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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

New plans to supercharge UK cyber sector

SQA publishes new guidance on use of Artificial Intelligence in qualifications assessment

Innovate UK launches new AI Skills Hub

Tech giants join government to kick off plans to boost British worker AI skills

Ofcom’s Strategic Approach to AI, 2025/26 - Summary

Your household smart products must respect your privacy – including your air fryer

UK organisations stand to benefit from new data protection laws

New data laws will make life easier for British people, cutting life admin, easing traffic and speeding up roadworks

23andMe fined £2.31 million for failing to protect UK users’ genetic data

New guidance to help smart product manufacturers get data protection right
 

Microsoft recently announced the Bing Search and Bing Custom Search APIs will be retired on 11th August 2025. 

If you are using these services, now is good time to consider switching to an alternative search API. There are very few options available globally but one is the UK company Mojeek, who provide an independent consumer web search engine used globally.

Mojeek also provides Web Search and Custom Search APIs to customers in the UK and overseas. Mojeek is currently offering UK government and public sector websites their API, as a replacement for Bing now and after it retires. The cost per thousand searches is at lower rates than are charged by Microsoft.

Simply click here to find out more and receive further information
 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

NHS Wales empowers public with free diabetes prevention and management apps

NHS England responds to ADHD Taskforce interim report

Care for those with learning disabilities or autistic people

Unprecedented boost for clinical trials under 10 Year Health Plan

Wide inequalities in cancer death rates in Wales remain - with no recent improvement

NHS launches drive to catch one of the most lethal cancers

‘Artificial pancreas’ transforming the lives of thousands of children and young people with type 1 diabetes

NHS Confederation - New digital leaders forum launched
 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Boost to UK defence and trade as Carrier Strike Group arrives in the Indo-Pacific

UK-Bahrain agree £2bn investment partnership in huge boost for UK economy

Fairer funding for councils across the country in major reform

Ofwat Innovation Fund highlights nature’s role in solving water sector challenges

Food Standards Agency (FSA) Publishes Research on ‘The Availability of Fast Food Outlets and Grocery Retailers in Northern Ireland and Their Distance From Secondary Schools’

Entrepreneurs and retail leaders recognised in King's Birthday Honours List

CBI responds to MPC interest rate decision - June 2025

CBI recently (12 June 2025) responded to latest GDP data for April 2025

CBI - Headwinds hit UK growth prospects - CBI UK Economist Forecast June 2025
 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Bangladesh is helping to create a geopolitical shift in South Asia

Employers recognised for their defence support with 2025 ERS Silver Awards

techUK and the Tech Council of Australia Sign Landmark Tech Partnership

Australia's naval nuclear propulsion: AUKUS update to IAEA Board of Governors, June 2025

The UK urges all parties to show restraint and reduce tensions: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Getting the medication balance right

New Scottish Technology Council

Blenheim Palace gold toilet thieves sentenced

Conflict sets back development gains for decades: UK statement at the UN Security Council

New partnership promises stronger public services for Wales

Rapist who filmed assault has sentence increased
 
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:

Click here to find out more.

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