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29 August 2021

Joint statement on Afghanistan safe passage
seen at 18:48, 29 August in News and communications (Our copy).
Joint statement on Afghanistan safe passage
Serious Fraud Office charges five persons with bribery and money laundering
seen at 14:48, 29 August in Serious Fraud Office (Our copy).

Construction sector

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged five individuals with bribery and money laundering in relation to the suspected payment of bribes to win contracts within the UK construction...

SFO traces and seizes additional funds from Shropshire training contract fraudsters
seen at 14:47, 29 August in Serious Fraud Office (Our copy).

Luxury watches

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured increased confiscation orders against Silinder Singh Sidhu and Paul Kent, two men convicted in 2010 of rigging further education and training...

Operation Warm Welcome
seen at 13:16, 29 August in Search (Our copy).
Operation Warm Welcome
Introducing the Developing Data Unit – come and join us!
seen at 09:42, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

Data is developing

"Is it the unit or the data that is developing?" I've been asked this, jokingly, a few times since I started as Head of the Developing Data Unit (DDU). I've always replied, also joking...

The future is Google Cloudy for DfT: the transformation of LENNON
seen at 09:42, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).
Meet LENNON

Latest Earnings Networked Nationally Overnight (LENNON) is an application used by the rail industry. It provides data, such as ticket sales and franchise earnings, which helps them better understand...

International Women’s Day: women in digital roles
seen at 09:42, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, we asked 6 colleagues in digital, data and technology (DDaT) roles to tell us about their work.

Maria Duffy - Web operations engineer, DVSA

I work ...

The power of diversity: International Women’s Day at DfT
seen at 09:41, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport

Earlier this month, colleagues from across the Department for Transport and its agencies gathered for an inaugural International Women’s ...

Supporting local authorities using data to improve transport
seen at 09:41, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

The Transport Data Initiative (TDI) was founded in 2016. Set up by local authorities, its goal is to help its members improve the way they collect, store, and use data to make transport services...

Broadening discovery: exploring possibilities for active transport planning
seen at 09:41, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

Discovery is an important phase of many government digitisation projects. It focuses primarily on establishing user need for the service and finding out what already exists that might meet that need. ...

How we connect, communicate and collaborate
seen at 09:40, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Profession is designed to support departments across government to attract, retain and develop specialists who build services and products for citizens and users.

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Moving the dial for International Women's Day
seen at 09:40, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

In the run-up to the Department for Transport’s International Women’s Day events, we asked 5 colleagues in the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) profession to tell us about their work and their vision...

Digital Transformation of Bus Services
seen at 09:40, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

As the Department for Transport’s Digital Service, we are seeking to bring about real transformation both internally but also externally by digitally transforming public transport services for passengers.

NaPTAN - the most popular dataset you’ve never heard of
seen at 09:39, 29 August in Department for Transport digital (Our copy).

NaPTAN is a shy dataset. If you’ve ever used a mobile journey planning app, you’ve probably used NaPTAN, most likely without knowing! NaPTAN, the acronym for National Public Transport Access Nodes, is...

Food and You 2: Wave 1 - What we've learnt
seen at 02:38, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

Following the recent publication of the first wave of our new flagship social research survey, Food and You 2, Principal Research Officer Lucy King explains how we gather ...

Reflections on the FSA Allergy Symposium 2021
seen at 02:38, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

 

Over the past two days I have had the pleasure of attending the FSA’s Food Hypersensitivity Symposium. The event brings together consumers, industry and experts...

Emily Miles’ stakeholder update – shellfish, next Board meeting, and a preferred candidate for Chair
seen at 02:37, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

In the first in a new series of regular updates to stakeholders, FSA Chief Executive Emily Miles shares recent action on inspections, support for shellfish businesses and a post-...

Comparing international meat production methods
seen at 02:37, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

 

Cymraeg

Rick Mumford, Head of Science, Evidence and Research Directorate, reflects on our recently published report into meat production processes in the UK and other...

What the updated approach for shellfish harvesting areas means for industry and consumers
seen at 02:37, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

Rebecca Sudworth, Director of Policy at the Food Standards Agency, reflects on the work we’ve been doing to help shellfish businesses adjust to the new relationship with the EU. ...

Emily Miles’ stakeholder update - consumer insights, regulatory reform, and World Food Safety Day
seen at 02:36, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

In her latest update to stakeholders, FSA Chief Executive Emily Miles discusses World Food Safety Day, gives an update on the FSA’s regulatory reform programme, and the latest on...

Weighing the evidence – a new framework for assessing external evidence
seen at 02:36, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

As a member of the Food Standards Agency’s independent Science Council, I help to provide expert strategic insight and advice to the FSA on their use of science to deliver their objectives...

Emily Miles' stakeholder update - welcoming Prof. Susan Jebb, the cat food recall, and my speech to CIEH
seen at 02:36, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

FSA Chief Executive Emily Miles discusses an unusual food incident, her recent speech to the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health (CIEH) and welcomes the FSA’s new Chair. <...

Chair’s stakeholder message - welcoming the National Food Strategy
seen at 02:36, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

 

Cymraeg

The Food Standard Agency’s New Chair Susan Jebb takes over this edition of the FSA’s stakeholder update to discuss the National Food Strategy and delivering on the ...

How Greggs prepared for the new Prepacked for Direct Sale (PPDS) food legislation
seen at 02:35, 29 August in Food Standards Agency (Our copy).

Cymraeg

Allergen labelling laws for prepacked for direct sale (PPDS) foods change on 1 October 2021. This means that prepacked for direct sale food will need to have ingredient and...