The Church of England does not operate in the same way as most public sector and private sector organisations, or in …
IT Leaders: LV= CIO Richard Warner on tapping into AI and insurtech
LV=, formerly known as Liverpool Victoria, is one of the UK’s largest insurance companies, with over five million cus…
IT Leaders: Wagamama CIO Richard Tallboy on using tech to remain competitive
In recent weeks, retail chains Toys R Us and Maplin, which had been on UK high streets for many years, have fallen in…
IT Leaders: Manchester Council CIO Bob Brown on providing social value through tech
Manchester City Council’s current ICT strategy, put together by the chief information officer (CIO) Bob Brown and his…
We’re not putting citizen privacy or rights at risk, insists West Yorkshire Police digital chief
The chief inspector of digital policing at West Yorkshire Police, Ian Williams, has insisted that the new biometric t…
IT Leaders: Trainline CTO Mark Holt on predicting prices and journeys using analytics
For several years, Mark Holt, the chief technology officer (CTO) at Europe’s leading independent train and coach tick…
IT Leaders: Metro Bank digital chief Alex Park on biometrics and digitising branches
When Alex Park joined Metro Bank as head of digital 16 months ago, the company was already investing heavily in digit…
IT Leaders: London’s first chief digital officer Theo Blackwell on using citizens’ data to improve public services
Last May, the Mayor of London’s office announced that it was seeking “London’s first ever chief digital officer (CDO)…
IT Leaders: Cindy Fedell, CIO of Bradford NHS Trust on big data, 5G and virtual wards
Within the last 12 months, Cindy Fedell, the CIO of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has seen much o…
House of Fraser CIO Julian Burnett on benefitting from big data in-store
When Julian Burnett joined UK retailer House of Fraser back in October 2015, he was hired to be a chief information o…