The BEIS Digital blog is back!
We’re relaunching the BEIS Digital blog.
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Vacancy: Content Designer
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Taking care of business on GOV.UK
People don’t care about our internal processes. They just want to ‘do the thing’ – set up their limited company or register for self-assessment. Here’s how we helped them do that.
Improving guidance for new businesses
We’ve been working on a project to review and improve information for people starting a business. Earlier this year I joined the Government Digital Service (GDS) for a few days to focus on this new content.
Getting the content design community together
In January 2015 we went to the GDS Content Design Conference. This event showed there’s high demand for getting the government content design community together.
What a difference 3 months makes - time out with the BIS digital team
For the past 3 months, I've taken time out from my role in Enterprise Directorate comms to do a keep digital dive of my skills with the BIS digital team.
Improving BIS content published on GOV.UK
Each week we publish or update a wide range of departmental and policy pages on GOV.UK. These include publications, consultations, detailed guidance, statistics, transparency data, and much more.
GOV.UK – why are we still struggling to convince some stakeholders and civil servants?
I am a full supporter of GOV.UK. I love the way content is presented: if you’re a citizen or business coming from Google and wanting a straightforward, well written answer – you get it.
Warming up for transition
Inside Government is now home to 24 ministerial departments and 32 other departments and public bodies. A huge amount of work has gone into this transition, but there's even more still to do.
Using plain English for website content
The Land Registry has recently started helping their staff adopt plain English in anticipation of their move to GOV.UK.