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The travel industry must modernise  

Travel agents could, once again, become the go-to for holiday seekers. They have all the tools to offer a customised experience for travellers but they need to market themselves as a one-stop-shop. Jen Catto, Chief Marketing Officer, Travelport explains how...

Tevva: The UK needs hydrogen to achieve its net zero goals 

The UK recently published its ‘Hydrogen Strategy’, aiming to become net zero by 2050. Harsh Pershad, Head of Hydrogen at Tevva, argues, however, that hydrogen is the only way the country will achieve its ambitious goals.   The UK Hydrogen Strategy estimates that to m...

Mia-Platform partners with MOVENS to deliver more connected and sustainable cities

End-to-end platform builder, Mia-Platform, has announced a new partnership with Henshin Group, the tech company behind MOVENS, an open-source ecosystem for the mobility and energy sectors, to deliver a software integration hub designed specifically for...

UTC Heathrow and Vertiv enter educational partnership

UTC Heathrow has announced a partnership with Vertiv, which will see its people working alongside the UTC to deliver a co-teach programme of learning based on the data centre sector.  The Digital Futures Programme is a first for any UK school. The...

Cardiff University makes revolutionary development in nanotechnology

A new method presented by Cardiff University allows controlling the shape of tiny particles which could make the technology that powers our daily lives more stable and efficient. The process, called nano-faceting – the formation of small, flat surfaces on n...

Biffa transforms bin lorry fleet with Lunaz

Sustainable waste management company, Biffa and Lunaz, a vehicle electrification and upcycling business, have combined expertise to give Biffa trucks a new lease of life by replacing diesel engines with electric. In signing the fleet electrification and...

HydRegen raise £2.6 million in its latest investment round

HydRegen, an Oxford-based biotechnology company enabling sustainable chemical manufacturing, has secured a £2.6 million investment as part of its latest fundraise, led by Clean Growth Fund, the UK clean-tech venture capital fund. Following HydRegen’s sp...

Embrace social value or get left behind warns CIOB

Construction SMEs risk losing out in a competitive market if they don’t embrace the use of social value in procurement, so says a new report by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).  The report, Social Value and SMEs, says a relatively small n...

Study finds that technical debt and skills shortages threaten to stifle innovation

Technology leaders still have work to do when it comes to balancing their ambitious innovation strategies with organisational priorities and a host of business challenges, according to a new Protiviti survey of more than 1,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and...

Driving innovation: how accelerator programmes are boosting the UK’s space industry 

The UK space sector is worth more than £16.4 billion per year and employs over 47,000 people. Entrepreneurial support from space accelerators plays an integral role in the industry’s growth. Mike Stephens, CEO Entrepreneurial Spark – Space Accelerators, expl...