Targeting 30% SME engagement and committed to diversifying and growing the UK’s space industrial footprint Airbus led consortium unites more than £5.8 billion spend in UK Call for SMEs still open via ‘Open Innovation – Space’. The Airbus led space industry consortium in competition to support the future operations of military ...
Speaking at DPRTE Engage Online, Andrew Forzani, Chief Commercial Officer, UK Ministry of Defence, examined what lessons the defence industry could learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of COVID-19 has seen a shift in the public perception of the functions of the defence industry. The defence supply chain was heavily ...
DPRTE Engage Online 2020 official Prime Partner, QinetiQ, examines the crucial role that SMEs play in the defence industry supply chain. SMEs are vital to the global economy, according to the United Nations, SMEs worldwide account for 90% of all businesses, 70% of all jobs and contribute 50% to the global ...
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has delivered his first budget announcing a raft of plans aimed to limit the impact of the coronavirus on SMEs across Britain. The build-up to the Budget has understandably been dominated by the impact of the coronavirus on the UK economy and it was no surprise to ...