05 July 2023

Jadu has partnered with CGI and the City of Edinburgh Council to develop Jadu Central Gateway, a new intranet publishing platform that provides secure access to the council’s intranet to frontline workers.

The platform addresses an issue faced by frontline employees who don’t have regular access to the council’s intranet, which limits their ability to access important internal communications, policies, guidance, and support, as well as information on pay, benefits, and wellbeing initiatives.

“This platform will provide access to a host of support documentation and guidance to all of our previously digitally excluded frontline employees. By creating a secure gateway to the intranet, Jadu Central Gateway ensures that all colleagues have access to the same information at the same time and is a significant step in our digital and accessibility ambitions. The platform reinforces our commitments to engagement and empowerment of colleagues, and to continue transforming services,” said Cammie Day, council leader of The City of Edinburgh Council.

The Jadu Central Gateway platform also supports the Scottish government’s ‘A changing nation: how Scotland will thrive in a digital world’ strategy, including the ‘No-one Left Behind’ theme, focusing on digital inclusion, accessibility and participation.

“This is an important project that will allow us to provide all frontline workers with secure access to important information and services. Jadu Central Gateway will provide employees with access to information they need to do their jobs more effectively and is a great example of how Edinburgh is leading digital innovation that can support their employees,” said Tara McGeehan, president, CGI in the UK and Australia.

“We’re solving a real problem for large organisations with a distributed workforce. What happens when frontline workers, contractors and remote teams cannot access internal policies and digital services, because they do not have a corporate email address?” asks said Suraj Kika, CEO of Jadu.

“Jadu Central Gateway solves this by enabling secure access to important content and digital services critical to supporting these roles. We’re thrilled to be partnering with CGI to deliver this important initiative for the City of Edinburgh Council,” outlines Kika.