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• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  NCSC for Startups inducts four companies into programme

  Four more startups are set to join the NCSC accelerator, which helps the UK government develop technology and approaches to pressing cyber security challenges

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  PayPal slashes 2,000 jobs in face of tough economic outlook

  Fintech giant making thousands of redundancies as global economic outlook remains poor

• January 31, 2023 31 Jan'23

  Tech Nation to shutter after more than a decade

  Tech Nation due to shutter after losing core funding to Barclays Eagle Labs, which will take over its role in supporting UK technology startups and scaleups

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  Executive interview: Andrew Roughan, CEO, Plexal

  Plexal CEO Andrew Roughan talks about how tech startups collaborate with the government to transform public services, the barriers to entry, and how the process can be improved

• January 20, 2023 20 Jan'23

  Barclays Eagle Labs awarded Digital Growth Grant over Tech Nation

  Barclays Eagle Labs incubator to take over Tech Nation’s role in administering UK government digital growth grant amid backlash from startup ecosystem

• January 13, 2023 13 Jan'23

  Unionised contract workers who train Google’s AI win pay rise

  Google contract workers employed at artificial intelligence training supplier RaterLabs have secured their first-ever pay rise, following collective demands that Google fulfil its own commitment to pay its extended workforce a minimum of $15 an hour

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  SMEs eye moving business to challenger bank

  Known for their consumer banking success, challenger banks are now winning over hearts and minds in the small business sector

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  Latest Innovate Finance report reveals decrease in UK fintech investment, but like-for-like increase

  Innovate Finance’s latest figures on fintech investment show reduction in UK, but report methodology leaves this open to change

• January 04, 2023 04 Jan'23

  Why India’s Mphasis chose West Yorkshire for tech hub

  IT services firm Mphasis is moving more service delivery to the UK with around 1000 tech recruits planned for Northern England

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  CIO interview: David Schwartz, vice-president, PepsiCo Labs

  The food and drinks giant actively seeks out innovative tech startups and runs a programme to find creative ways to use their products to benefit the business

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2022

• December 29, 2022 29 Dec'22

  Top 10 technology startup stories of 2022

  Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology startup stories of 2022

• December 15, 2022 15 Dec'22

  Digital Ethics Summit: Who benefits from new technology?

  Experts at the 2022 Digital Ethics Summit say expedited development cycles and obviously over-hyped PR material, in tandem with the public’s near-total exclusion from conversations around technology, is creating distrust towards the tech sector

• December 09, 2022 09 Dec'22

  Labour unveils plans to make UK global startup hub

  The Labour Party has published a review into the UK startup landscape, which calls for a number of changes to help make the country a more attractive place for startups

• December 06, 2022 06 Dec'22

  Industrial IoT focus of next NCSC startup challenge

  The NCSC for Startups programme is looking for innovative ideas to encrypt and secure the industrial internet of things

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Parity AI talks about auditing recruitment algorithms for bias

  Algorithmic auditing firm Parity speaks to Computer Weekly about the process of auditing artificial intelligence for bias, following its partnership with AI-powered recruitment platform Beamery

• November 27, 2022 27 Nov'22

  Plexal inducts six into cyber leadership scheme

  Tech innovation hub Plexal is expanding its Cyber Runway programme with a new Ignite strand dedicated to supporting high-potential security leaders

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Brexit deregulation will make UK next Silicon Valley, vows Hunt

  Chancellor vows to revolutionise how the IT industry is regulated to spur competition, investment and innovation in a technological ‘Big Bang’

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  Sadiq Khan launches Data for London Advisory Board

  Board will look at how to join up and share data between public and private London organisations in an effort to build a stronger data economy and improve public services

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  UK climate tech startup investment doubles in 2022

  Climate technology investment has nearly doubled in the UK over the past year and is growing globally, but questions remain over how to scale capacity and whether the necessary change will occur in time to prevent climate catastrophe

• November 07, 2022 07 Nov'22

  Public sector IT projects need ethical data practices from start

  Data ethics needs to be integrated into public sector IT projects from the very start, and considered throughout every stage of the process, to be effective

• October 26, 2022 26 Oct'22

  ICO warns against using biometrics for ‘emotional analysis’

  ICO warning highlights risk of ‘systemic bias’ and discrimination associated with organisations using biometric data and technologies for emotion analysis

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  Sainsbury’s outsources for cloud-first benefits

  Retailer signs multi-year IT services contract with Tata Consultancy Services to support move to cloud-first strategy

• October 25, 2022 25 Oct'22

  UK needs stronger regional innovation clusters outside South East

  Venture capital fund managers speak to Computer Weekly about the importance of innovation clusters to the UK tech ecosystem, and the need to develop further investment opportunities outside the South East

• October 19, 2022 19 Oct'22

  Lloyds Bank launches innovation sandbox

  Banking group establishes a sandbox where fintechs can build and test applications for Lloyds

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  Skype’s legacy and the rise of the ‘new Nordics’

  Estonia and other Baltic states could be part of a ‘new Nordics’ of technology innovation

