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 | | Robin Noble, IT manager at Royal Borough of Kingston said: "This is a major benefit for community groups across the UK, because if they sold tickets through a commercial third party they would have to pay a large transaction fee on every ticket, making it completely uneconomic to use. |
 | | Having proved its value at Royal Borough of Kingston, the first local authority to adopt the solution is Basingstoke and Deane. |
 | | Developed in partnership with Microsoft Gold Partner CIBER UK, Royal Borough of Kingston is making the solution freely available to all other UK local authorities through the Local Authority Open Application Sharing Portal (oas.newham.gov.uk/default.aspx), the UK local government implementation of Microsofts global initiative called the Solutions Sharing Network (SSN). |
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