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Jon Land is the Editor of 24dash.com, the UK's most up-to-date public sector website. After 10 years working as a senior journalist in the regional press, Jon joined bill payment specialists allpay.net in 2005 to establish an Internet news service catering for public sector organisations. Twelve months on and 24dash.com has achieved well over two million page impressions and has established itself as one of the leading websites for social housing and local government news. Jon himself is a judge for The Guardian newspaper's Public Services Awards 2006, the winners of which will be announced at a ceremony in London on December 5.

My Harrogate highlights

So another CIH Harrogate bunfight draws to a close and I for one am absolutely exhausted.
24dash took a different approach this year, rather than standing around being ignored on a ridiculously expensive stand in a half empty exhibition hall, we decided to be proactive and go and talk to people - whether they wanted to […]

June 22nd, 2007 by Jon Land

Welcome to 24dash.com Blogs

Today marks the start of a new era on 24dash.com with the launch of our very own blogging section.
The idea is simple, we want to encourage as many people as possible to have their say about the stories and issues covered on the site.
And this means you, not some self-publicising so-called ‘expert’ who thinks they can write, or a highly […]

May 2nd, 2007 by Jon Land

Why a more consumer friendly approach to debt collection is becoming a necessity

Collecting money and chasing debts is often a difficult and time consuming task in any line of business. In the public sector, it is a challenge faced daily by councils, housing associations and law courts looking to collect a range of payments from taxes and rents to one-off charges and penalty fines.
Now, with the imminent […]

March 22nd, 2007 by Jon Land

Public Sector - Who Cares?

Of all the subjects in all the world to write about on the internet, why on earth did 24dash.com choose the public sector?
Sex - yes, Star Trek - yes, celebrities - yes, crazy Jackass-inspired stunts involving a firework and a squirrel - yes, local government pensions - yawn.
It has been to our astonishment and delight, […]

November 22nd, 2006 by Jon Land