Applying user-centred design in a data-focused product
We use a recent discovery to demonstrate how our user-centred designers work alongside other technical professions to build a complex data-driven product.
Updated: Thu Feb 29 2024
Shadow Defence Secretary announces Labours pledges to reform UK Defence
Speaking at the Policy Exchange yesterday, in a keynote address the Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey outlined a series of reforms Labour would make to the Ministry of Defence should it form a government after the general election.
Updated: Thu Feb 29 2024
UK Government release new guide for telecoms RDI funding and opportunities
What better a location or occasion than Mobile World Congress to launch a brand new guide outlining the UK government's research, development and innovation funding and opportunities?
Updated: Thu Feb 29 2024
Adam Smith Institute Launches the Next Generation Centre
Leading UK think-tank will tonight launch a new policy initiative aimed at increasing economic opportunities for Britain's young people
Updated: Wed Feb 28 2024
IEA - A tax on e-cigarettes is a tax on smoking cessation
Christopher Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs Comments on reports that the Chancellor is considering a tax on e-cigarette liquid in the upcoming budget
Updated: Wed Feb 28 2024
IFS - The context for the March 2024 Budget
How might the outlook for the public finances change and how should the Chancellor's tax and spending plans change in response in the Budget?
Updated: Wed Feb 28 2024
Spring Budget 2024: techUK members will be watching for progress on the Governments science and tech ambitions
At the Budget the Chancellor is expected to prioritise tax cuts for the public, however techUK members will still want to see progress on the Government's science and tech ambitions.
Updated: Wed Feb 28 2024
techUK response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Consultation on Climate Change Agreements CCA new Sch
techUK with the help of SLR Consulting, responded to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's (DESNZ) consultation on the new Climate Change Agreements (CCA) scheme - on behalf of our data centre sector members.
Updated: Wed Feb 28 2024
UK Government release guide for telecoms research, development and innovation funding and opportunities
Yesterday, 27 February, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's (DSIT) Digital Infrastructure team released a telecoms research, development and innovation current funding and opportunities at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. techUK's Head of Telecoms and Spectrum Policy is on the ground at MWC and saw Minister Lopez make the announcement this morning.
Updated: Wed Feb 28 2024
techUK responds to Governments proposals for heat network zoning
techUK has submitted its response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) consultation on proposals for heat network zoning in England.
Updated: Tue Feb 27 2024
Science minister visits STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
On 22 February 2024, Science Minister Andrew Griffiths visited Harwell Science and Innovation Campus to tour several facilities.
Updated: Mon Feb 26 2024
Warming Up to Efficiency: Understanding the Potential Benefits and Pitfalls of Data Centre Heat Export in the UK
Access our report examining the potential benefits and challenges of data centre heat export in the UK.
Updated: Mon Feb 26 2024
Celebrating three years of the UK-Australia Space Bridge
Today marks a milestone as we celebrate the third anniversary of the UK-Australia Space Bridge.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
Clear vision needed for health and social care
The Scottish Government needs to develop a clear national strategy for health and social care to address the pressures on services.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
G Cloud-14 Framework Publication
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have opened bidding on the G Cloud 14 framework.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
techUK is attending WTOs 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi
techUK is pleased to share that Sabina Ciofu, techUK's Associate Director for International Policy and Trade, will be attending the World Trade Organization's 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi from 26 to 29 February 2024.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
The Evolution of Communication: MoJ Voice Services
A Look Back In Time Alexander Graham Bell's 1876 telephone call marked a milestone in communication, pioneering the ability to converse over long distances using electricity. Fast forward 122 years to 1998 and my first IT job, and a desk ...
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
The IFS Scottish Budget Report 202425
This report looks at the key budgetary and public service issues for the Scottish Government for the 2024-25 financial year and beyond.
Updated: Fri Feb 23 2024
Demos - New statistics confirm that the pandemic has had a sustained negative impact on employment in the UK heres how
This week the ONS published new statistics about employment and jobs in the UK - the first time for a number of months due to problems with survey response rates. With the appropriate caveats that the figures are estimates based on survey data - and therefore, as always, they come with a margin of error - here's what we learnt from the new statistics, and some of the implications for policy makers.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
IEA - Red tape has fuelled the cost of living crisis, argues new IEA paper
Since 2000, sectors with heavy state intervention have experienced large price rises while competitive markets have experienced price falls.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
IFS - Scottish Government boosts support for students living costs, but further cuts funding for universities to teach t
How much does the Scottish Government spend on higher education, and what challenges does it face on university funding and living cost support?
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
Leadership Changes in the Cabinet Office
This week there have been a series of notable changes within the leadership of the Cabinet Office.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
Project Gigabit update announces funding for Future Telecoms commercialisation
The government has today, 22 February, announced that more than one million homes, businesses, and public buildings can now access gigabit-capable broadband as the UK Government makes progress with its publicly-funded rollout. Further support has also been announced including £70m of funding for Future Telecoms and boosting satellite connectivity.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
techUK launches new Innovation at the Edge series call for contributions
This year techUK is launching a new monthly insight series - Innovation at the Edge - highlighting exciting uses for edge computing in sectors as diverse as manufacturing, transport, energy and utilities, healthcare, agriculture, retail, and the public sector.
Updated: Thu Feb 22 2024
IFS - January usually sees the government run an overall surplus, as this is the month when a large chunk of self-assess
Today's ONS government borrowing figures suggest that the public sector ran a surplus of £16.7 billion in January. This is much bigger than the £7.5 billion surplus it ran in January 2023, and is the biggest January surplus on record.
Updated: Wed Feb 21 2024