Industry News
WAG: The Welsh Assembly Government recently announced that there is to be a new tender process to provide an air link between north & south Wales. The service between Cardiff & Anglesey began in May 2007 and to date has attracted more than 37,000 passengers. The current contract with Highland Airways comes to an end in May 2010.
WAG recently re-tendered the service. Unfortunately the tender process was not successful and they did not receive any bids that complied with the requirements of this particular tender.
They are currently considering the options to deliver the service on a short-term basis from the end of May 2010, with a view to starting a new tender process to appoint a suitable airline for a longer-term contract.
They are currently considering the options to deliver the service on a short-term basis from the end of May 2010, with a view to starting a new tender process to appoint a suitable airline for a longer-term contract.
Press release ~ WAG: Air services across Wales ~ North south air link to continue for four more years
LD: Land Data, the NLIS regulator, recently launched the 2010 NLIS (the NationalLand Information Service) channel license programme, inviting companies to apply for a license to operate as a regulated provider of NLIS data.
Under the terms of the license agreement, successful applicants will handle authoritative electronic conveyancing searches from official data providers including all local authorities in England & Wales, Land Registry, the Coal Authority and several water companies. The official data is distributed to the licensed channels by the NLIS Hub.
HO: Experts from academia & industry have been invited, by the Home Office, to provide new research to help combat the threat of international terrorism through science & technology. A vital factor in preventing a terrorist attack is identifying terrorists as they prepare for it and the application of behavioural & social science is crucial to this.
The government has launched the Science and Technology Strategy (as part of its counter-terrorism strategy) CONTEST to set out objectives for using developments in these industries to protect the UK. Last week, the second in a series of brochures, under the scheme which aims to encourage participation & ideas from academia & industry, was published.
