Drupal specialists Invuse & Annertech partner to drive LocalGov Drupal, saving UK councils hundreds of thousands in development costs

Invuse and Annertech have been working with local councils across the United Kingdom and Ireland for over 8 years.

We provide Drupal development, user research, and digital accessibility services.

In 2020, the organisations partnered to bring together their years of experience to promote the open-source (Drupal) development of websites. Together, they work with organisations across the public sector, to help them understand the changing dynamic of their end user requirements.

Both parties are leading Drupal specialists with some of the brightest minds in the community; supporting Drupal’s growth across Europe. With over 5,000 commits, the companies are responsible for in excess of 60 contributed projects on drupal.org.

Invuse and Annertech are heavily involved in the LocalGov Drupal initiative. This has been commissioned by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities to create a Drupal best-of-breed website that councils across the UK can easily adopt and use with minimal costs attached. Customers that migrate to the LocalGov Drupal distribution will benefit from over £500k of investment that has gone into the creation of the service, plus future updates are provided at no additional cost.

The initiative has already seen 22 councils migrate to the website template that has been designed, developed and tested with local authorities and their end users.

"Our partnership is an exciting move for both parties, and we’re delighted with the distribution of LocalGov Drupal so far. Councils have gained a highly accessible and GDS compliant website, making it easier and faster for residents to complete tasks such as pay council tax and organise appointments with social care workers. We are looking forward to collaborating to build and deliver a roadmap that focuses on further evolving council websites to make it easier for residents to find what they're looking for on the website. The next steps are to create an intuitive UX and Information Architecture that focuses on promoting key user journeys on the website, so that activities can be completed easily without the need to call a council’s helpdesk."
Jamie Garrett
Managing Director, Invuse

Transforming council website experiences:​

The Redcar & Cleveland Council story​

Invuse were tasked with the re-thinking, re-design, and redevelopment of the Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council (RCBC) website. To accomplish this, LocalGov Drupal (LGD) became crucial to the success of creating a better experience to help their residents find the information they need quickly and efficiently.

"We are delighted to be teaming up with Invuse to meet the needs of UK councils based on the LocalGov Drupal distribution. We bring over 13 years’ experience of working with local councils in Ireland and have been at the forefront of code sharing between Irish councils over the last five years. We believe with our in-depth technical knowledge of Drupal – and our involvement in the LocalGov Drupal project as a whole – coupled with Invuse's expertise in accessibility and usability, that we offer a compelling solution to local councils in the UK"
Stella Power
Stella Power
Managing Director, Annertech

About Invuse:

Invuse has worked with both local and central government over the last 8 years. The organisation specialises in designing, developing and deploying industry-leading digital services with user needs at the core whilst aligned to GDS service and design expectations.

About Annertech:
Annertech is Ireland’s leading Drupal agency. Since 2008, Annertech has worked closely with some of the largest local councils in Ireland, designing and developing Drupal web services that focus on helping organisations meet end-user requirements and business objectives and powering services for thousands of residents.

Find out more about LocalGov Drupal

Find out more about LocalGov Drupal