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If the spring of 2020 has taught us nothing else, it has taught us that we need to be prepared – for anything. In a matter of weeks, countries across the globe moved from everyday society to isolation and lock-down. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted every part of everyone’s lives: it was the catalyst for transformational […]

For many of us, 2020 looked set to be a year just like any other and until the first murmurings of the coronavirus had begun trickling into the national consciousness, who could have predicted just how different our lives would be, what great losses and surprising opportunities could come forth from such unprecedented times? Executive […]

WHISHWORKS reveals results of Big Data survey In the past 12-18 months two key developments marked the course of the big data industry: the mergers and acquisitions that took place throughout 2019, and the more recent coronavirus outbreak. Mergers and Acquisitions in the big data space 2019 was a big year across the big data […]

Digital solutions are slowly becoming the standard for many industries, providing much needed improvements to businesses plagued with out-of-date legacy systems. The so called ‘digital revolution’ has brought a wealth of change to the Public Sector, making real gains where it’s needed most and the outbreak of Covid-19 was something of a watershed moment, where […]

In the era of Digital Transformation, it is the public sector that runs the risk of falling behind due to the rapid growth in new technology and restrictive budgets far smaller than private industry. Despite this, the public sector has made in roads into embracing digitisation. Part of this success is due to a close […]

The UK is in the midst of a housing crisis. People of all ages are struggling to find decent places to live and at an affordable price. Poor conditions such as overcrowding, ineffectual land lords and cutbacks making moving up the property ladder an economic improbability. What this means for the future, in particular for […]

On the 11th March 2020, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, presented the government’s annual Spring Budget to a congregation of journalists and press-packers all huddled onto the pavement outside 11 Downing Street. It came a year after the government promised to “start on the road to delivering the high-quality housing and infrastructure the country […]

Over the past decade, the speed of digital change seen over the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom has been absolutely jaw dropping. Across the world, industries large and mall have embraced the digital age, dropping cumbersome traditional paper-based ways of working in favour of faster, more efficient and more reliable digital business […]

In order for digitalisation to be successful in the public sector, it is important that a significant cultural shift and change of working practises takes place. It would be naïve to believe that the adaptation to new digital ways of working would happen without the correct guidance and training. Instead, it is essential that the […]

Established in 2001, PayByPhone is one of the world’s fastest growing mobile parking payments providers, helping more than 29 million registered users across all age groups and demographics pay for parking easily and securely without the nuisance of waiting in line, having to carry change or risking fines. In the UK, PayByPhone’s transactions increased by […]