Is your slow broadband driving you mad? If so, there are some national schemes that could help you increase your speeds. And looking into the future, Dorset is set to benefit from significant financial investment that could help bring gigabit-capable broadband to many of our areas. But what help is out there right now? Apply… Read more Connecting Dorset – a guide to broadband support schemes
If you can’t tell your FTTC from your FTTP but you know your broadband speeds are driving you mad, then you’ve come to the right place. Understanding broadband and internet services can be a gigabit (more on that later) hill to climb. But don’t be mind-boggled by your Mbps, we’re here to help! In this article we bust the jargon and make the broadband and internet… Read more Connecting Dorset – busting the broadband jargon
Project manager Gary Littledyke is helping spearhead an innovative project to test how 5G can boost Dorset’s rural economy while making it a safer place for visitors to enjoy. Led by Dorset Council, the 5G RuralDorset project is run in partnership with major players in the technological industries. Here Gary shines a light on how… Read more Dorset Council – the final piece in Gary’s jigsaw
Sam McLaren started at the council at the very tender of age of 19. In a short five years his career has continued to progress and last year he was runner-up in the Young Digital Leader category in the national Digital Leaders 100 awards. Here Sam’s shares his career journey (so far) with #DigitalDorset I’m… Read more From apprentice to young digital leader
Lockdown has presented many challenges for so many people. For most of us, digital was a great help – we could stay connected online with loved ones, work and school from home and do our shopping and stay in touch with vital public services virtually. But what about the offline community? How could they be… Read more When Christmas came early
Former teacher, Tim Robertson went from teaching in schools to two decades with the life-saving charity the RNLI, when he was made redundant just prior to the Covid pandemic striking. In these most challenging of times, Tim was handed a life buoy and a fantastic career opportunity when he was appointed to help spearhead Dorset… Read more Dorset Council – a life-saving career move for Tim
After surviving two recessions, Dorset businessman Gordon Fong reflects how the global Covid-pandemic has provided the biggest challenge yet in his 20-year career. In this blog Gordon shares his ideas on how digital can not only help with recovery, but also help put Dorset back on the map. Feast your eyes on his ideas. The… Read more Food for thought – how digital could provide a banquet of opportunities for Dorset businesses
Service Manager for Digital Strategy and Design Lisa Trickey began her career journey at Dorset Council as a young apprentice in the early 1990s. She cut her teeth in technology just as digital began to transform the way we all work. Three decades later and Lisa is now leading the latest digital programme set to… Read more Apprentice to digital transformation lead – a three-decade journey at Dorset Council
Dorset Council has just celebrated its second birthday. Over the past year, we’ve demonstrated our flexibility and ability to achieve great things in times of enormous challenge. Now there’s a chance to join us as we extend our transformation capability even further by recruiting to 15 new roles. Here’s some of what we’ve been doing.… Read more Exciting times for Dorset Council – and we’re hiring
When the first lockdown pulled down the shutters on all public-facing services on 23 March 2020 an urgent, and a digital, response was needed. It soon became clear that digital was going to the be solution for most people and services: Public meetings became Zoom meetings; family gatherings were replaced with Facetime; the clinically vulnerable… Read more Rising to the challenges of the Covid pandemic – how Dorset Council helped people get online
