Councils receive hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding to support digital transformation schemes aimed at improving local services. The Local Government Association (LGA) is giving £560,000 to 34 English councils in order to help them develop digital solutions to a number of issues, including support for troubled families, health and social care integration and […]
A new £25 million Welsh Government fund will provide ambitious Welsh managers and management teams with the funding they need to buy established Welsh small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) when their current owners retire or sell up. Launched by Economy Minister Edwina Hart, the Wales Management Succession Fund aims to help 20 Welsh SMEs create […]
Businesses are invited to apply for a share of £9 million from the Energy Catalyst for innovative projects that solve industry challenges. Round 4 of the Energy Catalyst funding competition is now open. Innovative businesses and researchers from any sector can apply for a share of £9 million. Proposed projects should address the three major […]
UKTI’s global commercial partner, Lloyds Banking Group, pledges to help 25,000 new exporters by 2020. This is part of a wider effort to support small and medium sized enterprises (SME) across the country. The announcement is part of the Lloyds SME Charter. The pledge will contribute towards the government’s own target of having 100,000 more […]
Education Minister, Huw Lewis has approved over £20m for a brand new school in the east of Cardiff as part of the Welsh Government’s 21st Century Schools programme. The new school building is one of a number of projects being progressed under Cardiff Council’s overall 21st Century Schools Plan. It will be located in the […]
The Business Secretary outlines details of an exemption for the steel sector and other energy intensive industries for energy costs relief. The government has published a consultation on introducing an exemption for Energy Intensive Industries (EIIs), such as the steel industry, from renewable electricity costs – in a move that could save the steel industry […]
Agilisys has signed a contract with CGI to deliver services as part of CGI’s contract with Scottish Borders Council, supporting the Council’s digital transformation programme. The new partnership is set to create 200 new jobs and inject over £100m into the local economy. This announcement follows CGI’s contract signing with the City of Edinburgh Council […]
The Government has pledged that British steel companies will be able to compete on a level playing field for contracts across the public sector, under new measures announced. With around £300 billion due to be spent on major UK infrastructure projects over the next five years, the two new initiatives announced will support steel suppliers’ […]
In a move to further strengthen the UK’s cyber defences, the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that over £40m will be spent on a new Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC). The preferred location for the centre will be at MOD Corsham. The CSOC will be a dedicated facility staffed by experts that utilises state-of-the-art […]
On 1 April the Defence budget – as set in the Spending Review – went up in real terms for the first time in 6 years. In last summer’s Budget the government committed to increase defence spending by 0.5% above inflation every year until 2021 and continue to meet NATO’s target to spend 2% of GDP […]
