Our visit to CDW’s Logistics and Technical Centre showed us what the future of modern IT operations truly looks like — automated, scalable, and genuinely inspiring
Digital is more than systems and software — and in our next blog, we’re unpacking what it really means at Essex. We’ll explore how Essex Digital Service is evolving, the specialist teams behind it, and how digital is shaping better ways of working and better outcomes for residents
Technology alone doesn’t transform services—people do. Discover why psychology, trust, and culture matter more than code in the age of AI, and how Essex County Council is taking a human-first approach.
Hylands House isn’t just a beautiful setting. In December 2025, it became the backdrop for something important. For one morning, Essex Digital Service came together to pause, reflect, and reconnect after a year of change. 2025 was a big year …
In November 2025, Essex County Council brought together its Technology Services and Service Transformation teams to create a single, modern digital service: Essex Digital Service (EDS). This new service is a big step toward our ambition to be a leading digital …
Something special happens in a small corner of Edinburgh every year. When the comedy fans and culture vultures dissipate after the summer’s festival, a new mob comes to town. Instead of the echoes of laughter and applause, something else fills …
We ran a design sprint over five consecutive days in February 2025. We’ll share the outcomes from the sprint in another blog. Here we’ll be exploring running the sprint itself, what went well and what we’d do differently next time. …
At Essex County Council, we now have several websites on the LocalGov Drupal (LGD) platform. These websites are managed by editors from within their respective services. Some have managed web content before, for others this is a new responsibility. We’re …
What we learned when we changed our web platform's hosting and support arrangements. Why we needed to do this We’ve done a lot of work on our websites since we first started to adopt Local Gov Drupal (LGD) in 2022. …
Have you made any new year’s resolutions? I did. I made one. Go to the gym more? Nope, not that. Drink more water? Nope, should do, but not that either. Make consent forms better? That’s the one. I enlisted the …
Find out how our product managers, Will, Jen, and Sucharitha, fared during their day of discovery, companionship, and unexpected turns at the Local Gov Drupal Unconference.