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• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  Government pumps £166.5m into green technology

  The government funding will be awarded to innovators, businesses and academics across the UK to develop technologies in carbon capture, greenhouse gas removal and hydrogen

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  How education reform promises could plug tech skills gap

  Skills and Post-16 Education Bill will support lifelong learning, offering people an opportunity to retrain

• May 24, 2021 24 May'21

  IR35: MPs urged to back ‘curb or kill’ umbrella company-focused Finance Bill amendments

  Two amendments to the incoming Finance Bill that have the potential to ban the use of umbrella companies are being voted on by MPs in the House of Commons today

• May 20, 2021 20 May'21

  Credit Suisse to recruit more than 1,000 tech staff in India

  Credit Suisse is hiring more IT professionals in India to supports its plan to develop a global tech hub

• May 19, 2021 19 May'21

  India’s HCL to hire 1,000 tech professionals in the UK

  Indian IT suppliers set to create thousands of IT jobs in the UK, which supports their intention to have more staff based closer to customers

• May 18, 2021 18 May'21

  Australian budget lends support to digital economy

  Australia’s A$1.2bn Digital Economy Strategy ticks most of the right boxes, but some industry experts say areas such as broadband infrastructure and artificial intelligence are still underfunded

• May 17, 2021 17 May'21

  Andy Burnham launches Manchester digital inclusion drive

  Greater Manchester mayor announces plan to support under-25s, over-75s and disabled people to get online

• May 17, 2021 17 May'21

  NCSC study to probe disability and neurodiversity in cyber

  National Cyber Security Centre and KPMG have launched a new diversity study aiming to capture benchmarks on disability and neurodiversity in cyber

• May 17, 2021 17 May'21

  How M1 is striving to be a digital telco

  Singapore’s M1 is dialling up its digital chops by monetising its data, building more personalised services for subscribers, and going beyond connectivity as it evolves into a digital telco

• May 14, 2021 14 May'21

  Amazon to create 10,000 new UK jobs in 2021 across online retail and cloud computing divisions

  Online retail giant goes public with plans to create 10,000 new jobs in UK and embark on a retraining plan for existing staff who may want to pursue employment opportunities outside the company later down the line

• May 14, 2021 14 May'21

  Cabinet Office launches climate challenges for startups

  The Cabinet Office has partnered with government technology accelerator Public to run a programme for startups developing innovative digital and data technologies that can help with some of the most pressing climate issues

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  Too many disconnected systems in government, says minister

  Cabinet Office minister Julia Lopez wants to address issues with legacy systems, improve digital skills across government and improve department collaboration, including in procurement

• May 13, 2021 13 May'21

  CISOs weathered the pandemic well, but at personal cost

  Over 80% of CISOs think their existing security capabilities stayed strong during the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, but now face stress and burnout on an unheard-of scale

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  Running a bees and spirits business on low-code

  We look at how a small honey and gin producer has adapted and grown its business without requiring external software development expertise

• May 12, 2021 12 May'21

  How a cloud engineer at DBS Bank charted his career

  A cloud engineering leader at DBS Bank offers a glimpse into the tasks and challenges of a cloud professional and how his team is organised to support the bank’s public and private cloud infrastructure

• May 11, 2021 11 May'21

  Collaboration key to success of UK’s Cyber Security Council

  The founders of the UK’s Cyber Security Council have been setting out their plans to professionalise the cyber sector at the NCSC’s CyberUK 2021 event

• May 10, 2021 10 May'21

  HMRC facing calls to do more to tackle mini umbrella fraud in wake of BBC investigation

  Contracting stakeholders are calling on HMRC to take more ‘visible action’ against mini umbrella companies, after a BBC Radio 4 File on 4 report claimed the UK is losing ‘hundreds of millions’ in tax each year through these firms

• May 07, 2021 07 May'21

  Cyber accreditation to improve legal standing of security pros

  Institute of Cyber Digital Investigations Professionals will help incident responders and cyber investigators get the professional recognition they deserve

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Dysfunctional cyber, network teams disrupt digital transformation

  Despite shared goals, combative and dysfunctional relationships within specialist tech teams are putting digital transformation projects at risk, according to a report

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Interview: ONS data science chief Tom Smith on government data capability

  The managing director of the Office of National Statistics’ Data Science Campus, Tom Smith, describes the organisation’s data capability building activities for and across government

• May 05, 2021 05 May'21

  Delivering international talent to Helsinki’s tech ecosystem

  Finland’s capital is the envy of the world as a tech hub, but it still faces challenges in attracting skills in a highly competitive global market

• May 04, 2021 04 May'21

  Infosys to create 1,000 tech jobs in UK

  Infosys joins TCS in announcing the creation of UK IT jobs as India and the UK negotiate a future trading relationship

• April 30, 2021 30 Apr'21

  Simon Bolton named as NHS Digital interim CEO

  Following the announcement of Sarah Wilkinson’s departure as CEO of NHS Digital, the organisation has appointed NHS Test and Trace CIO Simon Bolton as interim CEO

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  Northern Ireland pilots security training plan for 16-25s

