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Atika’s update #5

It’s been a few weeks since my last update as a few of my team have dipped their toes in the blogging water! If you haven’t read them yet..why not?! Here they are: Pete’s update #1, Su’s first post and…

The DDaT away day!

Hey everyone, I’m David, I would like to start by saying this is my first blog post (ever!) I have been working with Luton Council since August 2023 as part of the outsourced Civica team before transitioning to be part…

Su’s first post

First things first. About me. I’m known as Su (Suchiter was a very difficult name for some to pronounce in my early career), and as of 2nd April will have completed 35 years of Local Government service – all at…

Pete’s update #1

Firstly I’ll introduce myself, I’m Pete Card and I’m the Service Delivery Director at Luton Borough Council looking after the Service Operations within DDaT. I used to head up the Civica team when the service was outsourced but I transferred…

Atika’s update #4

First blog post of the new year! Whilst lots (and lots) of work continues on all fronts mentioned in previous posts, we’re really starting the year with a bit of a reset of our DDaT service. It feels the natural…

Atika’s update #3

My last update of 2024 and the themes are networking and partnerships. There’s no winding down before the Xmas period here, but it’s been nice to step back and look out for a while.  Some exciting first steps were made…

Atika’s update #2

I can’t believe I’m in my third week already! It’s been a whirlwind and feeling like I’ve been here forever, both at the same time. It’s certainly been eventful, last week we were targeted by a phishing scam (credit to…

Atika’s update #1

Hi, I’m Atika and I have just started at Luton Council as the Director of Digital, Data and Technology. Being local to Luton, it’s a role I am passionately ambitious about. As it’s my first week I wanted to start…