Our Ask from the Next Mayor of West Midlands
As the Mayoral election is approaching, techUK asked the Centre for the New Midlands for their ‘asks' of the winning candidate.
Updated: Wed Apr 10 2024
Digital Transformation in the Public Sector Week 2024
This week (Monday 8 to Friday 12 April) we will be exploring the role the technology industry is playing to support digital transformation in the public sector. #techUKDigitalPS
Updated: Mon Apr 08 2024
Is Bank-verified Digital Identity the Missing Link in Solving Payment Fraud?
In this latest white paper from techUK member OneID®, it points the financial services and payments industry to an effective solution to one of the most pressing challenges in the UK's digital economy. The paper presents an analytical view of the current payment infrastructure, the safeguards in place, how fraudsters circumvent them, and how strong digital identity verification can close the gates to fraudsters
Updated: Mon Apr 08 2024
Kings Fund - With a return to basics, is the spring Budget a game changer for NHS technology?
The spring Budget 2024 announced £3.4 billion funding for NHS technology and transformation to drive productivity improvements and support the NHS Long-term Workforce Plan. The money is earmarked to be provided over a three-year period, starting from April 2025.
Updated: Mon Apr 08 2024
Future Councils Pilot insights: Common challenges to digital transformation in local government
From March to October 2023, we worked closely with 8 pilot councils to identify the most common challenges that consistently block local government digital transformation work. In this blog post, we're excited to share some of the key findings from our pilot report.
Updated: Fri Apr 05 2024
IFS - Takeaways and meal delivery grew by more than 50% during the pandemic and have stayed high thereafter
Before the pandemic, the average adult consumed around 270 calories a week from takeaways.
Updated: Fri Apr 05 2024
A foot in the Digital Front Door: expanding digital thinking in policy-making
In this post, Greg Winfield, Head of User-Centred Policy Design at DLUHC, talks about how adding user-centred design support at the spend control gateway spreads digital thinking across policy-making.
Updated: Thu Apr 04 2024
Passing comets and meteor showers: the UK night sky in April 2024
April is set to showcase the most spectacular displays in the cosmos, from a partial solar eclipse to a glimpse of the Lyrids meteor shower.
Updated: Thu Apr 04 2024
The UK and US Announce a Partnership to Safety Test AI
The Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, The Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Monday 1 April 2024, which will see the US and UK AI Safety Institutes work together to develop tests for advanced AI models.
Updated: Thu Apr 04 2024
techUK launches media partnership agreement with Policing Insight and PolicingTV
techUK is excited to announce a formal partnership agreement with Policing Insight and Policing TV.
Updated: Wed Apr 03 2024
Cabinet Office publishes Carbon Reduction Contract Schedule containing sustainability TCs for public contracts
The Cabinet Office has published a Carbon Reduction Contract Schedule to assist all central government departments, their executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies with integrating sustainability goals into public procurement contracts. The Schedule has been accompanied by a new Procurement Policy Note (PPN 01/24)
Updated: Tue Apr 02 2024
IFS - Favouring the low paid has backfired on the public sector
If we want high quality, highly qualified people delivering public services then we can't let their pay fall relative to what's available elsewhere.
Updated: Tue Apr 02 2024
IPPR - Stop treating transport as a culture war and deliver on peoples priorities, says IPPR
Emerging public attitudes towards transport in modern Britain have been revealed in a new survey, commissioned by IPPR.
Updated: Tue Apr 02 2024
The Kings Fund responds to NHS planning guidance
Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund commented on the 2024/25 priorities and operational planning guidance, published by NHS England
Updated: Tue Apr 02 2024
DSIT announces 16.6m support for semiconductor EVs and GreenTech research
UK Government makes new investment into Semiconductor innovation
Updated: Fri Mar 29 2024
UK Government launches trade negotiations with Turkey - What it means for the tech sector
The UK Government has launched new trade talks with Turkey, in a move which is likely to benefit British tech companies when a Free Trade Agreement is reached.
Updated: Fri Mar 29 2024
Building trust in Digital ID: DSIT commissions public dialogue
The public viewed Identity as a core human right, with trust and accountability key to any successful framework
Updated: Thu Mar 28 2024
New Guidance: Procurement Act 2023 Documents Released
The Cabinet Office has released supportive documents ahead of the anticipated launch of the Procurement Act 2023 this October.
Updated: Thu Mar 28 2024
IEA - Governments Nudge Tactics Undermine Personal Choice, Argues New IEA Book
‘Nudge' policies impose the preferences of politicians onto unsuspecting individuals.
Updated: Wed Mar 27 2024
IPPR - Up to 8 million UK jobs at risk from AI unless government acts, finds IPPR
First of its kind analysis of the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the UK labour market uncovers a distinct sliding doors moment for the UK, with possibilities for huge job disruption in future or significant GDP gains, depending on government policy.
Updated: Wed Mar 27 2024
NetApp guest blog: Its time to plan for AI in UK businesses in 2024
Guest blog by Kirsty Biddiscombe, EMEA Business Lead on AI, Machine Learning & Data Analytics, NetApp
Updated: Wed Mar 27 2024
STFC Hartree Centre signs agreement with Lenovo for new supercomputer
A powerful new supercomputer will help UK industry to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI).
Updated: Wed Mar 27 2024
techUKs evidence to Defence Select Committee inquiry into AI
Evidence submitted to the Commons' Defence Select Committee inquiry on AI capacity and expertise in UK Defence.
Updated: Wed Mar 27 2024
Responsible Technology Adoption Unit RTA publishes Responsible AI in Recruitment Guidance
techUK outlines the key aspects of DSIT's latest guidance on Responsible AI in Recruitment.
Updated: Tue Mar 26 2024
STFC and CERN support environmentally sustainable physics
The Science and Technology Facility Council (STFC) and CERN have signed a new agreement to support the development of more sustainable particle accelerators.
Updated: Tue Mar 26 2024