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.
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.
techUK has submitted its response to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) consultation on proposals for heat network zoning in England.
On 22 February 2024, Science Minister Andrew Griffiths visited Harwell Science and Innovation Campus to tour several facilities.
Access our report examining the potential benefits and challenges of data centre heat export in the UK.
Today marks a milestone as we celebrate the third anniversary of the UK-Australia Space Bridge.
The Scottish Government needs to develop a clear national strategy for health and social care to address the pressures on services.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have opened bidding on the G Cloud 14 framework.
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.
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 ...
This report looks at the key budgetary and public service issues for the Scottish Government for the 2024-25 financial year and beyond.
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.
Since 2000, sectors with heavy state intervention have experienced large price rises while competitive markets have experienced price falls.
How much does the Scottish Government spend on higher education, and what challenges does it face on university funding and living cost support?
This week there have been a series of notable changes within the leadership of the Cabinet Office.
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.
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.
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.
A state of the nation report on the UK's social security system concludes with a package of reforms to cut poverty, incentivise work and deliver quick wins to create a modern welfare system.
The Government has published draft legislation to reorganise the railways.
The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is passionate about improving user experience and recognises that external collaboration is key to enabling the Civil Service to run efficiently and effectively. CDDO, NCSC and several government departments partnered with Microsoft to ...
techUK and the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) have collectively and collaboratively been engaging and consulting with the technology sector at a local and national level with the view of improving the market's understanding of the NFCC's DDaT commitments, as well as enabling the formation and delivery of robust and informed strategic and procurement DDaT activities across the UK fire and rescue sector.
The private finance initiative (PFI) was controversial from day one. Ten thousand or so days later it still is, as the first of these 25-30-year contracts for the private sector to finance, design, build and maintain public assets, including hospitals, come to an end.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has launched Measurement for Business (M4B) to give industry access to specialist measurement science and engineering experts and facilities, at no charge, to help your business grow.
As the ERS-2 climate mission starts its burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, our Space Exploration Special Adviser Sue Horne talks about how the mission has spanned her career in space.
