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Electric Vehicle (EV) Charge Point Operator (CPO) Believ is welcoming the BSI PAS 1899 review and updated recommendations as an important milestone in industry coming together to improve access of EV charging for all drivers, including those with diverse accessibility needs.
Three years on from the publication of the PAS 1899 accessible charging guidance, a comprehensive
Continue reading Believ welcomes PAS 1899 review and advocates for improved accessibility for EV charging
By Paul Devlin, CEO, Causeway Technologies
Paul Devlin
Every crane, cable and concrete pour on a modern construction site is tracked in real time. Yet in the main, the proof of the skills behind them still lives on plastic cards and paper certificates. In a digital age, that’s our weakest link.
While design coordination,
Continue reading Digital skills passports: Building trust in construction’s most important asset — People
Siobhan Hardy
Lancashire-headquartered Forbes Solicitors has launched an innovative new ‘Awaab’s Law Compliance Service’, in response to rising instances of social landlords facing obstructions when trying to carry out their obligations.
Awaab’s Law, which came into force on October 27 this year, mandates that social landlords must respond promptly and efficiently to reports of damp,
Continue reading Forbes launches new service to help social landlords meet Awaab’s Law obligations
A new attempt to create a national, longitudinal health record was one of the big ideas in the 10 Year Health Plan. However, the use case and architecture is far from clear, and there are some big commercial issues to address with health tech vendors.
The NHS has a troubled history when it comes to
Continue reading Highland advisory board discussion: The single patient record
Mark Venables
UK trade association AXREM and health tech growth specialist Highland have extended their partnership for two further years, reaffirming a shared commitment to supporting growth across the UK’s diagnostic and health technology markets.
AXREM represents member companies that collectively provide the majority of diagnostic medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment used in UK
Continue reading AXREM and Highland extend partnership to drive growth and visibility for the UK’s diagnostic health tech sector
Graham Jarvis
By Graham Jarvis, Freelance Business and Technology Journalist
It’s that time of year again. The festive Christmas lights are about to be turned on in the high streets to welcome shoppers, enticing them to buy presents for their loved ones. However, not all the festive commerce occurs in physical stores. Adobe reports
Continue reading The WAN You Want: The Data Centre Magic of Christmas
By Mark Scrivens, FPT UK Chief Executive Officer, FPT Corporation
Mark Scrivens
Although diagnosis can be one of the great challenges in healthcare, once a healthcare plan is developed, we naturally assume that patients take the medications that clinicians prescribe for them. However, this could not be further from reality. In fact, medication non-adherence
Continue reading The future is connected healthcare – How IoMT ecosystems can solve medication non-adherence
Defence Secretary John Healey
Britain’s Armed Forces will be better equipped, and small British defence businesses will grow rapidly as the Government boosts investment into innovative drone systems this year.
UK Defence Innovation (UKDI) – launched earlier this year – will inject over £142 million rapid investment into drones and anti-drone weapons this year, its first year in operation.
This
Continue reading RAPID £140 MILLION BOOST FOR DRONE AND COUNTER-DRONE TECH FROM NEWLY-FORMED UK DEFENCE INNOVATION
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
The head of the Armed Forces will issue a rallying cry this evening to the nation to build Britain’s resilience in the face of growing threats and uncertainty.
The Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Richard Knighton will set out how a whole-nation response is needed in a more volatile and uncertain world.
Continue reading The whole nation ‘must step up’ to deter Russian threat of wider war in Europe
By Richard LaTulip, Field Chief Information Security Officer at Recorded Future
Richard LaTulip
The shape of cybersecurity in the public sector will depend less on how many attacks happen and more on how well agencies can see, manage, and control their systems. Managing vulnerabilities, updating account systems, and using Artificial Intelligence (A)I to support
Continue reading Key cyber predictions for the public sector in 2026
By Lawrie Day, CEO at Cognitas Global
Today’s public sector organisations face unprecedented challenges in training and development. Despite real world risks such as cyber breaches greater than ever before, the UK Government and public sector departments are under pressure to achieve more with less in terms of training their people, stretching limited budgets
Continue reading How experiential learning is defining a new era in Government learning
The Greater Manchester Institute of Technology (GMIoT) is celebrating two years of driving cutting-edge higher technical education and industry collaboration across the region – with growing student numbers, an expanded employer network, and new course developments aligned to local skills needs.
As one of 21 Institutes of Technology (IoT) across the UK, the GMIoT
Continue reading Greater Manchester Institute of Technology Marks Two Years of Skills Investment and Regional Industry Impact
HousingAI is a new AI knowledge platform built specifically for the social housing market HousingAI helps landlords and local authorities to navigate housing law, regulation and best practice Built from a concept developed by the Healthy Homes Hub the platform will be rolled out to the sector in 2026 Mike Ellis
HousingAI, a new
Continue reading HousingAI appoints Mike Ellis as CEO
McAvoy has, for the first time, secured a place on Lot 2: Modular & Prefabricated Building Services, within the NHS Commercial Solutions’ £1bn Modular & Prefabricated Building Solutions Framework.
Through this four-year award, public sector clients will be able to access McAvoy’s full suite of expertise to support the delivery of modular buildings across
Continue reading McAvoy Awarded Place on NHS Commercial Solutions Framework Leading offsite manufacturer
Improvements to clinical practice and work-life balance are being achieved at pace by early adopters of digital pathology at the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Luisa Motta and Dr Lynne Jamieson give the detail on the latest impact in a Greater Manchester wide programme.
Effective new digital multidisciplinary team meetings, better work-life
Continue reading How pathologists are rapidly changing decades of clinical practice: Impact in Greater Manchester
Author: Suzi Smith, Managing Director, Matrix
As I look back on 2025, it’s clear that the UK’s public sector has been navigating one of its most complex and transformative workforce landscapes in years. The pressures of cost management, legislative reform and evolving expectations from both candidates and hiring managers have converged to reshape how
Continue reading From Cost Control to Skills Control: How the Public Sector Will Redefine Recruitment in 2026
“Public Sector bodies are under increasing pressure to deliver infrastructure that is not only cost-effective but also aligned with net-zero targets,” said Duncan Price, Partner, Global Sustainability & Climate Lead, Buro Happold.
Leading global engineering, design and advisorypractice Buro Happold has achieved PAS 2080 certification for Carbon Management in Infrastructure and Built Environment from BSI, reinforcing
Continue reading Buro Happold UK achieves PAS 2080 Certification, supporting public sector net-zero delivery of infrastructure
Britain’s future cyber warriors will sharpen digital combat skills through the International Defence Esports Games (IDEG), launched today with over 40 allied nations in London.
Following the UK officially recognising esports as a military sport in 2024, the IDEG acts as a collaborative arena for allied nations to sharpen the cyber skills that are
Continue reading UK launches military esports games to boost cyber skills
As the Autumn Budget approaches, Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO) Believ is calling on the Treasury to act on four key priorities that will help decarbonise transport by making EV ownership and charging more affordable, thus encouraging wider adoption.
The importance of these measures is of heightened importance, following Budget prediction news
Continue reading Believ makes four Autumn ‘25 Budget wishes to boost EV affordability and accelerate the UK’s transition to cleaner transport
Four charity partners will benefit as the IT industry’s flagship yacht racing, networking and fundraising event sets its sights on its next quarter century
The UK’s largest charity and IT sailing event, the Russell-Cooke Silicon Cup Regatta, raised £50,000 in its 25th anniversary edition this autumn.
Since its inception, the annual two-day regatta in
Continue reading Russell-Cooke Silicon Cup Regatta celebrates its 25th anniversary by raising £50,000 for charity
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