SCC has a strong pedigree and a 40 year history of working with Local Government. We have over 20 framework positions into the sector and have coupled this with our extensive capabilities to trade with over 213 different Local Authorities and Housing Associations in the last two years. We are proud to be one of the top technology suppliers to UK Local Government and Housing Associations.
Local Government budgets are over £110billion which represents more than 10% of all Government spending. Whilst this number seems large as a headline, these budgets are under huge pressure as councils sit on the front line of supporting our communities.
The pandemic has placed Local Government front and centre of National Government response and bought into sharp focus some of the challenges and inequalities facing our communities and citizens.
One of the main areas to help alleviate some of these pressures is found in the greater use of technology. SCC is helping authorities capitalise on the rapid developments over the past few years and many authorities come to SCC because of our strategic capabilities, extensive supply chain ability, deployment expertise and on-going support offerings.
SCC is engaged by many of our authorities as they continue to expand on the rapidly gained capabilities during the period of pandemic to provide hybrid working. Many studies have shown productivity is highest when people choose their place of work. Local Government is facing an acute human capital shortage and they are struggling to back fill an aging workforce. Offering flexible work is essential to attract new talent into the sector.
We use technology to give our clients the ability to transform the ways they work with new agile environments that give people better access to information, systems and data.
It’s SCC’s ability to offer our own inhouse service offerings across Network Management, Security, Hybrid Cloud, Predictive Analytics, Automation and End-User Compute that make us an appealing choice of partner for our Local Government and Housing Association customers.