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IT jobs and recruitment

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  NHS Digital staff at risk of redundancy as part of restructure

  More than 600 NHS Digital employees have been told they may have to reapply for their jobs, as redundancies loom in the first wave of the organisation’s restructure

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Education secretary urges tech industry to transform classrooms

  Education secretary Damian Hinds has called upon large technology firms to use tech to tackle some of the biggest issues in schools

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Ex-HMRC tax inspector sounds alarm over suitability of IR35 online status checker tool

  As the private sector consultation on IR35 draws to a close, a former HM Revenue & Customs inspector calls into further question the suitability of the government's online tool for assessing contractors’ tax status

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  IPSE warns government off private sector IR35 reform, as 'no deal' Brexit fears grow

  As the government prepares to close its consultation on extending the IR35 reforms to the private sector, IPSE airs concerns over the economic impact the move could have, as talk of a "no deal" Brexit for the UK continues

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Liam Maxwell to swap government for AWS

  Government tech adviser Liam Maxwell is understood to be leaving government for a role at Amazon Web Services

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Cyber security double agents most common in the UK

  Cyber security professionals who alternate between criminal and legitimate activities or move full-time into cyber criminal activity are more common in the UK than other countries, a report reveals

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  Government invests £3m in Wales-based Stem hub

  A science centre in Wales will be given £3m to develop a Stem hub, which will reach more diverse audiences for its delivery of science and technology teaching content

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  A quarter of Brits expect their jobs to be replaced by tech

  A quarter of UK workers are worried their jobs will disappear because of automation and a third expect the technology to change their jobs for the worse

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  Only 11% of employers do not expect a tech skills shortage in the next year

  The majority of employers in the UK believe they will be facing a shortage of skilled technology professionals in the next year

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights

  German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Barclays to open tech hub in Glasgow

  Banking group’s campus in Glasgow will host technology and operations teams using the latest technologies

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Just Eat on the lookout for 150 tech professionals

  Online food marketplace Just Eat has announced it is on the lookout for talent to fill 150 technology roles, 80 of which have been recently created

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Collaborative alliance to advance UK’s cyber security profession

  Leading UK organisations in cyber security have united to develop a national professional body in the field

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  Committee proposes new laws for immigration of skilled workers after Brexit

  The Science and Technology Committee has released a report proposing new rules surrounding the immigration of skilled workers once Brexit has come into force

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  NHS on the hunt for chief data officer

  The NHS CDO will report directly to NHS Digital CEO Sarah Wilkinson, get paid up to £176,750 and be responsible for a budget of around £57m