capita to help it improve its social housing services to residents.
26 November 2015
Consultants paid to sabotage, says Malaysia Minister According to Malaysia’s minister of Information and Communications, international media consultants are being paid to orchestrate negative sentiment globally on the country’s government and economy,
25 November 2015
ETI hires Cambridge Consultants to lead HEMS project ETI and Cambridge Consultants have joined forces to deliver a smart home energy system that provides UK users with key insights and information about their home energy behaviour.
25 November 2015
Steer Davies Gleave helps Kingston with cycling project Transport consultancy Steer Davies Gleave has helped the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames secure £30 million in funding as part of a wider scheme to boost the cycling landscape.
20 November 2015
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon and Unit4 agree partnership Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon has agreed an alliance with Unit4, combining their strengths to offer Irish educational institutions, which are under considerable cost pressures, with a cost effective ERP s
17 November 2015
Cognizant named Partner for 100,000 Genomes Project Cognizant has been selected by Genomics England as a Technology Partner for the 100,000 Genomes Project.
12 November 2015

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