Government

CCS achieves top rating in government Commercial Standards Assessment (CCIAF)

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have secured themselves a "Best" rating in the latest Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework (CCIAF) review, scoring over 90% in a rigorous evaluation of commercial practices across the UK public sector.

Home ownership dream is still alive for UK teens

Two-thirds of UK teens still expect to own a home within the next ten years, according to a new report on the issues facing young people today

The rise of smart boroughs – London’s connected future

Findings from London and Partners found that the capital’s tech firms raised a staggering £2.45 billion and accounted for almost 80% of all UK venture capital tech spending in 2017

Durham County Council and Blaenau Gwent Borough Council launch challenge to transform local authority services

Businesses can apply for funding, provided by the GovTech Catalyst Fund, to develop innovative solutions to capture and analyse real-time data to improve local authority services

The EU: The undisputed global leader in open and fair trade

David Martin MEP, Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament argues that the EU is now the undisputed global leader in open and fair trade

Swindon & Wiltshire’s emerging Local Industrial Strategy

Paddy Bradley Director of Swindon and Wiltshire LEP lifts the lid on the organisation’s emerging Local Industrial Strategy

Digital transformation done right for UK government departments

Peter Miller explains how Visionist helped the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Department for International Trade (DIT) transform their digital capabilities, processes and people.

G20 trade minsters meet to discuss international trade

G20 trade ministers met in Argentina to discuss keeping markets open, addressing economic development and reinvigorating the international trading system.

How will Brexit impact the space sector?

Leyton Wells, ESPI research fellow at the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) explores the issues around the space sector in light of the UK’s Brexit

Digital transformation, collaboration and innovation: Making government work better for everyone

Kevin Cunnington, Director General of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) provides an update on how digital transformation is helping to make government work better for everyone

Deploying technology to bridge the public spending gap

Adrian Fieldhouse, Managing Director for Government at Sopra Steria explores how the deployment of technology can help to bridge the public spending gap

Funding allocated for councils to help rough sleepers

Rough sleepers will receive further support after the government set out plans to fund 83 areas with the highest numbers of people at risk over the next 2 years

The future of copyright law in Europe

Daniel Dalton MEP of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group shares his thoughts on the key issues on the future of copyright law in Europe

Space sector to benefit form multi-million pound investment

UK space sector will benefit from a £92 million investment to design a national alternative to the EU's Galileo satellite system, ensuring UK security post Brexit

UK to invest £8 billion in businesses and infrastructure across Africa

The UK is announcing a range of measures to boost much-needed investment in businesses and infrastructure across Africa, the Prime Minister announced in Cape Town

£1 million to boost diversity of people working in digital and tech jobs

The government has issued a £1 million Digital Skills Innovation Fund which will support underrepresented groups to find roles in the digital and tech sector.

Almost half of government digital spending now goes to SMEs

The latest figures from Digital Marketplace show that almost half of all government digital spending went directly to small and medium-sized enterprises 

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