Organisations can apply for a share of £4 million to support projects that aim to improve UK ability to tackle drug-resistant infection. Innovate UK has up to £4 million to support projects that advance the UK’s ability to tackle the global problem of antimicrobial resistance. The UK Government has acknowledged the need to for a […]
The Joint Exchequer Committee (JEC) (Wales) met to start discussions about the funding arrangements that will be put in place when new tax powers are devolved to the National Assembly for Wales. Stamp duty land tax and landfill tax will be devolved in 2018 and the Wales Act 2014 also enables the partial devolution of […]
UK is building a stronger relationship with Albania by working side-by-side on NATO exercises and beyond, the Defence Secretary has said. During a two-day visit to the capital Tirana and the mountain training area of Biza, Michael Fallon met Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Defence Minister Mimi Kodheli and witnessed British forces participating in […]
Local people in the Tees Valley receive a multi-million pound cash boost to invest directly in the future of their area. Northern Powerhouse Minister Andrew Percy has announced the transfer of £15 million of government money directly to local people through the region’s ground-breaking devolution deal – the first of payments from a total of […]
The new station proposals, which include a park & ride car park, are designed to provide local residents with a sustainable travel option, as well as catering for additional future demand from the 1,600 new households planned for the Robroyston area. The Scottish Government has committed to meet 50% of the statio’s currently estimated construction […]
The Ministry of Defence is seeking swarms of drones to achieve military advantage, and autonomous systems to assess hazardous scenes. These 2 areas of innovative work have been outlined by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE). It has 2 themed competitions currently open to bidders. One is asking for […]
According to a Home Office report, in 2013 there were estimated to be between 10,000 and 13,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK. Ahead of his keynote on the subject at Procurex Wales, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority’s Head of
A new £4m fund to invest in Wales’ social business sector has been announced by Welsh Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford. The new Social Business Growth Fund, backed by £2.3m of EU funds, will make funding packages of up to £150,000 available to social businesses across Wales. Managed by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA), […]
Some of Britain’s cutting-edge ‘disruptor’ companies and leading academics met with the Chancellor to explore how new technologies are contributing to the UK economy. The event was part of a series of roundtables the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, is having with a cross section of British industries in the lead up to his first Autumn Statement. […]
A groundbreaking partnership between DCMS, GCHQ and the nation’s top tech start-ups to develop new technologies aimed at protecting the UK from cyber attacks has been announced. Wayra UK, part of Telefónica Open Future, has been chosen to run a new cyber accelerator facility with the aim of helping UK start-ups grow and take the […]
