Digital Transformation

The Gazette

Quick introductions

Holly Ellis – Business Development Director

Managed the transformation process over 18 months from strategy to go-live

Quick introduction…The Gazette

Published since 1665

Public, legal, financial notices,

honours, awards, military

despatches

Over 200,000 notices each year

Used by businesses, government, citizens

At 31st December 2012…

Successful publications

Served a purpose and served it well

Well known, highly regarded by industry

Changing environment

The Gazettes needed to change to grow and be successful in a

digital age

Our vision

…Easy-to-use services will have simplified processes,

enabling more people and organisations

to benefit from the accuracy, permanence and

authority that recording and sharing information through the

Gazettes provides…

15 months, 40 developers, 100 customers:

Modernised image

Online first

Extensible platform

New market strategies

New commercial models

Customers, users and key stakeholders informed and shaped

change at every stage

Successes

High levels of satisfaction

New relationships

Increased awareness and use

Significant savings

What we learnt…

Take people on the journey with you

Be bold

Fail fast