Spending on cyber defence is set to increase despite the coalition government announcing a further £11.5bn of cuts from Whitehall spending set out for 2015-2016. The Treasury announced the decision following a series of phone calls ...
Tags: Cyber Security, Cyber Conflict
Scotland could soon have every single one of its streetlights replaced with LEDs, the country’s environment minister Richard Lochead has said. Lochhead has confirmed the government’s nationwide LED streetlighting programme is ...
Tags: LED Streetlights, Lighting
Food companies including Mars, Nestle, PepsiCo, and Premier Foods have signed up to the new consistent front-of-pack nutritional label scheme introduced by the UK Government. The new labeling scheme has been launched on food products to ...
Tags: PepsiCo, Food Label Scheme
Smartphone maker BlackBerry, which enjoys a particularly strong niche in the enterprise due to its security claims, has defended itself against allegations that its security was penetrated by the spies at GCHQ. According to the Guardian, ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, Smartphone
Scotland could soon have every single one of its streetlights replaced with LEDs, the country' s environment minister Richard Lochead has said. Lochhead has confirmed the government’s nationwide LED streetlighting programme is being ...
Tags: Scotland, LED Streetlights
William Hague has branded allegations that the UK government's electronic surveillance centre, GCHQ, has been asking the US National Security Agency for data on UK citizens "nonsense" in comments made before a promised explanation later ...
Tags: Computer Products, web security
The UK government has defended a deal with Chinese telecommunications provider Huawei, which MPs have labelled as a possible risk to national security. The 2005 deal saw Huawei granted permission to provide BT with equipment for its ...
In a leaked letter to home secretary Theresa May, five US web giants have warned that they will not cooperate with the proposed Communications Data Bill, widely known as the "snooper's charter". In the letter, dated 18 April, which was ...
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has launched a new proposal that sets out the importance of securing end markets for recyclate in a bid to achieve a sustainable green economy. The proposal, which aims to encourage and incentivise ...
Tags: Packaging, Plastics Federation
The UK Government’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, has announced a £2m boost for research into the development of gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors by Netherlands-based electronics firm NXP ...
Tags: NXP, Power Semiconductors
Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), an England-based company that represents over 33,500 convenience stores, has asked government, local authorities, non-government organizations and industry to focus on partnership for future alcohol ...
Tags: UK Government, Alcohol Strategy
BRE and the Open BIM Network have joined forces to develop standards for building information modelling (BIM) to ensure all parties working on construction projects know how to use BIM in compliance with UK government policy. BRE's ...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has slammed Google's tax arrangements at Google's Big Tent event today. Google had denied accusations from MPs that it minimises the amount of tax paid in Britain. Its sales in the UK are worth £3.2bn, but ...
Tags: Ed Miliband, UK, Google
UK based IC tomorrow, a programme by the UK Government's innovation agency—Technology Strategy Board, has launched a £120,000 competition, 'Digital Innovation Contest – Fashion', in collaboration with the British Fashion ...
The framework is aimed at encouraging the adoption of cloud computing in the public sector in cost effective way UK-based IT management company, Advanced 365 (Advanced), has been selected by the UK government to offer services in its ...
Tags: Advanced 365, Cloud III Framework