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techUK recently brought together the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Innovate UK, and EPSRC to launch the UK’s Advanced Connectivity Technology (ACT) R&D programme, a four-year initiative backed by £270 million in funding.

Guest blog by Dia Nag, Director of Digital at BetterGov #LocalGovernmentReorganisation

Diana Kenny, Senior Mechanical Engineer and Global STEM Lead at RED Engineering Design, explores how STEM outreach is shaping the future talent pipeline for the Data Centre industry.

Diana Kenny, Senior Mechanical Engineer and Global STEM Lead at RED Engineering Design, explores how STEM outreach is shaping the future talent pipeline for the Data Centre industry.

Written by Jon Healy, Managing Director - EMEA, Salute.

Written by Daniel Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Astralis Technology.

Warren Tucker, Partner and Technology Leader at PwC UK, shares his key takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. After a packed few days at MWC 2026 in Barcelona - full of meetings, demos and conversations with technology leaders - five talking points kept coming up again and again. These are trends I think everyone in the tech ecosystem should be watching closely.

Jon Barkworth, SVP Marketing at Sitehop, explores how shrinking the attack surface is key to evolving online safety and building trust in digital services.

Written by Sawan Joshi, FDM Chief Information Security Officer

Catch up on the UK SPF's Plenary from March 2026

By Kim Vigilia, Head of Strategy, UK at Netcompany and AI Council member at techUK

By Emma Raftery-Kenworthy, Director of PR and Marketing, Aire Logic

See upcoming events, opportunities, news, and updates from techUK's International Trade Programme…

Welcome to this week’s update on the fast-moving world of global trade, digital policy, and transatlantic relations. Here’s what’s shaping the global agenda right now.

The government has launched an independent review into police force structures following the Policing Reform white paper, examining how forces can operate more efficiently through structural change. Led by Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, the review will explore governance, accountability and the potential move towards fewer, larger police forces.

Guest blog by Alexander Hamilton, Director of Science, Tech & Standardization at Nokia Defense, and Chair of NATO Wireless Communications Standards Project

Public sector procurement is changing fast. New legislation, rising expectations around sustainability and social value, and the growing influence of AI are reshaping how government buys and how suppliers need to show up. This year, we brought together some of the sharpest minds working at the heart of these shifts for a week of conversation about what's happening and what to do about it.

By Claire Denton, Chief General Counsel and Company Secretary, Capita.