{"id":133989,"date":"2022-10-25T10:47:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/uk\/?p=133989"},"modified":"2023-09-27T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:09:19","slug":"three-ways-technology-can-help-public-sector-organisations-level-up-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/uk\/2022\/10\/three-ways-technology-can-help-public-sector-organisations-level-up-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Ways Technology Can Help Public Sector Organisations Level Up The UK"},"content":{"rendered":"
An escalating cost of living crisis, rising levels of inflation, and the ongoing pandemic have exposed the vast economic, health and social inequalities across the UK. The North\/South divide has reportedly widened<\/a> as a result, with the cost-of-living crisis having disproportionately affected the UK\u2019s most deprived regions.<\/p>\n The publication of the government\u2019s Levelling Up Whitepaper<\/a> aims to address this need by setting out ambitious plans to narrow the country\u2019s geographical, social and economic inequalities. This has promised to boost productivity, improve access to public services, and raise living standards across the UK – while also placing local leaders at the centre of wider government decision-making.<\/p>\n However, in order for this to be achieved, leaders of local communities must be equipped with the tools, knowledge, and information needed to drive this transformation going forwards. While not a silver-bullet solution, technology could be the answer to creating jobs, enhancing service delivery, and streamlining local authority processes in the months and years ahead.<\/p>\n Driving economic growth beyond the Southeast\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n New research<\/a> from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has shown that automation has the potential to increase productivity across the UK by 15%, particularly in critical services industries such as transportation and healthcare. This could create up to 3.3 million additional jobs across the country, helping to narrow the current North\/South divide.<\/p>\n In fact, a recent study<\/a> has predicted the creation of 365,000 jobs by 2050 due to the transition to net zero, with the Northwest seeing the highest number of new roles in the UK. This growth will also be concentrated in specific sectors, such as the production of electric vehicles and electrical equipment.<\/p>\n Key to achieving this is narrowing the gap between public sector organisations and technology companies \u2013 from multinational corporates, all the way to smaller start-ups. However, despite living in an age of connectivity, technology companies and local decision-makers often work separately from one another.<\/p>\n Business networks can play a crucial role in filling this gap by offering a combination of products, services and platforms for transacting, analysing and optimising the vast swathe of processes needed to function as a business in a modern globalised economy. For example, the 麻豆原创 Business Network can help public sector organisations become a lead coordinator within their region. Local authorities can use these business networks to direct public sector procurement spend, providing local businesses and start-ups with a fully digitalised process that reaches across suppliers, services and providers.<\/p>\n