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Business continuity through COVID 19
by Richard Smith February 2020 was much like any other month, except for news of a virus spreading throughout Asia and heading west. It wasn’t the first virus and would not probably be the last. I don’t think that anyone suspected that within four weeks the nation would be in
The Benefits of Training
by Cat Hull Your employees are your greatest resource and investing in their professional training and development may be crucial to keeping them. I believe the saying goes “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.” Richard Branson Staff who feel
How Technology is Evolving in the Utilities Industry
By Rob Marshall Utilities have always invested heavily in technology and digital innovation wanting to be ahead of their competitors and top of the leaderboards however it probably goes un-recognised. There is still a lot of technology to be discovered including IoT (Internet of Things), AI (Artificial Intelligence) and AR
SWS are attending Utility Week Live Online – 24/25/26 November 2020
by Jim Butler At this time when face-to-face contact remains limited, Utility Week Live’s new online event will provide the team from SWS with a unique opportunity to reunite with the UK’s energy, gas and water industries. We would have been at UWL 2020 with our physical stand, so we
Protecting your business and staff with QualifiedFor
by Jim Butler Here at SWS, our tools support a sector that rightly demands high levels of, compliance, health and safety, quality and productivity. , our newly launched smart qualification & skills management tool delivers the assurance that your staff have the proper qualifications and meet current training standards. These
Work management – What’s in your cupboard?
The same is true of a Works Management System. At SWS Group we’ve often used the phrase “the system is like a cupboard – you can only get out what you put into it”. What we mean by that, is that if you want to bake the best chocolate brownies
ISO 27001
by Jim Butler SWS are delighted and proud to announce that we are now certified to the ISO 27001 information security standards. The ISO 27001 standard provides the framework for an effective Information Security Management System (ISMS). It sets out the policies and procedures needed to protect our and our clients’ organisations
Lockdown Capabilities
by Jim Butler One of our clients’, is a joint venture contractor working for a water utility providing water and sewerage network repairs and maintenance. They recently discussed with us how they were able to react rapidly and efficiently to continue to provide their services and reports effectively to their
COVID 19 & SWS Group Ltd
by Jim Butler The COVID 19 (Coronavirus) pandemic is creating unprecedented and mounting challenges for UK businesses, households and organisations seeking to maintain our vital public services. SWS Group are a leading builder and supplier of utility works management software that supports our clients in their repair, maintenance and installation
Streamlining the logistics process
by Jim Butler Modern business is in a state of continuous transformation. Perhaps none more so than modern logistics and supply chain environments. This transformation applies across the whole enterprise, it starts from the core and expands across all functions to deliver more refined, rapid and accurate logistics procedures and