The Government Digital Service (GDS) has moved to explore plans to combine the Cloudstore and the Digital Services Store into one single public sector marketplace.

The announcement of the planned merger comes after enthusiasm was expressed for a combined service that could capitalise on the two services’ potential.

The announcement on the G-Cloud blog detailed that the government would continue with further research, and that if initial findings provide a correct assessment, then the G-Cloud will move to deliver changes through an alpha build shortly after Easter.

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