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| Technology (not dancing) will be at the heart of future trade development |
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A series of ambitious new Innovation Partnerships between the UK and Africa are expected to stimulate significant economic growth and support the creation of thousands of new jobs. Initiatives in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria will include teams to boost innovation in technology, an accelerator programme and entrepreneurship schemes. The partnerships, announced by the PM as the UK strengthens ties with the region, will be established in African countries with growing tech sectors where there are young, expanding populations with ideas & innovations developing at a rapid pace. The increased engagement comes after the Department for International Trade announced the appointment of a dedicated HM Trade Commissioner to Africa. Emma Wade-Smith will now lead a team which will provide expert in-country investment and export advice for UK and African companies. |
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DCMS: Ambitious new Innovation Partnerships with African countries techUK welcomes new UK Government’s African Innovation Projects 10DS: New cyber unit to tackle child sex abuse in Kenya Brazil and South Africa tech hubs launched to drive international growth Roundtable to look at how tech can combat Illegal Wildlife Crime Technology is helping to transform the way the UK delivers aid abroad Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor launched in Malawi by Government and UNICEF |
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| Editor’s choice of Health, Social care & Homelessness related items of note: |
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NHS SBS Launches Innovative Payroll App to Benefit NHS Employees NICE: New “life changing” procedure can be offered to adults with severe asthma on NHS CAB: Complain and you’re out - Research confirms link between tenant complaints & revenge eviction |
| SME Supplier Locator update... | ||
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UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers. Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:
Click here to find out more. |
| A ‘bunch’ of useful ‘heads up’ links from the Residential Landlords Association | |
With a tidal wave of legislation change on the horizon there are more tough times ahead for the PRS landlord. An already complex regulatory landscape, with more than 150 Acts of Parliament and 400 regulations affecting PRS landlords, the sector is now bracing itself for, among other changes:
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RLA: Future Renting: Can you really afford to miss out? Chartered Institute of Housing backs RLA call to lift LHA freeze RLA: Brexit uncertainty risks EU nationals losing their homes RLA: Blog: PEARL – A PRS powerhouse RLA Blog: Shelter report misses target and offers no solutions |
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Still a ‘hot topic’, with widely spread views, for those who put fingers to keyboard in order to ‘share their views’: |
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Brexit microsite (Information about the Article 50 process and our ‘partnership’ negotiations with the EU) DIT: UK-Southern African trade - boosting UK and African economies Home Secretary attends Five Country Ministerial RLA: Brexit uncertainty risks EU nationals losing their homes IEA launches series of ‘no-deal’ Fear-Checkers Open Europe: How is the government planning to mitigate ‘no deal’ disruption? Open Europe: The view from Brussels - How are the EU27 preparing for a ‘No Deal’ Brexit? BfB: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by D.H. Robinson BfB: The BRINO “Coup” has Failed by Robert Lee BfB: A Soft Brexit Flouts the Norms of International Relations |
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