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Infrastructure improvements will give the productivity boost the UK needs to compete on an international level says CBI

The Prime Minister has announced there will be a snap general election on the 8th of June Following an announcement this morning, the PM declared that Britain needs certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum. The shock announcement is a u-turn for the Prime Minister who had previously said...

How can your business prepare for changes to GDPR? Liz Fitzsimons, Partner, Privacy and Information Law, Eversheds Sutherland (International) explains

Malcolm Hynd, External Affairs Manager, UKAS, considers how accreditation will assume greater significance for trade after the UK withdraws from the EU

In these challenging times the public sector needs courageous, innovative and diverse leaders, says Martin Tucker, Chief Executive at GatenbySanderson

Theresa May has signed the documentation to begin the process of withdrawing from the EU. Open Access Government discusses what this could mean for the UK

In a speech, EU Commissioner for Culture, Tibor Navracsics shares how European Capitals of Culture are a driver for social and economic change

Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP and EPP Coordinator for the Committee on Regional Development (REGI), shares a new approach for raising awareness of EU added value In September 2016, the EPP Group Conference in Bucharest was a unique opportunity to reflect upon the future of cohesion policy and the European Structural...

Michael Gaebel, Director of Higher Education Policy at the European University Association, highlights the upcoming European Commission Erasmus+ review The European Commission’s Erasmus+ Programme is of major importance for European higher education institutions. Like its predecessors, it provides funding for international staff and student mobility, inter-university cooperation, and wider engagement...

As the EU brings in tighter data controls and the UK passes the Investigatory Powers Bill, iStorage considers opportunities and risks around data protection The increase in data theft is definitely on the rise and there are more and more reports daily of criminals taking advantage of unsecured data. Whilst...

The case for Cohesion Policy beyond 2020 in creating a better Europe, according to the President of the European Committee of the Regions, Markku Markkula These are testing times for Europe. The worst of the economic crisis may have passed, but the economies of many regions are still far too...

HR managers need to focus on talent management and promoting the public sector as an attractive place to work, writes Sue Evans, President of the PPMA As the public sector takes on a new shape against the backdrop of perma-austerity and a post-Brexit Britain, people managers have a critical role...

Rob Anderson, analyst in the public sector team at GlobalData, predicts a buoyant market for public sector ICT this year and in the longer term In a post-referendum, pre-Brexit world of economic uncertainty, what are the prospects for public sector suppliers in 2017? Theresa May and Phillip Hammond may have...

MPs voted yesterday in favour of beginning the formal Brexit process, amidst a wave of shadow cabinet resignations over Labour’s line on the Article 50 vote The government is today set to publish a white paper on its Brexit negotiating priorities, following a Commons vote yesterday evening in favour of...

Dr Julian Francis, Director of Policy and External Affairs, ACE, discusses the government’s new Industrial Strategy and economic roadmap

The Supreme Court has now ruled that Parliament must give Article 50 go-ahead before the process of leaving the EU can begin Today’s ruling means that the government cannot start the process of the UK leaving the EU until MPs and peers of Parliament give the go-ahead to trigger Article...

Theresa May is to set out her flagship Modern Industrial Strategy today, the policy which sits at the core of her government’s vision for post-Brexit Britain The Prime Minister is using her first regional Cabinet meeting today to launch a new, more interventionist industrial strategy aimed at bridging the productivity...

Downing Street confirms that Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK’s top diplomat in the European Union, has resigned just months before Brexit negotiations are due to start The Financial Times reported this lunchtime that Sir Ivan Rogers, the UK’s ambassador to the European Union, has unexpectedly resigned just a few short...

Switzerland’s Horizon 2020 associated country status will be reinstated following the resolution of a dispute over the free movement of people with the EU Researchers in Switzerland will once again have equal access to the Horizon 2020 funding programme from 1 January 2017, the European Commission has revealed. Since September 2014,...

The UK space industry continues to experience strong growth, according to a recent survey commissioned by the UK Space Agency According to the report produced by London Economics, the UK space industry is now worth £13.7 billion to the UK economy and confidence amongst business is high. The report, the ‘Size and...