Technology

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

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

techUK and National Fire Chiefs Council NFCC Memorandum of Understanding | Digital Data and Technology Portfolio

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.

Updated: Tue Feb 20 2024

Kings Fund - An unhealthy end looms for the private finance initiative

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.

Updated: Mon Feb 19 2024

NPL launches Measurement for Business programme

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.

Updated: Mon Feb 19 2024

Starting and ending my career with the ERS-2 mission

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.

Updated: Mon Feb 19 2024

How our Domains Data Sharing beta aims to reduce domain vulnerabilities

Every organisation has vulnerabilities in its digital infrastructure, including in its Domain Name System (DNS). In the Protecting Public Sector Domains team in the Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) we work to identify and fix those vulnerabilities before our ...

Updated: Fri Feb 16 2024

Super-Sized Space Debris

Astroscale's ADRAS-J mission is set to launch soon. Learn why tackling large items of space debris is so important.

Updated: Thu Feb 15 2024

Six months is not a long time in space

Six months into the role of Deputy CEO, as jobshare with Annelies Look, Chris White-Horne looks back on their time at the UK Space Agency so far.

Updated: Wed Feb 14 2024