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Helen Gerling retweeted
What is the point of a Prime Minister whose promises don’t even last a week? #PMQs
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Book a meeting with us today, as we are (for a limited time) providing the opportunity for you to have a discussion with our CTO - completely free of charge! #tech #technology #innovation #businessintelligence #cloud #cloudsecurity #cloudcomputing #Azure #MicrosoftAzure
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Helen Gerling retweeted
.@ShapingCloud are more than just cloud migration and management experts - we are also strategists. Offering consultancy services for your proposed #cloudstrategy, #IAM, #digitalstrategy or #datastrategy. Some say "you can't have it all", but with us you really can.
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According to survey respondents to Time Out, Manchester is the BEST city in the UK and 3rd best in the world! We couldn't agree more, which is why we are based here. 🏙️😄 lnkd.in/e6KtNsPt #manchester #digital #timeout #cityliving #cityofthefuture
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This isn’t what we had in mind for “Together Mode”.
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It's #NationalCakeDay Our staff have had their baking kits, oven gloves and aprons at the ready! What a tremendous effort this year, with our #Cloud theme! Which do you think is best? #employees #cake #baking #teamwork #teamculture #teambonding #funatwork #funactivities
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Helen Gerling retweeted
Today techUK's Local Public Services Committee launches a COVID-19 Local Government response repository curating case studies from local authorities on how they've innovatively responded to the crisis ow.ly/eWkA50BA6yy
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Helen Gerling retweeted
My God. Lebanon economy collapsing and now this massive explosion. Beirut port (and a lot more, from the looks of it) utterly destroyed. Can’t imagine the human toll we are going to see.
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Helen Gerling retweeted
Guest blog: The Greater Manchester Combined Authority Digital team discuss the role of the digital sector in attracting new talent and industry as part of our #PlacedLedInnovation week. techuk.org/insights/opinions…
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Fantastic to see this news today. We knew it was coming, but great to see it wasn't delayed due to #COVID19 Hopefully this helps accelerate adoption of #Cloud and #Digital in #UKGovernment and #NHS. Looking forward to see other cloud providers follow news.microsoft.com/en-gb/202… – at Bala, Wales
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An excellent initiative. Let's all help ensure no one is left behind as education goes digital. #digitaleducation
📣 We are delighted to announce the new Greater Manchester Technology Fund! 💻 The fund will provide learners at risk of digital isolation with 'digital kit bundles' to enable them to continue their learning at home. More 👇 greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/… #GMTechFund #GMDigital
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Tom Carter, our CTO, has been sharing his insights on Powering Digital Platforms with Data at the GCS Connect event in Manchester this evening. Thank you to @GCSRecruitment for putting on such a great event. #digital #cloud #cto #PowerPlatform linkedin.com/posts/shaping-c… – at North West, England
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Helen Gerling retweeted
Looking forward to the launch of our Digital Blueprint on Thursday #GMDigital #DoingDigitalDifferently going to be a big year of enabling Digital Transformation across GM
On Thursday @EliseWilsonStk will help us launch our exciting Digital Blueprint which was approved at the GMCA meeting last week. The 3-year plan builds on our previous strategy and sets out our new ambitions for Greater Manchester #DoingDigitalDifferently
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Helen Gerling retweeted
Discovery launch: How do local authorities make procurement decisions? If you are a local authority we'd love it if you could complete this short survey on understanding local authority procurement process when purchasing a digital service/technology. surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SLPLDKX
#localgov friends & folk, it would be great if you could share & RT this #procurement discovery with your networks. If you'd like to do a face to face interview do get in touch. Thanks in advance!cc @danblundell @nadirahussain44 @martinjf52 @LDN_CDO @maltbyps @maynleow @pdbrewer
Discovery launch: How do local authorities make procurement decisions? If you are a local authority we'd love it if you could complete this short survey on understanding local authority procurement process when purchasing a digital service/technology. surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SLPLDKX
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Another managed cloud service successfully launched this morning - great to see public sector awarding to SMEs in this area, further validating our award of these services on frameworks like SBS: sbs.nhs.uk/news-september-20… #nhs #gov #procurement #SME #publicsector
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Know any amazing #womenintech? Give them a big shout out and the recognition they deserve
Have you nominated any amazing #womenintech for our @WATC_WeAreTech #TechWomen100? Nominations close in under 2 weeks so don't miss your chance to nominate an amazing female - Nominate online here buff.ly/2LPjneA
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Does your council want to help #FixThePlumbing across #localgov? We’re excited to announce that applications to the #LocalDigitalFund are now open to support collaborative digital projects. Find out how to apply here 👉 localdigital.gov.uk/applying…
Share your commitments for a more diverse, fair and equal North for all! 💫 Submit your commitment here: bit.ly/2TPmEQp #NPW #WeCan #NorthWest #NorthEast #Yorkshire
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Helen Gerling retweeted
Technology is fueling @Unilever’s digital transformation. Here's how: msft.social/b9qsd8 #MSInspire

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