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Microsoft tool helps business assess value for money
News The goal is for companies to learn from the best practice of other local authorities, with Wakefield, Warwickshire and Edinburgh councils as two early adopters and examples of best practice. Wakefield... [15 Oct 2008]
Which cities top the wealth league?
News Those cities stand in contrast to the likes of Blackpool, Burnley, Doncaster, Hastings, Liverpool, Plymouth and Wakefield - where private sector employment is diminishing and productivity is much lower than average. [07 Jan 2008]
Public libraries get £750,000 for IT
News Derby, Sunderland and Wakefield libraries are among those to receive funding. Forty UK libraries are to receive grants totalling £750,000 to spend on IT for "excluded" members of society. The Museums, Libraries and... [14 Oct 2005]
Police Viper's on parade
News Viper - which stands for Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording - is housed in a datacentre in Wakefield and uses IP virtual private network (VPN) technology from Cable & Wireless. Police and politicians have... [17 Mar 2003]
Privacy ruling opens legal floodgates
News A High Court ruled on Friday that Wakefield City Council flouted both the Human Rights Act and the Data Protection Act by refusing to guarantee that details from the electoral roll wouldn't be sold for commercial use. [19 Nov 2001]
Electoral roll for sale (Brian Robertson not included)
News The 58-year-old resident of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, brought the case after Wakefield City Council refused to guarantee that it wouldn't sell Robertson's name and address to marketing firms or credit reference agencies. [19 Nov 2001]
Is your local authority an e-laggard?
News City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Adur District Council Amber Valley Borough Council Aylesbury Vale District Council Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Bracknell Forest Borough Council Brentwood Borough Council [05 Nov 2000]
IMS announces reverse takeover deal
News Voyager 2000 will also provide IMS with cash for ongoing development of the MAXIMS platform, which is used by hospitals in Cornwall, Wakefield and West Middlesex. Irish healthcare software supplier, IMS, has announced a... [08 Oct 1999]
Government gives go ahead to GP appointment scheme
News The extra money will allow trials to be extended from 24 to 84 medical centres nationwide, including Bath, Birmingham and Wakefield. UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, today announced £20m in extra funding for a computer... [02 Sep 1999]
Maxx installs countrywide UPS system
News The US9001 power protection system is designed to ensure network continuity, linking offices in Milton Keynes, Wakefield and Watford, to the company's stores nationwide. Retail giant, TK Maxx, has installed a UPS... [01 Sep 1999]
3Com users say voice and data convergence will have to wait
News Sheena Wakefield, network support manager at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: "We are planning a converged network but telephony is further down the line. Network managers do not believe data... [14 Apr 1999]
