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- LIVE & updated! All the latest EPDT COVID-19 electronics industry news & stories... (02/12/2022)
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic outbreak continues to dominate the news cycle & media channels, EPDT is trying to feature all the best & latest COVID-19 electronics & manufacturing news, stories & updates for you – and now, we're collecting it together in one place for you in a regularly updated summary with links to the original posts...
- Self-driving revolution to boost economy & improve road safety (19/08/2022)
  
  New plan for autonomous self-driving vehicles announced by government, backed by £100m in funding, plus a consultation on a 'safety ambition'.
- UK’s first magnet refinery gets financial boost as first-ever strategy for supply of critical minerals published (22/07/2022)
  
  Multi-million pound investment in UK’s first-ever magnet materials refinery – the second-largest outside of China – launches alongside UK Critical Minerals Strategy.
- Flying taxis & vaccine carrying drones: £12 million fund to drive tech innovation across the UK (21/07/2022)
  
  A new £12 millon fund will support regulators & local authorities develop initiatives that help businesses bring innovative technology-led products & services to market.
- Intergalactic investment: government boosts space tech funding to cut carbon emissions & improve energy security (20/07/2022)
  
  Funding for pioneering new space technologies will help to cut carbon emissions, improve energy security & enhance the UK’s reputation as a science superpower, Business & Energy Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng has announced today.
- From Farnborough: Aerospace & drone innovation to propel UK to greener skies backed by £273M (18/07/2022)
  
  Solar-powered aircraft & NHS treatment-carrying drones among latest innovations backed by £273 million of government & industry funding. Package to help UK aerospace sector seize jobs & growth opportunities from green flight revolution & other emerging sectors, like drone technology, Business Secretary will tell Farnborough International Airshow in opening keynote.
- UK’s first Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre to help build more resilient economy (04/07/2022)
  
  CMIC to boost UK resilience & growth by providing up-to-date data & analysis on supply of critical minerals, like cobalt, lithium & graphite – all essential to manufacturing products such as EV batteries, wind turbines & fighter jets. Centre to be run by British Geological Survey in Nottingham; will help keep UK ahead of increasingly competitive global market for critical minerals.
- Government announces package of new measures to drive space sustainability (23/06/2022)
  
  UK Science Minister has announced a new Plan for Space Sustainability to demonstrate UK leadership in sustainable space, in line with ambitions set out in the National Space Strategy. UK industry will work in partnership with government to develop a new Space Sustainability Standard, to incentivise companies to adopt best practice. Government will also review the regulatory framework, including exploring ways of lowering insurance costs for sustainable missions.
- Editor’s comment: Engineering & levelling up... (02/03/2022)
  
  Back at the beginning of February, Levelling Up Secretary, Michael Gove finally unveiled the government’s flagship ‘Levelling Up White Paper’, setting out its plan “to transform the UK by spreading opportunity & prosperity to all parts of it”. In this editorial, we'll explore the role engineering could play in helping ‘level up’ the country...
- EPDT March 2022 issue (inc. Displays & Communications + EMS Outsourcing supplement features) now available online (02/03/2022)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Displays technologies & Communications applications, plus the latest edition of EPDT's twice-yearly Electronics Outsourcing supplement.
- Editor’s comment: Back to the future – lockdown lifts again… (02/06/2021)
  
  Writing this column in early May, the country is tentatively braced for further relaxations of coronavirus restrictions, as we ease our way out of lockdown 3.0. The UK’s comparatively strong progress in terms of vaccine rollout has helped dramatically drive down COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations & deaths, all of which peaked horrifically over Christmas & into the new year.
- Innovate UK funding to accelerate development of electric aircraft awarded to TT Electronics (06/08/2020)
  
  UK Aerospace Research & Technology (UKART) Programme, which represents £3.9bn joint government & industry investment, awards funding to TT & other members of the AEPEC (Aerospace Electric Propulsion Equipment, Controls & machines) project, to foster the nation’s competitive position in civil aerospace.
- Government calls for manufacturers to help make NHS ventilators [NOW UPDATED with link to specification] (20/03/2020)
  
  The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is looking for businesses to support the production & supply of ventilators & ventilator components across the UK as part of the Government's response to COVID-19. [NOW UPDATED with link to specification – 20/03/20]
- Advisory group established (19/05/2010)
  
  Business Secretary Vince Cable MP has announced the creation of a new group of experts to advise him on business and economic policy.