Government Covid guidance body brings in Accenture for ‘data science support’
Consultancy awarded £500,000 deal
Watchdog promises ‘careful scrutiny’ of Apple in probe of alleged anti-competitive practices
Regulator investigates whether terms of app store break the law
HMRC gets £280m Budget boost to improve tech and tackle fraud
Tax agency supported by chancellor
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Digital secretary meets with Australian counterpart over Facebook face-off
Discussion covered regulation, free speech and media
Government more than doubles contactless limit in bid to boost retail sector
Citizens can now use technology to pay for £100 of goods and services
DWP plans to hire hundreds of digital staff this year
Department seeks to enable ‘once-in-a-generation’ transformation
Public bodies join up to form CyberScotland
Newly created organisation aims to improve national resilience
Government study reveals cyber sector kept growing through 2020
Revenue spiked 7% to £8.9bn, DCMS study reveals
Government considers role of technology in enforcing quarantine
Minister says mandating isolation is ‘right course of action’
Delayed publication of coronavirus contracts ruled unlawful
Court finds that Matt Hancock broke the law
EU gives provisional thumbs-up to UK privacy regime
Country receives draft adequacy decision
Data-protection watchdog offers toolkit for analytics projects
ICO offers resources to assess legality and work with data subjects
HMRC signs £43m deals with AWS
Contracts cover provision of ‘hyperscale’ environment and related professional services
SMEs offered funds to boost data skills
Smaller firms in Scotland offered access to new sources of support
GOV.UK service performance platform to close
Centralised tool to be retired next month with onus shifted to departments to publish their own data
Stroud council plans £400k digital drive
Gloucestershire town to implement digital platform
‘Plagued by cronyism’ – shadow minister calls for end to emergency procurement measures
Relaxation of usual processes was first announced almost a year ago
Scotland assembles advisory group to promote 5G adoption
Unit put together by government-backed Scotland 5G Centre
HMRC seeks ops head for anti-fraud unit
Service aims to improve use of tech as part of transformation programme
Digital use of vehicle tax and driving test services spiked in April
Use of digital channels has fallen back since the first lockdown, Department for Transport data shows
West Hertfordshire NHS Trust signs £30m ten-year deal for electronic patient records
Contract awarded to US player Cerner
The pandemic has exposed the government’s broken digital promises
While other countries adapted seamlessly to digital doctors' consultations and online teaching, coronavirus showed how little progress the UK has really made, believes Jack Perschke of netcompany
Scottish infrastructure plan commits £110m to digital public services
Strategy aims to adopt one of ‘widest’ definition of national infrastructure