Autumn 2019 Digital Interactions
Here are the latest statistics for our digital interactions in September, October and November 2019. These are the numbers of users for our online services, through our different websites, online forms, and myStaffs app. Please note, blue badge applications are now processed by central government. 1,160 checked on a school closure 15,630 loaned […]
Significant changes to our A-Z lead to auto-populated results
We have made significant improvements to our A-Z listings, using analytics to add missing services and removing services that are no longer needed. The improvements included switching to a system in which all the A-Z files are in one place, and can only be added by administrators. This will remove the need for constant monitoring […]
Switchstaffs supports Get Online as 80,000 benefit from faster broadband
Staffordshire communities are making the switch to superfast broadband thanks to a county council partnership which has enabled 80,000 properties to connect. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are already benefiting from faster speeds thanks to work carried out by the county council’s £32 million Superfast Staffordshire partnership with Openreach and UK Government. The […]
Summer 2019 Digital Interactions
Here are the latest statistics for our digital interactions in June, July and August 2019. These are the numbers of users for our online services, through our different websites, online forms, and myStaffs app. 230 checked on a school closure 15,485 loaned or renewed a library book 5,784 searched for a learning […]
New and improved report it goes live!
As a part of the new council offer and digital journey; we are pleased to announce that our new and improved report it functionality has gone live! We have made a huge visual change to report it, instead of listing the categories we have now added icons for all categories and defects.
Broadband speeds ‘blooming’ for Staffordshire garden designer
A Staffordshire garden designer is praising work to make faster broadband available as a county council partnership programme marks its five-year anniversary. More than 75,000 homes and businesses, including Trevor Stewart’s garden design business, can now benefit from faster speeds thanks to the county council’s £32 million Superfast Staffordshire partnership with Openreach and the government’s […]
New homepage live on Staffordshire.gov.uk
Our website redesign has finished the next phase in the project, with the launch of our new homepage! Featuring photographs of stunning locations from around Staffordshire, visitors to our website will now be greeted with a new large search bar surrounded by the images. In addition, our top tasks has had a makeover, and our newly […]
O365: our emails are now in the cloud!
The Office 365 project is proud to announce that we have successfully migrated 7,000 user and shared mailboxes into the cloud. It has been quite a task, but we continue our journey to move to a fully Smart Working environment. Thank you to all the services involved in the project team to make this happen […]
You can now browse our entire website from one page!
We restructured our entire web content and introduced miller columns across the website so all of our content can now be accessed in three clicks. We understand that our users want to be able to navigate our website quickly and easily so they find what they need and carry on with their day. Miller columns […]
Website homepage: a functionality update
To bring the improved functionality of our new miller column structure to the forefront of our website, our homepage has been redesigned to accommodate the new menu and some additional features. When launching our homepage, whether that be on a computer or mobile device, a citizen will clearly see tabs to view either our most popular services […]
Waste and recycling section upcycled!
Another service area to benefit from an improved web presence is waste and recycling. To achieve a better customer journey within the section, we have implemented a bespoke A-Z listing as well as ensuring all content is covered thoroughly across the section. The waste and recycling section has pages for each of the recycling centres, as well as pages for […]
Spring 2019 Digital Interactions
Here are the latest statistics for our digital interactions in March, April and May 2019. These are the numbers of users for our online services, through our different websites, online forms, and myStaffs app. Our statistics from May may be slightly lower than expected due to our website restructure. 823 checked on a school […]