Government boosts Horizon R&D campaign
The government has started the new year by ramping up its support for Horizon, the European-wide research initiative. Horizon, which involves collaboration with European, Canadian…
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Collaborative transport optimisation helps towards decarbonisation goals
University of Cambridge research suggests most of the freight moved around the UK to serve retailers, hospitality and other sectors is carried on trucks –…
Post Office scandal campaigners awarded OBEs in New Year Honours List
Former subpostmasters and leading campaigners in the Post Office scandal have been honoured for their decades-long fight against the injustices inflicted on them and their…
What is Dunelm doing for women in tech?
In September 2024, Dunelm reported a 4.1% jump in annual sales to £1.71bn for the year to 29 June. During the same month, GlobalData estimated…
Top 10 financial services stories of 2024
It seems fintech has been replaced by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as the most-used term in banking IT this year. Fintech, after all, is not…
Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024
One thing that the European Union (EU) certainly seems united on is how it can increase its influence in the tech world. Tech giants from…
Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria
Developing new drugs is risky and expensive. Creating a new drug and bringing it to clinical trials can cost billions of pounds, with no guarantees…
Why Keir Starmer’s plan to rewire Whitehall needs an IT-rethink
In my personal experience, there are certain institutional barriers to productive and successful delivery of major projects in government. Indeed it may be that the…
Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
A government review of a local council’s decision to block a US-based company from building a hyperscale datacentre in Iver, Buckinghamshire, has concluded the project…
Interview: How Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success
Ingo Paas is what you might call a different sort of CIO. Even by the standards of someone in the top IT role, he has…
A job seeker’s guide to using AI and what it means for employers
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful tool to help job seekers find roles and make their applications, with ever more people using it. Multiple published…
Interview: Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer, NatWest Retail Bank
Wendy Redshaw, chief digital information officer (CDIO) at NatWest Retail Bank, has had a distinguished career leading technology-led change in some of the world’s biggest…