New competition launched by Defence and Security Accelerator to keep Armed Forces safe and secure. The Minister for Defence and Procurement, Harriet Baldwin, has launched the Innovation Initiative’s £6M Accelerator Enduring Challenge today, seeking to fast-track the innovative ideas which will keep the UK and its Armed Forces safe and secure. Cutting ...
The MOD has announced that its Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the Home Office’s Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) are to be integrated. Following a review that examined the best way to provide enduring and appropriate science and technology (S&T) support to the bodies, it was been ...
Gold standard employers launch new group to develop aims of Armed force Covenant and relations between Defence and employers. A new group of Armed Forces-friendly employers has launched, open to all UK organisations that hold a Gold Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) award. The Alumni Group was suggested by design, engineering and ...
With a new global study revealing the UK’s dire skills shortage, particularly in the area of cyber security, businesses are being “put at risk” as employer demand for expertise is treble supply. The global study, by jobsite Indeed, found that Britain’s cyber security skills gap is the one of the worst ...