The biggest govtech deals of the week (09/03/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleHorizon IT scandal: falsely accused ex-Post Office workers demand judge-led...
Former Post Office workers who were criminally prosecuted, bankrupted, and left suicidal on the basis of errors made by a glitching accounting system, yesterday demanded that MPs hold those responsible...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (16/3/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleNHS tech staff and suppliers count as key workers, government confirms
Technologists working to support social care services or the NHS during the coronavirus outbreak classify as key workers, the government has confirmed. The health service’s technology unit, NHSX,...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (23/3/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleDWP’s IT system unable to cope with influx of coronavirus-impacted welfare...
The Department of Work and Pensions has been inundated with new welfare claimants affected by the coronavirus pandemic and its IT systems are struggling to cope. Close to half a million people have...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (30/3/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleNHSX defends Palantir, Google and Amazon’s role in Covid-19 datastore
The NHS has defended its decision to enlist Peter Thiel’s Palantir and a number of other US tech firms in the development of a shared data platform to help meet the unprecedented demand on its...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (7/4/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleNHSX appoints former health service CIO as first “digital productivity” chief
NHSX has appointed a former health service CIO as its first “digital productivity” director as it continues to flesh out its skeletal senior leadership team. Mark Jones, formerly CIO of an NHS trust in...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (14/04/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleHow Covid-19 has sped up digital transformation at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Phillipa Winter began her role at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust back in 1998, and worked her way up to become chief clinical informatics officer in August 2014 and then chief information officer in July...
View ArticleHMRC digital team wins praise after processing 1m furlough claims in eight hours
British business leaders have heaped praise on HMRC’s digital team after its systems processed wage subsidy requests on behalf of one million furloughed workers in just eight hours yesterday (20...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (21/04/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleRevealed: Public sector tech procurement rates fall as transformation...
Tech buyers and suppliers had hoped that with a no-deal Brexit at least temporarily averted and the launch of a new Spring Budget, 2020 might see a resurgence in digital transformation projects across...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (1/5/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (11/5/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleHMRC launches search for permanent CDIO, offers £200k salary
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has begun searching for a permanent chief digital information officer to succeed its interim CDIO Mark Denney. The British tax authority has appointed Korn Ferry, a US...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (20/05/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (26/5/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
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