South Ribble and Chorley BCs have begun to use shared finance software in a step towards a possible shared service for neighbouring councils
A north western county council will take a number of its ICT functions in-house after its outsourcing contract with Capita ends next year
Two county councils have announced that they will share back office services including IT and human resources
A group of police forces have carried out a shared procurement of data quality software
A sixth form college has struck an ICT deal that hooks up with the local authority's Building Schools for the Future programme
The joint venture company between three south west public sector organisations and IBM would like other members, says its procurement chief
Office of Government Commerce chief Nigel Smith has told SmartGov Live that government will be mandated to use interoperable shared services
Suffolk CC has set up an online social networking forum for its staff and partner organisations
Westminster City Council is planning a £20m social care software framework which could be used by other London boroughs and the NHS
A report commissioned for the Welsh government says that collaborative working and shared services could make savings on its education budget
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