Government news highlights policies, funding programs, and international collaborations that influence the electronics industry. Topics include semiconductor subsidies, STEM education investments, trade regulations, and national strategies for technology leadership. Governments worldwide are prioritizing chip sovereignty, green electronics, and secure supply chains. For Electronics Weekly readers, these updates offer valuable insights into how public-sector initiatives impact R&D, manufacturing, and market access—helping design engineers and decision-makers navigate the intersection of technology and policy.
Electric vehicle chargers installed in the UK after the end of 2027, along with heat pumps and grid-connected domestic storage batteries, will have to be remotely controllable by power companies. This is according to the UK government’s response to its 2024 public consultation on ‘energy smart appliances’ (ESAs), which has just been published. “The government will, subject to Parliamentary approval, ...
Professor Mike Capaldi, dean of innovation and business at Newcastle University, is to be the Chair of UK power, electronics, machines and drives (PEMD) manufacturing network DER-IC. Funded by Innovate UK, the network offers access to equipment, facilities and expertise from the PEMD manufacturing supply chain. Capaldi is returning to the network having lead the initial funding application and development ...
The UK has rejoined the European ‘Horizon’ research programme, having been a big hitter in the programme’s predecessors when the UK was part of the EU. It now has associate status in Horizon – Norway, New Zealand and Israel are already Horizon associates and, according to the UK Government, Korea and Canada are looking to join. “From today, UK researchers ...
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning of large-scale COVID-19-related ‘password spraying’ campaigns against healthcare bodies and medical research organisations, by commercial and state data thieves – known as ‘advanced persistent threat’ (APT) groups – seeking bulk personal information, intellectual property and intelligence that aligns with national priorities. Password spraying is the attempt to access a large number of ...
Work is complete on the National Healthcare Photonics Centre in County Durham. The government-supported Centre will support the scale-up and commercialisation of high-tech medical (medtech) products, acting as a hub for businesses of all sizes and academic partners to work on light-based diagnostic, imaging and treatment systems. Its is part of the UK’s Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), and its facilities ...
The Ministry of Transport issues cyber protection guidelines for internet-connected vehicles to protect them from being hacked.
UK is proposing to enter the venture capital arena with the creation of a National Investment Fund which will target British start-ups. The hope is to create more UK-based unicorns, these are new firms valued over $1bn. But it is also a way of replacing European investment in UK start-ups. British businesses still rely heavily on funding from the European ...
The green light for a national strategy to develop cyber security techniques for the testing and commercialisation of connected autonomous vehicles.
The government appoints the former Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, to be Director General for Digital and Media. At university, Gould studied philosophy and divinity.
Government imposed export controls are “unfair” to the electronics industry, says industry organisation techUK. It claims that exports of technology components are unfairly restricted compared to similar exports by other countries, especially the US following their introduction of new rules exempting many components from licensing. “We are aware of the significant improvements due to be implemented but we’re concerned at ...
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