Government spends £700 million a year on recruiting and training new teachers, but has missed its recruitment targets for the last four years and it needs to do more to demonstrate how new arrangements are improving the quality of teaching in classrooms, according to the National Audit Office. The NAO found that 53% of the […]
UK small businesses are underestimating the impact a cyber attack could have on their reputation and must take steps to protect it, according to the findings of the Small Business Reputation and the Cyber Risk report, launched by the Government’s Cyber Streetwise campaign and KPMG. Despite the vast majority (93%) of small businesses surveyed thinking […]
The Department for Transport and Great Western Railway (GWR) has announced funding for a new study into improvements to railway infrastructure between London and Devon and Cornwall. The study, which will be carried out by Network Rail and funded and commissioned by GWR, will look at what more can be done to existing track, signalling […]
The MOD has announced a £201 million package to support further design work for the Royal Navy’s next generation of nuclear submarines. The funding will enable BAE Systems to develop the design of the submarine, including the layout of equipment and systems, and to develop manufacturing processes, including the production of early prototypes. The announcement […]
Up to 2,000 jobs are set to be created thanks to a £120m capital investment for infrastructure projects across Wales during 2016-17, Finance and Government Business Minister Jane Hutt announced. Ahead of a debate on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2016-17, the Minister confirmed a range of pan-Wales projects will benefit from the additional capital […]
Greg Clark confirmed an historic settlement for town halls, paving the way for councils to have greater financial freedom from Whitehall, while at the same time responding to calls from local government to make funding adult social care a key priority. The 4-year financial settlement transforms the relationship between central and local government – this […]
Scotland is set to become a “global centre of excellence” in precision medicine, tackling diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis thanks to a £4 million government investment. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced the money on a visit to the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow and heard […]
January was a busy month for BiP’s IT team, as the department continued to develop projects in partnership with Commercial and Marketing, while upgrading the BiP brands. IT’s ongoing brand work includes: Developing Supply to include changes to the registration
The Bid Team are happy to announce that BiP has successfully submitted a bid for the pan-government G-Cloud 7 Framework Agreement for services provided on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis. This Framework is available to central and local government, the
BiP has collected its Employee Engagement Survey, and with a response rate in excess of 70% the survey has enabled human resources to identify those areas of the business deserving of further development and those deserving of celebration. Results show
