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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Business leaders urged to grip cyber risks with fresh support from experts

ICO statement on the High Court ruling about the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018

Sharing data and lessons from our Google Analytics 4 upgrade

Joining forces to help protect children online

Shoppers urged to call out online rip-offs as CMA unveils ‘red lines’

Teens on screens: Life online for children and young adults revealed

Education Secretary establishes Government’s forward thinking AI approach

UK Government unveils its approach to regulating AI
 

The theme for 2023 is Working in partnership - to build a fairer and safer world for businesses and consumers 

Venue: The Eastside Rooms, Birmingham 20-22 June 2023  

CTSI’s Annual Conference is the flagship event of the year, for those working across consumer protection and regulation. This three-day event provides unparalleled opportunities for Continuing Professional Development as well as offering benefits including:

  • thought-provoking, policy-led sessions - with an opportunity to interact with Consumer Protection experts outside the Trading Standards profession
  • training and knowledge-sharing
  • industry-wide networking opportunities 

The three-day event will be held at the Eastside Rooms, Birmingham. Birmingham’s newest conference venue combining innovation with Birmingham’s industrial heritage.

Find out more and register
 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

NHS patients with rare genetic disorders to be fast-tracked to earlier diagnosis and specialist care

‘Making Women Count’ – challenging the systems that keep women’s rough sleeping unseen

A Year in Review: building capacity, skills, and knowledge of frontline staff and volunteers

NICE recommends genetic test to prevent newborn babies going deaf

Official statistics show an increase in non-melanoma skin cancer cases in Wales

NHS treats hundreds with gaming disorders

Stroke survivors and their ‘savers’ call on people to act F.A.S.T. as part of NHS campaign

NHS slashes longest elective and cancer waits for patients

Consultation launched on sharing data from private healthcare providers with NHS

MPs lament NHS and Government complaints body’s “lack of ambition” to return to pre-pandemic service delivery levels

“A crucial learning experience.” - ICO calls for highest standards in HIV services after NHS Highland reprimand

Awards triumph for healthcare innovators

CBI launches ambitious taskforce to tackle economic inactivity and improve both the health and wealth of the nation

Review of relationships, sex and health education to protect children to conclude by end of year
 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

New bill to modernise Business Rates system

New leadership of the techUK Responsible Business Conduct Group

Business and Trade Secretary opens up markets worth £11 million every day to UK businesses

Boost for Scottish businesses with biggest post-Brexit trade deal

UK strikes biggest trade deal since Brexit to join major free trade bloc in Indo-Pacific

More funding made available for Fuel Insecurity Fund

APM Research Fund – Call for funding now open

Additional funding for South Uist community centre

Coastal communities to receive funding for recreational sea fishing

Inquiry into London-based evangelical church finds charity spent funds on gym memberships and other personal expenses, including over £95,000 on overseas trips

UK coastal communities to receive funding for recreational sea fishing

London’s boroughs awarded more than £63 million in funding to make streets healthier and safer for all
 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

College of Policing's new sharing platform connects police forces with crime reduction agencies to help fight crime

Ofcom publishes its Plan of Work for 2023/24

Children’s Commissioner and her Help at Hand team visit reception centre for unaccompanied children seeking asylum

A critical juncture for Sudan’s democratic transition

Monthly GDP Estimates for January 2023

Scottish Secretary responds to latest GDP figures for January 2023

New fire safety guidance comes into force on 1 October 2023

New settlement route for Hong Kong veterans

First Minister nominated

Landlords welcome plans to tackle unruly tenants

Mayor unveils plans for the Superloop: over four million kilometres of express bus services circling outer London

PHSO welcomes Government’s Human Rights Committee findings on ombuds reform

Senedd votes to refuse consent for Retained EU Law Bill

Threat level to Northern Ireland from Northern Ireland-related terrorism raised to SEVERE
 
SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

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:

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