GGP Software Users Win National Awards

Croydon, UK, 21 October 2010 – Users of GGP software were  announced as winners in five out of six categories at a national awards  ceremony.  The 2010 National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG) and  National Street Gazetteer (NSG) Exemplar Awards were presented at a one-day  conference ‘Everything Happens Somewhere’ held on the 20th October at Cutlers’  Hall, Sheffield, UK.

The London Borough of Harrow scooped awards  for their innovative use of technology together with the Financial and Green  Awards, while Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service were rewarded for  organisation wide integration of address records.  Plymouth City Council  meanwhile received the Naming Award having demonstrated two street naming  projects that celebrated and commemorated former residents of the historic port  city.

In addition to the primary award categories users of GGP  software also shone in the performance categories with Tandridge Council awarded  ‘Best in South East’ for the NLPG and Blaby, Blackpool, Eastleigh and Tandridge Councils all achieving ‘Gold Standard’ for their quality and accuracy of their local databases.

“This is the fifth year running that users of GGP  software have demonstrated outstanding performance in these awards and the best  ever - with our customers scooping five out of six of the headline categories,”  commented Tim Maxwell, Managing Director and founder of GGP Systems. “Our users  also performed well in the categories based on data quality and accuracy and we  are proud to continue with our support of customers at the front line of delivering, maintaining and deriving benefit from the both the NLPG and  NSG.”

The 2010 NLPG / NSG Exemplar Awards were designed to  recognise the innovation, effort, commitment and achievement of local  authorities, police and fire involved in the creation, maintenance and  utilisation of these essential information resources. Jointly hosted by  Intelligent Addressing and the Local Government Information House the 2010  awards were presented by Councillor Shaffaq Mohammed, Cabinet Member for  Communities, Sheffield City Council.

GGP Systems specialises in  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and gazetteer management solutions for UK  local authorities, the police, fire and rescue services and social housing  providers.