Overview of why web designers need to be using ems rather than points.

Local Government 3.0: How councils can respond to the new web agenda
How the internet is transforming public services, the internet and local sustainability, how can social networking site help engage young people in democratic activity.

The Audit Commission is an independent watchdog, driving economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local public services to deliver better outcomes for everyone.

UK online retail will hit €40 billion by 2014 and the number of online shoppers in Britain will increase from 31 million to 40 million in that time.

• 48 percent of UK consumers use the Net to make a monthly online purchase – that’s the highest number in Europe, with the European average being 32 percent.

• Leading UK retailers like Argos and Next Retail have integrated their channels in search of a seamless cross-channel customer experience to help drive substantial sales growth.

Internet usage

‘There has been growth in Internet access by all age groups. Althought the youngest age group (those aged 16-24) had the highest levels of access, at 96% the largest increase in the proportion of those accessing the Internet was the oldest age group (65 plus). Access by those aged 65 plus increased proportionally by 15 per cent, compared with an increase of 3 per cent for the 16-24 age group.’

Internet Access Households and Individuals 2009 – http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/iahi0809.pdf

free fonts as it says on the tn

Useful site for checking memory requirements.

The e-GMS is the UK e-Government Metadata Standard. It is an application profile of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set.

The e-GMS defines how UK public sector bodies should label content such as web pages and documents in order to make such information more easily managed, found and shared.

The metadata standard consists of mandatory, recommended and optional metadata elements such as title, date created and description.

1. Creator
2. Date
3. Subject Category
4. Title
5. Accessibility (if applicable)
6. Identifier (if applicable)
7. Publisher (if applicable)
8. Coverage (recommended only)
9. Language (recommended only)

Interesting navigation – pulling together key content – e.g Things to do and see

Nice use of Latest news and What's on

local government site – example of use of social networking tools and FixMyStreet

useful set of wireframing tools