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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Attorney General to set out the UK’s position on cybersecurity and international law

Today’s employment data may be “the calm before the storm”, says IEA labour market expert

IFS - Latest pay data confirms rise in earnings inequality

CBI responds to latest inflation data

£50 million data innovation hub for manufacturers to accelerate digital tech

New app to counter malicious approaches online

 
AOVPN DPC Webinar Q&A: Richard Hicks and Leo D’Arcy

Always On VPN Webinar: Tuesday 7th June 2pm GMT

Join us next month for a live Q&A with Enterprise Mobility Expert & author of Implementing Always On VPN (AOVPN),Richard Hicks!

He’ll be joining our Head of Identity and AccessLeo D’Arcyto talk all things AOVPN, along with an open live Q&A session.

The webinar session will cover:

  • An overview of AOVPN DPC (Dynamic Profile Configurator)
  • Advanced use cases for DPC
  • An open Q&A with Leo and Richard for any of your AOVPN or DPC questions.

Register for the UK session: Tues June 7th - 2pm BST

 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

Study finds significant reductions in cancer diagnoses in Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Fuller inquiry: update to the Secretary of State

Grant fund launched to support women's reproductive wellbeing in the workplace

NICE recommends offering app-based treatment for people with insomnia instead of sleeping pills

Checks for prostate cancer hit all-time high on back of NHS and charity awareness campaign

Child Measurement Programme shows increase in numbers of children with obesity

More than 400 people could benefit from life-extending advanced lung cancer treatment after it was recommended for routine use on the NHS

New prescription charge freeze to help ease cost of living

Draft NICE guidance recommends innovative technology used to establish whether breast cancer has spread

More than a Coronavirus response; why population health should always be high on the agenda

Health Secretary announces 10-year Plan for dementia

Maternity Disparities Taskforce explores women's health before and during pregnancy

Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid speech at Alzheimer's Society 2022 conference.

 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Fund to secure our energy supply and boost cutting-edge nuclear projects opens for business

Mesh reimbursement fund opens in June

First of its kind support service for victims of conversion therapy funded by government

Offshore Wind Champion appointed as £160m floating offshore wind fund opens for expressions of interest

35 projects across England awarded funding from Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2022

Welsh Government steps in to replace EU-funded programmes to support people with complex barriers to find work

Funding for music education trebled to the tune of £13.5m

Government funding backs scallop fishing industry breakthrough

New funding to help spur more global success for UK’s independent film, TV and video games

UK kicks off talks on modern trade deal with Mexico

Eliminating trade barriers between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a welcome step, says IEA expert

Green trade crucial to economic security and net zero, says International Trade Secretary

Leading the Way on Green Trade

 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

New Bill to level up the nation

Ofgem backs consumers with price cap update

Government increases its ambition on water quality after decades of inaction

Mayor re-opens Bank branch of Northern line to new spacious Underground platform and concourse

Government rejects call for integrated recovery plan to tackle backlog caused by pandemic

Tax crime chiefs summit commits to international action

Megaproject delivery: the four horsemen of project leadership thinking

Landmark partnership between the US and UK to launch new era of spaceflight

£3.5 million boost to improve England’s fisheries

Personnel honoured for outstanding acts in Armed Forces Operational Honours and Awards List

Bristol City Council finds solution to improve city’s air quality

Why working with an agile approach matters across the globe

Thousands of local authority buildings still contain asbestos – new TUC research

 
SME Supplier Locator update...

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.

Alpine Surveys

 

 More contributions to the Brexit process

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Possession grounds to be strengthened as end of Section 21 in sight
Plans to abolish Section 21 repossessions will be brought forward it has been confirmed in the Queen’s Speech.


Rental Reform
The NRLA has published our proposals for reform of the private rented sector, ahead of the UK Government’s White Paper on rental reform expected in 2022.


The Landlord Conference 2022
Join us at the first-ever NRLA & Landlord Law Landlord Conference on 15th November 2022 at Coventry Building Society Arena.


Renting Homes Wales Act (2016)
Understand the key principles of the forthcoming Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 in this new course.


Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreements (AST)
Introduced in the Housing Act 1988, the assured shorthold tenancy agreement (AST) is the default type of tenancy in England and Wales.