World Region – UK
The UK government will be launching a competition for nanosatellite designs that can help support and monitor the UK’s decarbonisation targets. Dubbed LaunchUK Nanosat, it’s aimed at younger people (16+) – the “next generation of British space scientists” – to design a nanosatellite. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps was at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall when he announced the contest during ...
A £210 million investment by the government and IBM to establish the Hartree National Centre for Digital Innovation (HNCDI), based at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Daresbury Laboratory in the Liverpool City Region, will create vacancies for 60 scientists and opportunities for students to gain hands-on experience in quantum computing and AI. Industrial applications of quantum computing include optimising ...
New regulations to be put in place by the UK government should officially pave the way for commercial space launches from UK soil, from spaceports in Scotland, Wales and England. The government has tabled legislation – The Space Industry Regulations – that it believes will “help propel the development of commercial spaceflight technologies”, from traditional rockets to high-altitude balloons and ...
The UK Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has appointed Indro Mukerjee as the new CEO of Innovate UK, an organisation seeking to help develop the UK innovation and drive investment in research and development. Specifically, he will be responsible for developing the UK’s innovation capability, driving investments in research and development (R&D) and technologies of the future. However, the appointment is ...
The government is to set up a Digital Markets Unit within the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to oversee a pro-competition regime for tech sites including those funded by digital advertising, such as Google and Facebook. Around £14 billion was spent on digital advertising in the UK in 2019, around 80 per cent of which was spent on Google and Facebook, and the ...
The Telecommunications (Security) Bill wiill be laid before parliament today. it gives the government the power to fine a telco a fine of up to ten per cent of turnover or £100,00 a day for breach of security directives such as allowing Huawei switchgear into their networks. In July, following advice from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government ...
London Tech Week opens today and the Prime Minister is expected to announce £1.2 billion worth of foreign investment in the sector. Speaking at London Tech Week, the Prime Minister will make a number of ambitious commitments that will ensure the UK remains the largest tech hub in Europe. Investments totalling £1.2 billion include: £153 million government funding, with an ...
ON Semiconductor has bought GloFo’s East Fishkill 300mm fab for $430 million
UK manufacturer BCL Enclosures, has introduced enclosures for sensors – designed to keep the air flowing around temperature, gas and humidity probes as well as thermostats. Manufactured from ABS, and called the BCS Series, there are different models. Three measure 80 x 80 x 21mm and are made in ABS HB. BCS30W is a white sensor case with slots in two ...
What is the vision for the UK? How can it paint a broader, better picture of what it wants to achieve in terms of attracting people into engineering? These are among the questions asked by the RS Components CEO Lindsley Ruth as he considers the issues around employment opportunities in the electronics industry. And yes, Brexit comes up too, in ...
