Making public data pretty with custom CSS
I’ve alluded a few times on this blog to the exceptional flexibility we’ve built into our shared website platform at BIS. It’s something I’m fiercely proud of and which bears repeating – and in that spirit I thought I’d share the latest example: the new BIS data store which went live on Friday alongside this [...]
British Hallmarking joins BIS web platform
I just can’t resist blogging these before and after shots. The British Hallmarking Council website relaunched yesterday on the Department for Business platform which – as I am intent on banging on about – was designed by my team as a shared service for BIS and all its partner bodies. Here’s what their website looked [...]
Under construction: behind the scenes of a government website (soft) launch
Website launches aren’t what they used to be. Back in the day, the birth or re-birth of a website would be heralded with a big ‘welcome’ story on the homepage, a press release, a section gushing about its new and improved features (probably none of which anyone had said they wanted) and – if you [...]
Found/interesting: 9 Nov to 24 Dec
I haven’t done one of these bookmark posts in a while, and I’m some way off posting anything new here. So here’s a look at what I found interesting enough to bookmark recently. The state of the UK gov blogosphere – Great post by Dave Briggs. Why websites matter less and less – “Summary: Our [...]
Carbon reduction begins at my home
When I watched that Al Gore film, I came away full of good intentions about changing my ways and my lightbulbs - then promptly did neither. But recently Croydon Council sent round an enthusiastic man with terrible B.O. to do a home energy review, and kitted me out with a load of cool energy saving [...]
Hello, I'm Neil Williams. I'm a government web geek, a dad, a husband, a grower of veg, a keeper of hens and a lapsed comedy writer, roughly in that order. 
