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Autumn GIS training and events

Whatever you hope to achieve this Autumn, we can help you turbocharge your performance… Running effective databases Our PostGIS DBA Essentials course will give you an understanding of the admin tasks required for a PostGIS database. Split over two afternoons on the 7th and 8th of September, it costs just £400. Transitioning to open source…
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Meet the team: Gowthami and Tom

We’re very fortunate at Astun to attract an eclectic group of technical experts, each of whom has had a different open source journey. Even so, we can safely say that our newest Geospatial Full-Stack Consultant, Tom Chadwin, has one of the most mind-boggling CVs we’ve ever received. Highlights include his MA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and…
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A Fair Day’s Pay

At Astun, we love a challenge. Yet, there’s one we refuse to give our employees: the challenge of how to pay their bills.  We believe that our highly talented and committed team deserves to be fairly rewarded for their hard work and we’re happy to do everything we can to ensure this happens, from benchmarking…
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Committed to our climate

At Astun, we take our responsibility to the environment seriously. This #NetZeroWeek, we’re going one step further by signing up for the SME Climate Change Commitment. This encourages SMEs to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by half before 2030 and eradicate them by 2050.  Why it’s important for every SME to go green Emissions from…
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Sharing our expertise

There are many well-kept secrets in the world. Until now, we’d include Astun on the list. However, with a new suite of Data Discoverability tools in the final stages of development, we thought it was time to welcome some marketing experts to our team.  Firstly, who better to help us put Astun centre stage than…
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