With two years of hard negotiation about to begin, what will the tech sector be hoping the government can achieve from its Brexit deal? The main thing will be continuing access to Europe’s single market for digital products and services. But this also means being able to recruit much needed skills in engineering and science. There is an economic case ...
Legislation & Skills
Budget 2017: Comms industry welcomes new 5G investment
In today’s 2017 Budget statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled an investment strategy for bringing universal 5G internet access to the UK.
International Women’s Day: 9% is not enough says IET
To mark International Women’s Day, the IET launches the call for entries for its 2017 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards, which celebrate their 40th anniversary this year.
International Women’s Day: diversity works for tech business
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Theresa May meets engineers of the future
Prime Minister Theresa May watches an engineering education programme run by the IET in action during a visit to a Cumbrian school last month
Four-point plan to save the tech sector post-Brexit
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Tech sector welcomes May’s industrial blueprint
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EU customs exit ‘no problem’ for component suppliers
Plans to withdraw from Europe's single market and customs union shouldn't present problems for electronic component suppliers, says the ECSN
Danielle George says Marconi can inspire a generation
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Tech body welcomes May’s Brexit plan
Commenting on today’s Brexit speech from the Prime Minister, techUK, believes leaving the Single Market will have a bigger impact on tech than the rest of the UK economy.