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LRALC AGM (Lovely Bubbly)
2commune sponsored the 2023 LRALC AGM held at the Mountsorrel Memorial Centre on Wednesday 15th November 2023.
It was a well attended, lively event with a busy agenda. There were lots of familiar faces (and some new ones) who visited our stand, it was great to see you all. Our new fully responsive WCAG 2.2 compliant websites for Parish and Town Council websites are proving to be a great hit in Leicestershire... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:42 by Admin Team
Happy 75th to NCALC
We were delighted to attend the Northamptonshire County Association of Local Councils 75th Annual Conference and AGM at the Kettering Conference Centre on Saturday.
Following the official business, Danny Moody @ceo_ncalc did a fascinating presentation on the seventy five year history of NCALC (past, present & future). There were balloons, celebrations and cake over lunch.
It was great to see so many... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 3 Oct 2022 13:30 by Admin Team
Back On Home Ground
We had the pleasure of attending the Leicestershire and Rutland Association Of Local Council's AGM on Saturday, September 17th.
It was great to be out and about in Leicestershire again to see many familiar faces and to meet some new Councillors and Clerks.
The morning started with bacon butties. The formal session started with a minutes silence for the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Afterwards there was a review... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:00 by Admin Team
Sad Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
If you are a 2commune customer and need any help with updating your website then please add a technical support ticket. As you can imagine we are inundated with requests at this time but rest assured that we will help you as soon as we possibly can.
To learn about the Operation London Bridge 'Pop Over' feature please... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 07:43 by Admin Team
Government Announces New Digital Strategy
The new UK Digital Strategy will focus on six key areas and will see the government commit to rolling out 'world class' infrastructure around the country to allow the UK to harness the power of data.
Chris Philp MP, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, (pictured) said: "Digital technology has transformed our lives and will continue to do so. The UK's economic future, jobs, wage levels, prosperity,... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:15 by Admin Team
Get Involved In Your Community
Jackie Weaver (Chief Officer of Cheshire Association of Local Councils), stars in a new video as part of the National Association of Local Councils (NALC) #MakeAChange campaign to get more people involved in their local (parish and town) councils.
You can see the video here.
The campaign encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to get involved with their local council and consider putting... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 11:20 by Admin Team
Another Quality Gold
We're delighted to announce that @CkParish Charlton Kings Parish Council have achieved the Quality Gold Status on the Local Council Award Scheme (LCAS). A big CONGRATULATIONS!
Many of our customers have started their LCAS journey with several already having reached the coveted 'Gold' status.
2commune's website is called UK Local Councils (UKLC) and is designed from the ground up by clerks for clerks.... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 09:15 by Admin Team
ICO Appoints New Information Commissioner
The UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has a new chief executive.
John Edwards starts his five-year term today, having held an equivalent position as Privacy Commissioner in New Zealand for the past eight years. He takes over from Elizabeth Denham, who occupied the position until the end of last year.
The new Information Commissioner starts his job with a full in-tray.... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 6 Jan 2022 13:30 by Admin Team
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Well we've got our tree up at the office and we were starting to get in the festive mood. Unfortunately now we've all been told to work from home again!
It's certainly been another strange year and it could still get stranger. We've missed seeing you all. Hopefully things will be a bit more normal in 2022 and we'll be able to get out and about again but we're not counting on it.
As we head to the end... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:45 by Admin Team
WCAG 2.2 Coming Soon!
Most of you have only just got your websites to comply with the new accessibility regulation. Did you know that there is a new standard on the way?
The second update of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) since 2018 was expected to be published in November 2020, but has since been pushed to summer 2021.
You can find the proposed new success criteria in the Working Draft of Web Content Accessibility... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:00 by Admin Team
