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• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  UK introduces world’s first online safety regulations

  Announcing ‘the end of online self-regulation’, a duty of care is introduced to hold companies accountable for potential harm and safety of users of their services

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  NHS IT jobs need to be promoted differently

  More ambition and a mindset change is required to attract more technology talent to the national health service

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  NHSX announces new leadership

  DCMS director-general Matthew Gould is to take over as chief executive of the NHSX, with recruitment set to accelerate at the newly formed digital strategy unit

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Home Office Brexit app will work on Apple devices

  An agreement has been reached to make the app for EU nationals to apply for settlement in the UK work on iOS-based products

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  MI5 and the Met ramp up use of analytics to tackle terrorism

  Police and intelligence organisations are working on technologies that will help “sharpen radars” around detecting terrorist intents

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Most business decision-makers and knowledge workers happy to work alongside robots

  Fears that automation will remove jobs for knowledge workers are reducing as opportunities emerge to upskill and eradicate mundane work

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Government invests in knife-detection tech research

  The Home Office and the Department for Transport are channelling more than £460,000 into fast-tracking the development and deployment of technologies that can detect concealed blades in public spaces

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  SMEs forced into automation as Making Tax Digital goes live

  Small businesses are faced with all manner of challenges as the government presses ahead with its plan to digitise the UK tax system

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Post Office could face huge costs bill for first Horizon trial

  Subpostmaster claimants’ legal team makes application for the Post Office to pay millions of pounds of costs associated with trial

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Digital industries lead UK economy

  Technology, media and creative businesses are leading national economic growth, according to research

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  How research firm Icon is using analytics and wearables to enhance clinical trials

  The company is investing in emergent technology to boost the attractiveness of trials as a care option and attract more participants, while enhancing internal efficiency around drug and device development.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Met Office seeks chief information security officer

  The national weather service wants to recruit a new leader to spearhead a cyber security enhancement programme

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

  Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Major shake-up of TSB IT after core banking system migration disaster

  TSB has restructured its IT team to give its internal team control of its core banking system

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Interview: Mark Gray, director of digital transformation, Crown Prosecution Service

  The introduction of fully digital services to improve stakeholder engagement is among the highlights of a world-first transformation initiative in the criminal justice system

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Businesses losing out on early payment discounts due to outdated software

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade their accounting software to benefit from discounts available for paying suppliers early

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

  Swedish IT leaders are increasingly turning to private networks to communicate with other businesses in their ecosystem

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Scottish government advances payments programme

  Platform is intended to support outbound and inbound payments and could integrate Gov.UK Pay in Scotland

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Government expects NHS IT overhaul will unleash innovation

  Common technical standards, modular contracts and a fintech-style regulatory model will underpin the new approach to technology in the health service in England

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police algorithms should be regulated, says think tank

  Better use and regulation of data-driven technologies should be the norm in UK policing, according to research

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Artificial intelligence making major inroads into Russian banking

  Russian banks are identifying use cases for artificial intelligence, but the gradual adoption of the technology will require access to a deeper skills pool if it is to accelerate

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Manchester City Council CIO steps down

  In a return to the private sector, Bob Brown joins healthcare technology firm EMIS as chief solutions officer

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  London launches open data cultural map

  The collated data on the capital's cultural locations is hoped to support local authorities, property developers and associations develop existing clusters and build creative infrastructure

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic’

  Responding to potential threats at a national level is unfeasible given the time ministers are currently dedicating to Brexit negotiations, says shadow Cabinet Office minister

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Interview: How the DWP Dojo innovates

  Juan Villamil, director of enterprise infrastructure and production operations at DWP Digital, discusses how the Department for Work and Pensions tests out new tech ideas

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  GDS and Cabinet Office admit to over-optimism over Verify

  The system's architects blamed failures to deliver the objectives set out in the original business plan on the slow pace of digital transformation across government at a Public Accounts Committee session this week

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Department for Transport launches future of urban mobility plan

  Future of Mobility minister Jesse Norman launches “biggest review into transport in a generation”

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission considering judgment in subpostmasters versus Post Office litigation trial

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Post Office ‘lacked humanity’ in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer

  Peer slams Post Office after High Court judgment reveals its oppressive style of managing the people who run its branches

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  NatWest launches business virtual account platform

  Features supported by a new system enable corporate customers to manage and segregate money, and are part of a wider digital transformation plan to enhance customer experience

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Post Office director cross-examination confirms lack of investigation into branch IT problems

  A high court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  Department of Health considers overhaul of screening IT

  Modernisation intended to address high-profile failures in national screening services will be informed by an investigation on the topic to be published next month

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  UK sees increase in contactless card use

  Surge in use of “tap and go” payment feature is attributed to adoption by transport operators and more retailers, according to a trade body

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Digital divide threatens healthcare innovation

  Consumers and physicians are open to technology innovation, but progress is slow due to tech adoption at a varying pace and focus on different priorities, says report

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  DCMS announces new funding for prison coding skills

  The expanded scheme by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is part of a a £1.2m package to help under-represented groups get jobs

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Spring Statement 2019 allocates £200m to technology

  Chancellor Philip Hammond's latest statement announces funding to support progress in areas including supercomputer development, photonics and bioinformatics, promises tighter digital regulation and attempts to ensure flow of skilled professionals ...

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Furman Review urges greater competition for tech giants

  The six-month review into the UK digital economy includes recommendations of a new code of conduct for large companies, along with greater data openness and mobility

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Bank of England’s large IT spend partly due to use of manual processes and legacy systems

  The Bank of England admits there is room for improvement when it comes to IT efficiency

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  RPA spend to increase after Brexit

  Organisations will spend 20-30% more as a result of admin overheads expected after the UK leaves the EU, but companies are unprepared and skills are in short supply, analysts say

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Defra criticised over no-deal IT systems plan

  The introduction of slower, burdensome systems brought about by the challenges of preparing for Brexit must not become the ‘new normal’, MPs warn

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Post Office considered Horizon IT system ‘high risk’, court told

  The Post Office considered Horizon a high operational risk in an internal review, a trial focused on alleged fallibilities in the system used in thousands of Post Office branches has heard

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation

  A major system has been moved to Google Cloud Platform as part of a wider modernisation exercise

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  NatWest launches biometric card pilot

  NatWest Bank is set to trial biometrics-based cards with 200 customers to verify contactless payment transactions over £30

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Half of government IT jobs in 2023 do not exist today

  Widespread digital transformation in the public sector means government CIO responsibilities will change rapidly in the next four years and many of those future roles do not yet exist, says Gartner

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Brexit: UK tech spend flattens as France and Germany pull away

  CIOs in the UK look set to fall behind their French and German counterparts, as Brexit hits tech spending

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Ministry of Justice concludes prison biometrics pilots

  Use of iris scanning and facial recognition software is part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking in UK jails

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  UK military robotics get multimillion-pound boost

  A budget of £66m from the Ministry of Defence's Transformation Fund has been allocated to a project that will see mini-drones and autonomous vehicles deployed to the battlefield

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Santander latest bank to tap Google experience

  Spanish banking giant is tapping IT skills from Google through its latest senior tech appointment

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Danske Bank builds on machine learning to predict IT failures

  Danish bank is using artificial intelligence to help it prevent IT outages that could damage its reputation with customers

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Six out of eight key government systems unlikely to be ready by Brexit day

  National Audit Office update on the UK government’s readiness for Brexit identifies processes and IT systems that will not be finished by the 29 March deadline