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World Population Day 2019

Jul 11, 2019 | 0 Comments

11th July 2019 marks 30 years of observing World Population Day and this got us thinking about how much the world has changed and is still changing. Our population is growing, that isn’t a secret, and the world only has so much space. Our planet is already feeling the...

Prolific North Tech Awards 2019

May 2, 2019 | 0 Comments

We are delighted to announce that the tool we developed, and our ongoing work with Hospice UK has been shortlisted for the Prolific North Tech Awards 2019 in the Best Application of Technology - Health category PopNAT – Hospice UK PopNAT, the Population Needs...

Work Experience with Gavurin

Apr 12, 2019 | 0 Comments

Please sir …. Louis had probably read the newspaper reports - he asked whether he needed permission to go to the toilet. He didn’t. But we didn’t laugh his question off. Work is a disciplined business! Work experience at Gavurin reflects the way WE work but it may not...

From Russia with Love : the Gavurin Story

Jan 29, 2019 | 0 Comments

On my dad's naturalisation papers, it notes that he was born in Riga (now Latvia but then Russia) and known as Samuel 'Gavurin' or 'Gawarin'. He didn't live to see his old name over the door of this business and I'm not entirely sure he'd have been happy to have been...

Life in the City – NEW OFFICES

Jan 11, 2019 | 0 Comments

We’re simple folk. No really, we are. All we want is to do our work in a nice, clean, friendly environment, and not have to deal with a rubbish internet connection. Gavurin has had a few different offices over the years. Starting out in our co-founders back room,...

National Mentoring Day

Oct 27, 2018 | 0 Comments

In honour of National Mentoring Day our Operations Director, Jonathan Graham, wanted to share his story. On October 27th we celebrate National Mentoring Day. Already in my relatively (I like to think) young career I have had benefited from the wisdom of several great...

Crime data and how to use it

Jul 20, 2018 | 0 Comments

A resident of West Bridgford in Nottingham (who happens also to be a non-executive director of our company) sent us a message with a link. His message (about crime data) was "Seen this? Is it good?". This is what he referred to; it's an initiative in Nottinghamshire...

Four Analytics features which distinguish us – and why Gavurin USPs are useful

Apr 19, 2018 | 0 Comments

What makes us different? We're different because we've worked innovatively to address key challenges for users of data. I'll come to Gavurin's USPs - but first, some context. The Cambridge Analytica / Facebook scandal For most of us, the Cambridge Analytica Facebook...

Part 2 – GDPR: A view from a data organisation

Mar 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

This is the second of two pieces based on the GDPR; the first, should be read first, and can be found here. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has published a simple document twelve steps to take now. There is also the much more detailed Guide to the General...