The procurement we have running currently to find a digital agency to help us is well underway, and we’ve already had a batch of questions that have been answered via the Digital Marketplace for everyone to see. Today we also held a supplier Q&A session to answer questions in person via Google Hangout.

Today saw the Local Digital Kick-off workshop at Code Node in London, an event that brought together all the 16 projects funded from the first phase of the Local Digital Fund, and for some (like us) gave the first opportunity to meet in person to talk about the project in detail.

Yesterday we published a Digital Outcomes and Specialists opportunity to find the perfect Digital Agency to work with us on this project. You can read it here.

We’re delighted to announce the success of our application to the Local Digital Fund for an exemplar project looking into the use of chatbots and artificial intelligence to solve service design problems.