Three build events for Microsoft, Google and Apple will be hosted by hosted by Ipswich-based software company, Coderus at the University of Suffolk and Adastral Park in May and June. The events, which are free to attend, include live streams from the US. They are being provided in association with BT; Innovation Martlesham, University of Suffolk, Eastern Enterprise Hub, IWIC and Tech East. ...
Legislation & Skills
No phones on flights
US aviation regulator FCC looks close to scrapping plans that would have allowed people to make calls from their personal phones while on airliners. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai issued the following statement regarding his proposal that the FCC terminate its 2013 proceeding that sought to relax rules governing mobile communications on planes: “I stand with airline pilots, flight ...
Comment: Hard Brexit must be well managed
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 ...
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
International Women’s Day will highlight the lack of status women still face in tech business and the need for gender diversity strategies.
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
The tech sector is highly integrated with European markets and dependent upon legal frameworks established at EU level over many decades, says report.
Tech sector welcomes May’s industrial blueprint
Prime Minister Theresa May’s blueprint for a Modern Industrial Strategy is being welcomed by the industry and tech investment sector.
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