LocalGov Drupal
LocalGov Drupal is the CMS of choice for 50+ councils across the UK and Ireland. Several of those councils have placed their trust in Annertech to deliver LocalGov Drupal solutions, like Essex County Council, London Borough of Haringey, Redcar and Cleveland, Tipperary County Council, Carlow County Council, and many others.
Why councils trust Annertech
1. Pioneers of LocalGov Drupal in Ireland – Annertech introduced LocalGov Drupal to the Irish market, with Tipperary County Council leading the way as the first adopter.
2. Deep experience and long-term involvement – We’ve been involved with LocalGov Drupal since its Beta phase. Our team has played a key role in major initiatives, including rewriting the front end of the LGD distribution and leading the microsites project to extend LGD's functionality across complex council structures.
3. Proven track record with councils – We have worked with more than 10 LocalGov Drupal council clients in the UK and Ireland.
4. Dedicated support at scale – Annertech operates with a ring-fenced team of 15 support engineers who exclusively manage CMS upgrades, security patches, performance tuning and continuous improvement workflows
5. High-availability hosting, built for Drupal – Our hosting stack is Drupal-primed and resilient, ensuring high availability so your website remains fast, secure, and always online.
We always knew that we wanted to put the user first and our services front and centre with our new website. We hadn’t realised how easy LocalGov Drupal would make that process. The Annertech team took the excellent foundation laid by LocalGov Drupal, created an absolutely beautiful design for us, and custom built some really great features. We are blown away by our amazing, easy-to-use website.
– Martina Loughnane, Carlow County Council Broadband/Digital Officer
Why LocalGov Drupal works for councils
1. Built by councils for councils - LocalGov Drupal is a reliable, tried-and-tested platform developed collaboratively by UK and Irish councils, built on shared challenges and real-world needs.
2. Faster, less resource-intensive rollouts - Councils can significantly reduce time and effort by building on what’s already been developed and validated.
3. Accessibility and compliance by design - LocalGov Drupal is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant, ensuring inclusive and accessible digital services. It also eases compliance with Government Digital Service (GDS) standards, reducing the burden on in-house teams.
4. Cost-effective and open source - Councils using LocalGov Drupal report up to 80% cost savings. As an open-source Drupal-based platform, it comes with no licence fees, making it budget-friendly without compromising quality.
5. Secure and continuously improved - LocalGov Drupal is actively maintained and updated with the latest security patches and community-driven enhancements, giving councils peace of mind.
Get in touch
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Case study
Haringey Council’s residents love their LocalGov Drupal website, which puts the users first and ensures that their needs are met.
Now:
- Key user journeys are quicker
- The site scored 100 for accessibility
- The site is seamlessly integrated with platforms offering user logins, council data, news and course information
The expertise of the Annertech team (and Mike King in particular) was invaluable to the success of this project, and their ability to identify and solve any challenges quickly meant that the entire project was streamlined and very easy to manage. Would highly recommend to anyone considering a new Local Gov or Drupal website.”
– Paul Barnett, Digital Content and Development Manager, London Borough of Haringey Council
LocalGov Drupal Microsites Platform
The LGD Microsites Platform makes it so easy to run an entire group of sites on one platform. Although it's also developed by the LocalGov Drupal team the LGD Microsites Platform is an independent offering that can be used by any organisation (council, university, corporation, etc) that needs to manage a host of sites.