• October 10, 2022 10 Oct'22

  Dutch infrastructure sector seeks closer collaboration with government

  Although the Netherlands government is increasingly realising how vital the country’s digital infrastructure is, it lacks sufficient policy-making and vision, say industry associations

• October 06, 2022 06 Oct'22

  Tech Nation and PwC launch joint climate tech accelerator

  The Net Zero X programme by Tech Nation and PwC will help climate tech companies to overcome common growth challenges and scale faster

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Public sector aims to close digital skills gap with private sector

  Digital leaders from the public sector have stressed the need to build up the digital skills and capabilities of civil servants to successfully deliver the government’s digital transformation ambitions, but not at the expense of supplier ecosystems

• October 04, 2022 04 Oct'22

  Next phase of open banking already gathering pace

  Open banking has had a major impact on the banking industry as finance forms harness data to provide better services, but the next phase of open finance promises even more

• September 30, 2022 30 Sep'22

  A new take on an old relationship: Nordic startups lure UK investors to their front doors

  When startup worlds collide: investment and entrepreneurship partnerships form across the Nordics and UK

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Cost-of-living crisis could spur fintech adoption

  The cost-of-living crisis could have a similar impact on fintech and digital banking as the Covid-19 pandemic did, inducing further innovation in the fintech sector

• September 29, 2022 29 Sep'22

  Five startups to join NCSC for Startups initiative

  The NCSC has invited five startups to join its NCSC for Startups programme to help the government with pressing cyber challenges facing the UK

• September 28, 2022 28 Sep'22

  UK suffers third highest number of ransomware attacks globally

  Based on an analysis of around 5,000 ransomware incidents, NordLocker has found that UK businesses, and small businesses in particular, are a priority target for ransomware gangs

• September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22

  Robo investment platform adopts open banking-based payments

  Nordic consumer investment fintech simplifies customer experience through open banking software from Mastercard-owned Aiia

• September 26, 2022 26 Sep'22

  More than 30 startups to join Plexal’s Cyber Runway accelerator

  Now in its second year, the Cyber Runway accelerator has been designed to support firms at various stages of growth, as well as help the cyber security sector to improve on its diversity, inclusion and regional representation

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  Copenhagen Fintech connects its members to the world

  Copenhagen-based startup initiative is driving fintech developments across the Nordic region, with Mastercard its latest global partner

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Tech Nation announces 13 startups for 11th Future Fifty cohort

  Thirteen high-growth startups set to join Tech Nation’s 11th annual Future Fifty programme to help them scale further

• September 22, 2022 22 Sep'22

  Nordic private equity firms pursue cyber security acquisitions

  Increasing interest in the security sector from Nordic private equity firms is a reflection of growing threats and increasing enterprise security budgets

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  Barnet Council awards Capita contract extension

  Barnet Council has awarded Capita a contract extension as part of its transition away from a large contract with the supplier

• September 13, 2022 13 Sep'22

  Blancco works with charity to provide IT for African schools

  Blancco is providing data sanitisation and erasure software to The Turing Trust so that old IT equipment can be securely reused by school children in Sub-Saharan Africa, instead of adding to world’s growing e-waste problem

• September 09, 2022 09 Sep'22

  Interview: Keeping an IT business going during the Russian invasion

  After heading home and discovering that his country had been invaded, Konstantin Klyagin was forced to make life-changing family and business decisions

• September 09, 2022 09 Sep'22

  Sweden is ideal breeding ground for a direct-to-consumer unicorn

  Sweden’s socially driven technology prowess could soon yield an e-commerce unicorn digitising direct to customers

• September 07, 2022 07 Sep'22

  Tech Nation Libra programme selects 35 scaleups for second cohort

  The Libra 2.0 programme is designed to help underrepresented founders in the UK who are growing and seeking specific support for scaling up their business

• September 02, 2022 02 Sep'22

  Interview: Sibstar, the fintech app for dementia sufferers

  Creator of app and debit card designed to support people living with dementia tells Computer Weekly how the idea developed

• August 23, 2022 23 Aug'22

  Home Office announces Scale-up visa for fast-growth firms

  Scale-up visa launched to help high-growth businesses employ talent from overseas, but sponsorship requirements could undermine effectiveness

• August 23, 2022 23 Aug'22

  Farming tech projects get £16.5m in government funding

  Projects receiving funding through latest round of farming innovation programme include tech to improve fruit farming and the use of artificial intelligence to improve pigs’ welfare

• August 16, 2022 16 Aug'22

  Cyber security accelerator launches in Greater Manchester

  Accelerator will add to Manchester’s growing cyber security ecosystem, which already includes several tech unicorns, arms companies and the offices of GCHQ

• August 12, 2022 12 Aug'22

  Met Police ramps up facial recognition despite ongoing concerns

  The Metropolitan Police is taking an “irresponsible” approach to deploying live facial-recognition technology, say experts. We talk to civil society groups, lawyers and politicians about the controversial programme

• August 10, 2022 10 Aug'22

  Increase in UK startups scaling to exit, but half still struggle

  Despite more startups scaling to the point of exit than ever before, half are still stuck in low growth stages – particularly those working with emerging technologies