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For 2008 we have also joined in partnership with business information suppliers Bureau van Dijk to increase the amount of information available to include turnover figures, a synopsis of the corporate history and details of their main product line. This information is sourced from Fame a comprehensive database of company accounts, activities, ownership and management structures of 2.6 million UK and Irish companies.
Public sector
Demand for improved services from public sector organisations increases by the day, yet a debate about tax cuts is growing, putting an even tighter squeeze on the resources of those that defend our country or nurse us when we are sick. Public sector IT projects have made mistakes and received attacks from all quarters, but the long term vision will pay off and become part of national life.
1. Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Defence continues to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. Technology is charged with giving troops a competitive edge and also saving time, money and lives.
2. Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
The breakdown in HMRC management control and information security policy led to the biggest data loss in recent history last year, rocking faith in government IT.
5. Department for Work & Pensions
The Department of Work and Pensions manages the £155 billion paid out each year to 26 million UK citizens. This year it had met ambitious efficiency targets.
23. The Metropolitan Police
The Met's annual report said it spends around £300 million on IT and supports some 30,000 desktops that are being upgraded to Windows XP.
27. Home Office
The Home Office has undergone a tremendous organisational shake-up as the next stage of development in the government’s shared services vision to increase accuracy, delivery levels and management capabilities across public functions.
36. Department of Constitutional Affairs
As the government department traditionally responsible for the English and Welsh courts, legal aid and justice system, the Department Constitutional Affairs (DCA) had its remit extended last year to also include probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending that was previously the responsibility of the Home Office.
39. Birmingham City Council
In screen terms Birmngham runs 18,000 desktops, just over 3,000 laptops and 200 Citrix terminals. Recently Service Birmingham received a £52 million contract extension to take over the council’s contact centre operations.
51. Fife Council
New CIO Terry Trundley was initially appointed as interim Head of IT by Chief Executive Ronnie Hinds to report back on how the IT Service could be transformed to meet the new challenges facing local government.
56. Kent County Council
Kent County Council ICT group delivers support across 360 locations. The council has plans for 10 walk in “Gateway” contact centres, two are operational already, which will deliver council services on a “retail basis”. In the last year the council also introduced its Kent Card, an electronic payment card through which citizens pay for social services. Kent set up the payment card system through a deal with the Royal Bank of Scotland.
57. Hampshire County Council
Hampshire continues to use IT as the basis for ambitious business transformation and improved service delivery. The Council was one of the first UK organisations to seriously commit to a thin client architecture some ten years ago.
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