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The Chancellor’s Plan for Growth must be matched with a clear innovation strategy

Read the opinion of Ayming UK, who stresses that the Chancellor's growth plans need a clear, long-term innovation strategy.

UK invests £21.5 million into carbon capture technology

Energy Minister Claire Perry has announced that the UK is to lead an international challenge with Saudi Arabia and Mexico to remove carbon from emissions

The Apprenticeship Levy UK government initiative

Ben Rowland from Arch Apprentices provides comment on the apprenticeships levy in the UK

UK Government invests £30 million to tackle antimicrobial resistance

The funding will be used to deliver four new projects as part of the Global AMR Innovation Fund (GAMRIF)

Pupils prepare to sit new gold-standard GCSE exams

To mark the start of exam season, hundreds and thousands of pupils throughout the UK will sit 20 new GCSE exams this week for the first time.

Governments and Open Data Adoption

James Eiloart provides three key considerations for designing systems that will empower citizens to use raw data and turn it into actionable insights, in this article

HMRC warns of tax refund phishing scam

HMRC is asking people to stay alert to a recent email and text scam which has been tricking thousands into handing over their savings

The importance of managing the UK government estate

A spokesperson for the Office of Government Property (OGP) details the importance of managing the government estate and smart working

Modernising welfare payments in the UK

Director of Public Sector at Mastercard, Sam Mazloum explores why modernising welfare payments can be transformative for government and service user – and is not as difficult as it sounds

UK invests millions into Commonwealth Scholarship fund

The UK’s education secretary, Damian Hinds has announced today (20th April), that the Department for Education will invest £5 million to make up the £13.4 million Commonwealth Scholarship fund, which aims to improve the quality of education for many young people throughout the Commonwealth.

Govroam: The Wi-Fi network linking public services

Mark O’Leary from Jisc shares his seasoned opinion on govroam which provides the possibility of “zero-touch” access to Wi-Fi for public sector workers.

Including refugees in national systems: Examples from Ethiopia

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency details the facilitation of refugees in national systems – with interesting examples from Ethiopia

Prostate cancer treatment receives £75m funding boost

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a further £75m in funding for “earlier and faster” diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer, which kills more than 10,000 men each year

Spend recovery services: Get what you pay for – and only pay for what you get

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS), an executive agency sponsored by the UK’s Cabinet Office, reveals their work around spend recovery services

UK heat pump market is growing again

Senior Market Intelligence Analyst at BSRIA’s World Market Intelligence Division, Socrates Christidis looks at the current growth of the UK heat pump market.

Should local authorities take simple steps towards GDPR compliance?

Organisations across the UK could face huge fines if they are found to be non-compliant against new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) which will be enforced from the 25th May.

Central government: you can keep your feet on-premises, but have your head in the public cloud?

It’s no secret that public cloud is becoming an increasingly popular option for enterprises to adopt as a means of storing data in a way that is easily accessible. To encourage the public sector in the U.K. to take the steps required to adopt public cloud, the U.K. government introduced the ‘Cloud First’ policy in 2013; this states that when making technology decisions, all public sector organisations should consider using the public cloud before considering any other options

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