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May 7, 2014

“It’s the economy, stupid” – Labour party edition

“It’s the economy, stupid” – Labour party edition

th exactly one year to go until the next General Election, political parties are sharpening their messaging and, not surprisingly the focus […]

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May 7, 2014

“It’s the economy, stupid” – Conservative party edition

“It’s the economy, stupid” – Conservative party edition

With exactly one year to go until the next General Election, political parties are sharpening their messaging and, not surprisingly the focus […]

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May 2, 2014

Serious and Organised Crime – National Strategic Assessment

Serious and Organised Crime – National Strategic Assessment

On 1 May, the National Crime Agency published a national assessment of the impact of and the threat to the UK from […]

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May 2, 2014

Home Office call – explosives precursors

Home Office call – explosives precursors

The Home Office is leading a public research call seeking to identify additives to or substitutions for explosives precursors and poisons to […]

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May 2, 2014

Sterling strength – Understanding the impacts

Sterling strength – Understanding the impacts

It’s the question I always get from members, but I absolutely hate forecasting exchange rates. It’s a mugs game and I’m terrible […]

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May 1, 2014

UK Space Sector Receives Positive Government Backing for Future Growth

UK Space Sector Receives Positive Government Backing for Future Growth

The UK’s Space Industry received positive news this week, as the government outlined its support for the ‘UK Space Innovation & Growth […]

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April 30, 2014

ATAG Report Highlights the Global Reach & Impact of Aviation

ATAG Report Highlights the Global Reach & Impact of Aviation

The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) has this week released its ‘Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders’ report for 2014, which outlines the global […]

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April 23, 2014

Bank of England: The view on the ground

Bank of England: The view on the ground

While economists (including me!) make a living reading the tea leaves in the steady drip of economic data, most of the information […]

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April 17, 2014

EASA & ECHA Report Outlines How ‘REACH’ Affects the Aviation Industry

EASA & ECHA Report Outlines How ‘REACH’ Affects the Aviation Industry

ECHA and EASA have this week released a report outlining the impact of the REACH authorisation process on aviation industry. Developed in […]

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April 15, 2014

The challenge of police procurement – what is ADS doing about it?

The challenge of police procurement – what is ADS doing about it?

Police procurement has always posed challenges for the security sector. The most obvious challenge is that the customer base is very fragmented, […]

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April 10, 2014

EU Commission Sets Out Approach to Future Civil RPAS Airspace Integration

EU Commission Sets Out Approach to Future Civil RPAS Airspace Integration

The European Commission has this week released a communication to the EU Parliament and Council on the proposed integration of Civil RPAS into […]

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April 9, 2014

UK Aerospace Exports to Brazil – Why Opportunity Must Drive Growth

UK Aerospace Exports to Brazil – Why Opportunity Must Drive Growth

This week, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) are promoting national ‘Export Week’ – hosting a variety of events up and down the […]

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April 8, 2014

Improving your cyber security – the government’s ‘Cyber Essentials’ scheme

Improving your cyber security – the government’s ‘Cyber Essentials’ scheme

This week, the government launched a ‘Cyber Essentials’ scheme. As previously noted, this scheme is the next stage on from the ’10 Steps to […]

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April 4, 2014

Aerospace, defence & space helping to boost UK productivity

Aerospace, defence & space helping to boost UK productivity

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has released some more detail in how productivity has changed since 2008 across the main sectors […]

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