City ‘master planner’ appointed (BBC News)
City ‘master planner’ appointed (BBC News)
A consortium is chosen to create a long-term master plan for Birmingham city centre.
Remote working for Cheshire council (Computing.co.uk)
Lisa Kelly, Computing , Tuesday 14 August 2007 at 00:00:00 VPN scheme gives staff more flexibility and helps meet green targets Cheshire County Council is using remote access systems to allow staff to work flexibly and help the local authority meet government environmental targets…. > Read the full article
Peterborough Council automates PC switch-off to save a tonne of CO2 emissions (PublicTechnology.net)
Peterborough City Council has selected NightWatchman from 1E to cut costs, conserve energy and reduce carbon footprints across its PC infrastructure.
Epping Forest District Council Deploys e-Procurement System to 200 staff (PublicTechnology.net)
Epping Forest District Council has deployed EGS e-Procurement and electronic trading environment, known as the IDeA:marketplace, to 200 staff working in almost every department, and is now processing more than 500 transactions a month.
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