Never let good news go to waste
Emi Carmichael from the Ruby Waste Services Team tells us about the success of the Defra Waste Exemptions renewal service which was launched in August.
Defra services
Apprenticeships: not so much ‘You’re fired', more ‘You’re hired’
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Dana Gajewska, Software Developer, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Software tools
When people hear the term apprentice some will immediately think of the hit BBC TV reality game show 'The Apprentice’, in which budding entrepreneurs compete for the chance to win a big prize.
The concept of apprenticeships has been around a long time though. And earlier this month Civil Service apprentices up and down the land celebrated National Apprenticeship Week.
Getting out early feels good: meet the Defra team building a new digital service for GB exporters
Ever needed to send some ‘sheepskin to China’, how about ‘horses to Argentina’ or even some ‘greasy wool to Chile’. Perhaps not, but for some companies these niche exports are their core business, and it’s big business.
Long-term flood risk: a user-centred service
To mark Services Week – a focus on the government’s digital activity – we look at the relaunch of the long term flood risk service, designed around the needs of the people who actually use it.
A short film about the waste permits digital service
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Dominic Burton, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
A few weeks ago we posted a blog about how we’ve simplified the waste permits service. We've also made a short film about the agile team working on the service and how they are continually improving it based on feedback from users.
Partnership in Practice
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Ad West, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra Science and Innovation, Defra services, Digital transformation
Read a blog post about the Defra Livestock Information Programme - which is working with industry to transform how we track future livestock movements in the UK.
What we learned about our users when we went fishing in their shoes
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Phil Baird, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Being a Product Manager is about championing the needs of the users of a service. Our team, responsible for the “I want to fish” service (of which buy a rod fishing licence is a part), has got into the habit …
What we've learned about preparing for discovery
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David Thomas, Delivery Manager, Posted on:
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Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation
Over the last year or so, I’ve heard a lot of colleagues in Defra talk about 'pre-discovery'. They mean it as an additional phase of work to be done before discovery, which leads into alpha, beta and then live. My …
Transforming Together
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John Seglias, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra services, Digital transformation, Open data
Some impressions from John Seglias, Defra Group Chief Technology Officer, about last week's Transforming Together event - which was hosted by Defra group
A short film about transformation in farming
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Dominic Burton, Posted on:
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Data Transformation, Defra digital, Defra services
We are transforming how Defra tracks livestock movements in the UK. To illustrate the challenges we went to a livestock market in Ashford, Kent, to speak to some industry representatives about their ideas.