  Pilot scheme in Northern Ireland aims to widen access to cyber security careers

• April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

  UK demand for digital automation skills soars

  The need for automation proficiency has more than doubled in the past two years, according to research

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  Recruiters can’t afford to hold out for cyber ‘unicorns’

  The perfect security candidate is hard to find, so hiring policy needs to be more pragmatic

• April 28, 2021 28 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Chris Porter, VP talent acquisition and matching, BP

  With the help of digital technologies and recruitment of data-savvy talent, BP is aiming to become a net-zero business by 2050

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Flexible CIOs gain friends in finance

  The pandemic has shown the value of IT to business leaders. Chief financial officers are looking for quick IT investment returns

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  North London school wins NCSC girls’ cyber challenge

  Highgate School in North London is the winner of this year’s CyberFirst Girls security competition

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  London mayoral candidates debate tech

  The four mayoral candidates have set out their plans for the tech sector, including creating skills academies, harnessing kinetic energy, creating a London passport and setting up new tech hubs, but Tech London Advocates founder Russ Shaw says they ...

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  GCHQ: Cyber investment a guarantor of UK’s global status

  GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming sets out a vision for the UK’s cyber security future

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Department for Education publishes digital strategy

  The department's digital and technology function wants to become a leader in the field, invest in its own platforms and manage its legacy technologies

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Richard Corbridge, Boots

  Boots has been hugely successful in its transition to e-commerce and the Covid-19 pandemic has seen several digital initiatives spun up to continue offering services to customers

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Drax partners with Solace to manage biomass supply chain

  Event-based IT architecture helps energy provider optimise its biomass supply chain and drive greater efficiencies, but questions remain about the fundamental sustainability of biomass as an alternative to coal

• April 20, 2021 20 Apr'21

  Transatlantic relationship strengthens Sweden’s startup sustainability

  Nordic startup network is taking lessons from Canada in getting women into the IT industry

• April 19, 2021 19 Apr'21

  BBC appoints new digital and technology leaders

  BBC splits former chief technology and product officer role into two, with Just Eat executive Storm Fagan to join in September

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  SAP users identify data skills shortage as importance of analytics spikes

  Research from the SAP UK & Ireland User Group has demonstrated a data skills dearth among users and a delay in using the SAP Hana in-memory database until full S/4 Hana ERP implementations

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  London tech manifesto calls on next mayor to support tech industry

  The London tech manifesto, put together by several tech organisations, calls on the city’s next mayor to support tech companies, increase digital skills investment and tackle the lack of diversity in the sector

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Uber ordered to reinstate six drivers fired by automated process

  A default judgment handed down by Dutch court has ordered Uber to reinstate six drivers with compensation following unevidenced accusations of fraud and automated firing via algorithm

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Remote workers largely supportive of a UK right to disconnect

  The introduction of a “right to disconnect” in the UK is popular among workers and has backing from trade unions

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Civil Service Data Challenge aims to improve use of data

  Business and government have partnered to launch a Dragon’s Den-style competition to encourage civil servants to come up with ideas on how to improve the use of data

• April 08, 2021 08 Apr'21

  CDO summer school plots step change for data leaders

  The summer school for chief data officers, run by Caroline Carruthers and Peter Jackson, promises data leaders a curriculum to match the elevated salience of the CDO role

• April 08, 2021 08 Apr'21

  IR35 reforms: MPs call on government to clean up UK’s ‘wild west’ contracting labour supply chain

  A 200-strong group of MPs is calling for urgent action from the government to protect contractors from the dubious practices of non-compliant umbrella companies and badly behaved employment agencies just days after private sector IR35 reforms came ...

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  Deliveroo riders strike over pay and work conditions

  Riders across the country are demanding fair pay, safety protections and basic workers’ rights pay on Deliveroo’s first day of trading as a public company

• April 07, 2021 07 Apr'21

  Irish employees’ ‘right to disconnect’ enshrined in code of practice

  A code of practice giving employees the ‘right to disconnect’ from work and not engage in electronic communications outside of their normal hours has come into effect in Ireland

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  CDDO will assess delivery of government digital projects

  Government Digital Service boss Tom Read and the government’s Central Digital and Data Office executive director Joanna Davinson reveal next steps for digital, data and technology in government

• April 06, 2021 06 Apr'21

  IR35 reforms: Private sector start date prompts mixed picture of predictions for contracting market

  The IR35 tax avoidance reforms take hold in the private sector, prompting a mixed picture of predictions from stakeholders about what the future holds for contractors in the UK

• March 31, 2021 31 Mar'21

  Cyber Security Council to champion UK security pros

  A new cyber security professional body has launched with the aim of developing and promoting UK cyber security excellence globally and growing the skills base

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Strong company culture the basis of a successful hybrid work environment

  Study highlights how post-Covid working dynamics increase importance of communicative leadership with an inclusive organisational culture most important once logistics and technology are addressed

• March 30, 2021 30 Mar'21

  Asda bags ex-Marks and Spencer CIO

  Carl Dawson, who has been CIO at department store M&S for six years, is leaving the retailer to become CIO at Asda