March 4, 2026

3 Minutes

Environment News

Defra nears exit of legacy datacentres but retains Capgemini for £40m digital ‘capability as a service’ deal

Sam Trendall March 4, 2026

While it is striving to complete migration from incumbent IT infrastructure, the environment department will continue to work with one of the key suppliers, across two deals worth almost £50m […]...

DSIT to create ‘action plan’ to boost procurement spend with UK SMEs

Sam Trendall March 4, 2026

The department will shortly provide details of a new strategy, including a ‘stretching target’, intended to ensure that buying processes are more friendly to small firms, a minister has indicated […]...

Digital ID minister replaced with former musician and comms advisor James Frith

Sam Trendall March 4, 2026

Prior to taking on his first ministerial posting, the member for Bury North has previously worked for public relations outfits, social enterprises, and played the UK’s most famous music festival […]...

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March 4, 2026

Defra nears exit of legacy datacentres but retains Capgemini for £40m digital ‘capability as a service’ deal

DSIT to create ‘action plan’ to boost procurement spend with UK SMEs

Digital ID minister replaced with former musician and comms advisor James Frith

Government risks ‘doing the wrong thing efficiently’, civil servants warn in new research

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Beyond the iron fist: What civil servants say will really cut Whitehall waste

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