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05 Apr Economy

Rishi Sunak’s Crypto Push Could Increase Risk For Amateur Investors

Industry figures have welcomed government plans to regulate some stable forms of cryptocurrency, but cite concerns that the push could increase risk for amateur investors.

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25 Mar Economy

TEPCO visit to new robotics centre

Sellafield Ltd this week hosted representatives from TEPCO – the company in charge of decommissioning the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear site in Japan – to West Cumbria to view the Sellafield site and the new robotics facility in Whitehaven.

21 Mar Culture

We finally have an Online Safety Bill with real teeth to regulate harmful online content

Way, way, way back in the day (actually twelve years ago), as minister for technology I responded to a debate called by then MP Claire Perry, who was quite rightly concerned by how easy it was for kids to access adult content online.

The government has its limits when it comes to spurring innovation

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15 Mar Economy

The government has its limits when it comes to spurring innovation

Plexal and IBM have found a new way for the private sector to meet the government’s aims of spending more with SMEs and building sovereign technology capability.

Celebrating innovation and inclusion initiatives in UK broadband

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02 Mar Communities

Celebrating innovation and inclusion initiatives in UK broadband

Connectivity is recognised as one of the pillars of modern society, bringing people closer together and having a positive economic impact on the country too.

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02 Feb Economy

HVM Catapult: Powering Levelling Up

A Year of Innovation: The Catapult Network's review of 2021

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26 Jan Economy

A Year of Innovation: The Catapult Network's review of 2021

2021 demonstrated the power of what Catapults can achieve. Find out how we plan on going further in 2022.

Guest Blog - We’re investing millions with EE and BT to protect our customers from scams

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07 Dec 2021 Economy

Guest Blog - We’re investing millions with EE and BT to protect our customers from scams

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07 Dec 2021 Environment

University of Portsmouth Professor named UNESCO Chair

HFSS ad ban: ‘Pro-Tech’ Government Dismissing Tech Solutions

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07 Dec 2021 Economy

HFSS ad ban: ‘Pro-Tech’ Government Dismissing Tech Solutions

The self-proclaimed “unashamedly pro-tech” Government continues to pursue a draconian online advertising ban that harks back to an analogue era

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25 Nov 2021 Home affairs

The law of England and Wales can accommodate smart legal contracts, concludes Law Commission

The Law Commission has today confirmed that the existing law of England and Wales is able to accommodate and apply to smart legal contracts, without the need for statutory law reform.

22 Nov 2021 Culture

Harnessing tech in the online advertising ecosystem

There is political resolve to change the UK regulatory system in response to the challenges thrown up by fast-evolving technologies and growing complexity in the online world.

19 Nov 2021 Culture

The Age Assurance Bill will enforce much needed protections for children online

Age Assurance is one of the most disputed but least understood areas of digital policy. Often characterized as a fight between privacy and safety – which fails to account for the fact that the tech sector is predicated on surveillance (data collection) and knowing their customer (ad targeting).

18 Nov 2021 Culture

Algorithms are undermining efforts to eradicate racism

One and a half years ago, the #BlackLivesMatter protests over the terrible killing of George Floyd shone a spotlight on racism. Last year, in a parliamentary debate to mark Black History Month, I spoke of the possibility of eradicating racism.

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17 Nov 2021 Education

Engineering and tech giants join forces to STEM £1.5bn annual skills gap

Government urged to support ‘Engineering Kids’ Futures’ to tackle gaping engineering skills shortage through primary education drive

16 Nov 2021 Social affairs

Is ending anonymity the price to pay for online safety?

Home Secretary Priti Patel’s suggestion that the government could look at restricting online anonymity in the wake of the killing of veteran Conservative MP Sir David Amess highlights the difficult balance lawmakers must strike in regulating powerful social media companies to reduce online harm while protecting those who need to hide their identity to speak truth to power.

15 Nov 2021 Culture

The pandemic accelerated the shift to digital – we must now ensure no one is left behind

Our reliance on technology has never been greater as a nation. It forms a fundamental part of our day to day lives, how we communicate, access services, how we learn and how we work.

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15 Nov 2021 Communities

#Talking5G with Nigel Rowe

12 Nov 2021 Economy

Lords Diary: Lord Clement Jones

Down the corridor in the Commons, early November was dominated by No 10’s Owen Paterson U-turn and in Glasgow by events at COP26 – but for me it was an opportunity to raise a number of issues relevant to innovation and the development of technology and the future of our creative industries. It started with the great news that Queen Mary University of London, whose council I chair, after many trials and tribulations, has agreed a property deal next to our Whitechapel campus with the Department of Health and Social Care. It paves the way for the development, with Barts Life Sciences, of a major research centre within a new UK Whitechapel Life Sciences Cluster.

Let’s make Going Green easier: Our Net Zero ‘key facts’ guide

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11 Nov 2021 Environment

Let’s make Going Green easier: Our Net Zero ‘key facts’ guide

It can often feel impossible trying to keep up with the latest technologies being talked about in the fight against climate change – that’s why we’ve created a one-stop resource to make going green easier.

09 Nov 2021 Communities

Massive cuts to phone mast rental payments are hurting communities and delaying the UK’s shift to 5G

The need to get 5G broadband rolled out across the country is urgent, as every one of us working on creaky Zoom calls can testify.

04 Nov 2021 Home affairs

We urgently need to tighten data protection laws to protect children from facial recognition in schools

A little over two weeks ago, the news broke that facial recognition software in cashless payment systems – piloted in a Gateshead School last summer – had been adopted in nine Ayrshire schools. It is now clear that this software is becoming widely adopted, both sides of the border, with 27 schools already using it in England and another 35 or so in the pipeline.

29 Oct 2021 Environment

Tech can save countries like Israel threatened by climate change

As the nations of the world gather in Glasgow, we all face the same critical question. How do we combine courageous steps to combat the urgent threat of climate change, with the pressing need to reaccelerate our economies post-Covid?

LISTEN: Catapult Network podcast series puts UK innovation under the spotlight

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29 Oct 2021 Economy

LISTEN: Catapult Network podcast series puts UK innovation under the spotlight

The Supercharging Innovation Podcast led by Dr Jeremy Silver, this year’s Catapult Network Chair and CEO of Digital Catapult, brought together special guests from government, business and academia to discuss innovation, and why it is so important for our society today. Here are some of the main highlights.