Delivering on one of the Prime Minister’s key priorities, the Defence industry has been recognised as a key contributor to the UK economy, with jobs, businesses and exports being boosted, according to a new report. This year’s Joint Economic Data Hub (JEDHub) report highlights several insights, including the important contribution international ...
Minister for Defence Procurement, Harriett Baldwin, has launched the Defence Industrial Policy Refresh consultation at a meeting with key defence suppliers. The Government committed to refreshing the defence industrial policy as part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 (SDSR15). Making it clear that competition within the defence supply chain ...
Announced at the Farnborough Airshow in 2012, the Defence Growth Partnership has played an indispensable role in encouraging government and industry to join forces to propel innovation and improve UK defence sector exportability. MOD DCB features writer Domhnall Macinnes caught up with Allan Cook CBE, Chairman of Atkins and industry Co-Chair of the DGP, to discuss past achievements ...
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon MP took time out to congratulate award-winning British businesses at the recent Farnborough International Airshow. Mr Fallon met a number of British-based small and medium-sized enterprises which won awards in the MOD-funded Defence Growth Partnership (DGP) Innovation Challenge, run in partnership between the UK Defence Solutions Centre (UKDSC) and the Ministry of Defence. He was ...