The government’s tech scale-up programme, the Tech Rocketship Awards, has announced its shortlisted finalists.

Nearly £50m in government funding is being made available today (23 September 2022) to support the future of British industry.

Cutting-edge nuclear technology projects across the UK have received government backing to help develop the next generation of nuclear reactors.

The new telecoms security regulations will be among the strongest in the world and will provide much tougher protections for the UK from cyber threats which could cause network failure or the theft of sensitive data.

School children from Waverley Junior Academy, near Rotherham, have combined science with art to create a fusion energy machine of the future.

Government plans to fire up innovation in 5G and 6G as UK and South Korea launch telecoms technology partnership.

Science Minister George Freeman has launched a new Plan for Space Sustainability to improve the UK’s sustainable use of space.

Eight winning projects will receive a share from the £4 million Digital Connectivity Infrastructure Accelerator (DCIA) to explore how digital software can help simplify local authority processes when telecoms operators request access to publicly-owned buildings and curb side infrastructure.

Future spaceflight will be made easier and cheaper, following a partnership with the US to help cut red tape and boost opportunities in the UK, signed by the Transport Secretary this week in Washington.

Energy Minister Greg Hands co-chaired the first meeting of the country’s first ever dedicated group for creating UK green job opportunities.

The government has committed £1.6 billion to expand the UK’s charging network and plans to have 300,000 public EV charge points by 2030 – five times the number of fuel pumps on the road today.

The UK Government has announced a 5G project, called 5G Create, which is funded by its Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and has been developed to enhance the various services and digital innovation of Liverpool.

The Government needs to better coordinate its artificial intelligence (AI) policy and the use of data and technology by national and local government. There is also now a clear consensus that ethical AI is the only sustainable way forward. The time has come for the Government to move from deciding what the ethics are, to how to instil them in the development and deployment of AI systems.

Six companies have been awarded a share of £3m to develop new semi-autonomous concept demonstrators for the British Army. The winners, announced at DSEI, will demonstrate their innovations at the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE19) in April 2020.

With the global demand for increasingly efficient battery storage solutions continuing to soar, ten innovative UK battery technology and electric vehicle supply chain developers will demonstrate how the UK is leading the world in battery technology development on the UK Government Pavilion in North America next month.

Regulation of the digital world has not kept pace with its role in our lives. The House of Lords Communications Committee has today called for a new, overarching regulatory framework so that the services in the digital world are held accountable to an enforceable set of shared principles. In its report Regulating in a Digital World the committee notes that over a dozen UK regulators have a remit covering the digital world but there is no body whi...

Two new disability champions from Barclays and Fujitsu have been appointed by the government to ensure technology and online businesses are not forgetting about their disabled customers. Using their industry influence, the new champions will remove the obstacles faced by disabled consumers who struggle to purchase products or services online and are often locked out of benefiting from the latest innovations in technology.

People being harassed by nuisance calls will be given new powers to stop them from today. Cold calls offering to settle personal injury claims or sell payment protection insurance (PPI) will be banned if the claimant has not chosen to ‘opt-in’ to receive them. Previously people had to ‘opt-out’ of receiving such calls by registering with the free Telephone Preference Service or withdraw their consent while on the...

UK industry will benefit from a £92m injection to design a national alternative to the EU’s Galileo satellite system, ensuring UK security post Brexit. The money has been allocated from the £3bn Brexit readiness fund announced at last year’s Budget and will be rolled out over the coming months. Satellite navigation systems like GPS are increasingly important for commercial, military and other critical application...

The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that Britain and France’s leading tech sectors will be brought closer together with plans for a digital conference - or digital colloque - to promote deeper integration in the digital economy. The UK tops the list in Europe for global tech investors, with its tech firms attracting more venture capital funding than any other European country in 2017. In December ...