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Bidding is open for a £78m design and build contract to improve safety on a major dual carriageway in Northern Ireland. The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has invited contractors to tender for the A1 Junctions Phase 2 road improvements scheme. According to the DfI, the A1 is a strategic road which carries 40,000 vehicles per

You may have read about how the Newcastle United owners ‘could’ be forced to sell the club. This story has come about due to an amendment put forward to change...You can click here to read the full article. Source...

DA­REECE PO­LO Se­nior Re­porter da­reece.po­lo@guardian.co.tt The Gov­ern­ment and Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert are be­ing urged to step in to reg­u­late how banks dis­trib­ute for­eign ex­change, with at least one econ­o­mist sug­gest­ing leg­is­la­tion to lim­it the amount of US dol­lars banks can utilise for in­vest­ments in for­eign mar­kets as a short-term mea­sure and busi­nesses call­ing for

Ministers have launched a voluntary accreditation system in a bid to slash the time small businesses wait for invoices to be settled. The government said its Fair Payment Code would help companies identify reliable clients. It introduces a ratings system, with those firms paying at least 19 in 20 invoices within 30 days receiving a

Peers hear that the government is being deliberately ambiguous about its plans to require technology companies to scan the content of encrypted messages By Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly Published: 28 Apr 2023 16:48 The government is playing a high-stakes game of chicken with technology companies by being “intentionally ambiguous” about the impact legislation going through

The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill will seek to level the playing field in digital markets by empowering regulators with new tools and powers to directly enforce competition and consumer protection laws By Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Senior reporter Published: 26 Apr 2023 12:00 The UK government has published a draft of its Digital Markets

Science & Nature On April 21, the U.S. National Science Foundation hosted leaders from across academia, industry, civil society, and government to discuss the...

TUC issues warning about artificial intelligence leading to more widespread workplace discrimination if the right checks are not put in place By Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Senior reporter Published: 19 Apr 2023 16:00 The UK government is failing to protect workers from being “exploited” by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, which if left unchecked could lead to