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New technology

We’re using new technology to help us work smarter, achieve more, automate some processes and improve our customer service.


Granicus to deliver better customer service

To help make it easier for our customers to get in touch and for us to log what people have asked us to do or reported, we have replaced Confirm with Granicus, our customer relationship management system, to record, store and action enquiries.

Granicus is used by many public sector bodies and offers a number of benefits:

  • customers can ‘self-serve’ and review their enquiry, with automated responses helping to reduce requests for updates
  • standard templates for email and letter correspondence for consistency and speed of response
  • a supporting process within the system for enquiries

Alloy asset management system

Making sure we deliver value for money services for our taxpayers is important.

To improve the way we monitor the condition of our assets, including our road and streetlights to target repairs and investment on a priority basis, we've introduced a new system called Alloy.

Alloy is a new smart asset management system for recording and actioning all assets and any works required. It offers our service a number of benefits:

  • a bespoke system developed by our team
  • visual based information using a map for clarity
  • a mobile app to create jobs and check on works across a geographical area
  • interactivity with other systems to provide improved oversight.

The Alloy system will initially include some of the features available in Confirm and we will be looking to add further features over time.