techUK welcomes Labours life sciences plan
techUK welcomes the announcement of the Labour party's ambitions for their life sciences plan this week.
Updated: Thu Feb 01 2024
The Kings Fund responds to the Labour Partys plans for the UK life sciences sector
Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund, responded to the Labour Party's plans for the UK life sciences sector
Updated: Thu Feb 01 2024
techUK creates new Scale-up Group to support the UK Governments Scale-up Sprint initiative
By identifying over 100 high growth companies within the techUK membership we will work with DSIT to develop business support and policy to scale fast growing UK tech companies.
Updated: Wed Jan 31 2024
The Investigatory Powers Amendment Bill: further changes are still needed to ensure user trust and safety, and to mitiga
As the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill completes its passage in the House of Lords and enters the House of Commons, techUK sets out our members' views on the key areas for improvement.
Updated: Wed Jan 31 2024
Government publishes response to software resilience and security call for views
The government has responded to last Spring's call for views on software resilience and security for businesses and organisations which sought views on: the range of risks linked to software; what was already being done to manage the associated risks; and what further action government would be most effective at taking to drive improvements.
Updated: Tue Jan 30 2024
HMP Highpoint - The Circular Economy of IT Disposal
I was recently fortunate enough to visit HMP Highpoint to see a fully operational 'Prison Industry' digital workshop, where old or end-of-life printers are taken to be dismantled and recycled. HMP Highpoint is a category C training and resettlement prison, ...
Updated: Tue Jan 30 2024
Institutions of Innovation: Innovate UK week 4
Learn more about how Innovate UK and techUK have collaborated on driving innovation.
Updated: Tue Jan 30 2024
Update on UKRI doctoral funding and training
Update on the doctoral focal and landscape awards, core offer and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) doctoral recruitment guidance.
Updated: Tue Jan 30 2024
Changes to the Energy Performance Certificates open data service
The Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) open data service has been improved incrementally over the years. Another round of improvements has been applied in January 2024 and you can read about it in this post.
Updated: Mon Jan 29 2024
The Kings Fund responds to the latest ONS life expectancy data
Veena Raleigh, Senior Fellow at The King's Fund, responds to last week's data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on life expectancy for local areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2001-03 to 2020-22:
Updated: Mon Jan 29 2024
Government launches new AI Opportunity Forum
Yesterday, the Government launched a new AI Opportunity Forum which aims to ramp up adoption of AI in the private sector.
Updated: Fri Jan 26 2024
IFS - The next government will face some of the toughest choices in generations
Our programme of 2024 general election work begins, with the need for parties to be honest about the tough trade-offs they inevitably have to make.
Updated: Fri Jan 26 2024
techUK welcomes government alignment on acceptance of CE Marking
Policy alignment between government departments will reduce costs for businesses
Updated: Fri Jan 26 2024
The Kings Fund responds to the latest NHS workforce data
Sally Warren, Director of Policy at The King's Fund, responded to the latest NHS workforce data
Updated: Fri Jan 26 2024
Our approach to Welsh language content and testing
For the past year, the Modernising Lasting Powers of Attorney (MLPA) team has considered its approach to the Welsh language. Here they share what they've learnt from testing Welsh content, and challenges they need to solve in the run-up to ...
Updated: Thu Jan 25 2024
UK universities enter next-gen international physics experiment
UK universities supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) will advance pioneering research into physics' biggest questions.
Updated: Thu Jan 25 2024
Implementing the Digital Markets Regime: The CMA gives shape to its plans
On Thursday 11 January 2024, the Competition and Markets Authority published their provisional approach to implement the new Digital Markets competition regime. The approach came in response to a Government letter requesting the plan sent on 4 January. techUK welcomed this as an opportunity to provide additional clarity for the regime, which techUK and our members had called for.
Updated: Wed Jan 24 2024
Government calls for views on draft Code of Practice on cyber security governance
New guidelines published to help directors and business leaders boost their resilience against cyber threats.
Updated: Tue Jan 23 2024
IFS - Ethnic diversity of NHS doctors
How does the ethnicity mix of NHS doctors compare with wider populations? How does it differ by seniority, gender, specialty and country of training?
Updated: Tue Jan 23 2024
Institutions of Innovation: Innovate UK week 3
Learn about Innovate UK's long-term vision for the UK and how industry engage to make this a reality.
Updated: Tue Jan 23 2024
JRF - Hardship deepens as millions find the poverty line further out of reach
New analysis in the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) flagship UK Poverty report quantifies for the first time how many thousands of pounds are needed by families to escape poverty - and how that has got worse over time. It is now 20 years and 6 prime ministers since there was a sustained fall in poverty.
Updated: Tue Jan 23 2024
Tech Ethics: Shaping service standards for the future
On 22 March 2023, the Future of Life Institute published a letter calling on AI labs to immediately pause training AI systems that were more powerful than GPT-4. To date, there have been 33,709 signatories. Why? Because of the widespread ...
Updated: Tue Jan 23 2024
IPPR - Revealed: Sickness epidemic creating new wave of economically inactive in bad health blackspots
A stark divide in health and wealth throughout the UK is leaving many ‘bad health blackspots' sicker and poorer than their neighbours, according to the third interim report for the cross-party IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity.
Updated: Mon Jan 22 2024
Tech-driven Transformations: Paving the Way for Industrial Decarbonisation
Addressing the urgency of industrial decarbonisation is crucial, and there is a key role for technology to play. Whether it's enhanced automation to reduce energy waste and improve efficiency in industrial operations, data analytics to help industry monitor and optimise resource use, or innovative technology for the development of low-carbon materials.
Updated: Mon Jan 22 2024
Unlocking Generative AI: A framework for HM Government
The Government's latest framework for the application of generative AI across various government departments aims to establish a unified and responsible approach to the technology's safe, responsible, and effective use in government.
Updated: Mon Jan 22 2024