News
OCG moves into recruitment
Friday, 10 October 2008
A new and improved framework agreement from OGC buying.solutions is set to provide a flexible way for public sector organisations to recruit professionals.
Bank collapse hits Aberdeen BSF project
Friday, 10 October 2008
A £120m project to build or refurbish 10 Aberdeen schools was to have been funded by money from a collapsed Icelandic bank.
Statement released following the Icelandic bank account freeze
Friday, 10 October 2008
The Local Government Association and the Treasury have issued a joint statement following the collapse of three of Iceland’s major banks.
Compensation culture
Friday, 10 October 2008
It has been revealed that councils are paying out more to settle pothole compensation claims then they are on road repairs.
Unions fight for pay increase
Thursday, 09 October 2008
The GMB, Unite and Unison will submit their 2009-2010 pay demands early, to give councils more time to factor this element into next year's budgets. .
Right to buy banned
Thursday, 09 October 2008
The right to buy council houses in Cumbernauld, Scotland may be banned.
Features
Information generation
The current economic climate ensures that transportation retains a high profile, and with disposable income at a premium, motorists are being forced to consider alternative modal choices, says Neil Skelton of ITS UK.
On the buses
Buses provide the lead for a more sustainable transport future, says Rosie Winterton, MP, Minister of State for Transport.
The Southampton "Smartcities" Citizen Smart Card
By Richard Powell, transport consultant and former head of engineering and transportation at Southampton City Council.
Heading for the ticketing revolution
Smartcards have been around for a number of years, not least in the transport world and have been highly successful in schemes such as Oyster in London. The UK's ITSO specification has the ability to be used across a wide range of smartcard applications, and its current forage into the transport sector has seen it unleashed upon the concessionary fares market with great success.
So what happened to citizens' cards?
By Richard Poynder, chairman of The Smartex Group, which operates the world's largest network of professional associations for smart card technology, with over 500 members.
Cards on the table
ESP Systex currently serves over 60 percent of the UK transport market for concessionary travel from its unassuming headquarters in Hull, through a network of six service bureaus located in the City.
