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DON’T STOP ME NOW – Queen music is the Nation’s top feel good tune
A YouGov poll shows that Queen’s Don’t Stop Me Now is the nation’s favourite feel-good song with nearly two fifths of people (39%) selecting it, making it the UK’s number one uplifting tune. The poll being published today by Samaritans coincides with the launch of their new fundraising day, Feel Good Friday. People chose their favourite feel good songs from a list of 40 popular tunes. After Queen, the top five feel-good songs were: Abba’s Dancing Queen (31%), The Monkees’ Daydream Believer (25%), Katrina and the Waves’ Walking on Sunshine (23.35%) and I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor (23.28%).... More »
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Are you interested in improving your CV for free in your own time? Leading e-learning provider vision2learn is offering you the opportunity to study online for a range of nationally recognised qualifications.... More »
Council staff reject government’s latest pension plan proposal
Another group of public sector workers has rejected the government's plans to change their pension scheme. Leaders of the Unite trade union have rejected changes to the local government pension scheme. ... More »
ADSO 2011 Conference Pictures
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How CMIS is helping Warwickshire County Council save £10,000 per month
The business process used to make policy decisions at Warwickshire County Council has been greatly improved thanks to CMIS Democratic Services software and a close working relationship between the council and the software provider, Astech Consultants Ltd. As part of its on-going pursuit of good governance, in 2010 Warwickshire County Council undertook a review to find out if the council was making the best possible use of ICT. The project was led by the council’s Democratic Services Team in a programme of radical improvements to the decision making process aimed at achieving greater speed, consistency, accessibility and efficiency.... More »