Blog

  • Introducing Adam

    Hi, I’m Adam and I’m the even newer developer on the team at dxw! I first found out about dxw in the middle of 2013 when they offered to sponsor an event I organised for the web community. Since then I’ve kept in touch with some of the team (old and new) and have become…

  • Introducing Leanne

    Who am I? Hi, I’m Leanne. I joined the dxw team a few weeks ago as the office administrator. I have come from a varied background of working for Lloyds TSB (when that was still a thing), Sage Software up in Newcastle (where the football is sad) and 6 years working for a fitness company as…

  • The Digital Services Framework: not quite buried, but certainly seems dead

    The Digital Marketplace team have just published their June update, and it’s a biggie. It covers lots of ground. Digital Services 1 and 2 look set to continue as they are, but there are several major announcements about progress on Digital Services 3. I say Digital Services 3, but it sounds a lot like that’s a framework…

  • A vision for Digital Services 3

    A vision for Digital Services 3: building on the lessons of G-Cloud and abandoning some of our old assumptions.

  • Hello World – I’m Nina..

    ..and I’m the newest developer working for dxw. I love the idea of helping to improve public services. After doing a masters degree in contemporary history and political science I worked for NGOs in Switzerland and abroad. These experiences made me realise how important a careful balance between public and private sector is. In the…

  • Sales as a useful service

    I’ve always struggled to get to grips with the way dxw should best organise and manage its sales. Of course, the sales function is vital for any company to successfully win business. But I’m very conscious of the fact that the sales approaches pursued by many companies do not necessarily lead to good outcomes or…