British Embassy Warsaw and Poland’s Ministry of Development inaugurated the UK-Polish TechChallenge, a new initiative promoting Polish-British innovation.
Link: UK-Polish TechChallenge launched in Warsaw
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Lords debates building a safer, cleaner and fairer world
Defence, development and diplomacy policy under spotlight
Link: Lords debates building a safer, cleaner and fairer world
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UK’s booming cyber security sector worth £8.3 billion
New report from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport reveals the number of active cyber security firms in the UK has increased 44 per cent from 2017
Link: UK’s booming cyber security sector worth £8.3 billion
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Environment Bill sets out vision for a greener future
Landmark Bill will better protect our natural environment for generations to come.
Link: Environment Bill sets out vision for a greener future
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The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (Appointed Day No. 1) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
These Regulations bring into force on exit day regulation 4(1) and (2) of the Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (and regulation 2 so far as relating to regulation 4(1) and (2)). Regulation 4(1) and (2) of those Regulations makes provision in relation to the attribution of input tax to exempt supplies in certain cases once the United Kingdom has left the European Union and entered the Implementation Period defined in section 1A(6) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
Link: The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments, Revocation and Transitional Provisions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (Appointed Day No. 1) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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EXCLUSIVE: The cyber attack the UN tried to keep under wraps – The New Humanitarian
EXCLUSIVE: The cyber attack the UN tried to keep under wraps The New Humanitarian
Link: EXCLUSIVE: The cyber attack the UN tried to keep under wraps – The New Humanitarian
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Assent Information Services Keeps You Up-To-Date
ISO Consultants, Assent, launch improved information services technology to help you stay up-to-date with legal, regulatory and other changes.
For many years we have provided clients with monthly legal update emails as an added value service. Several ISO standards include requirements for identifying and complying with relevant legislation, and our summary emails provide clients an easy way to stay up-to-date.
In January 2020, we launched the first of several improvements designed to provide more compressive and targeting information for clients.
Monitoring More News Feeds
Our analysts are monitoring more information feeds from trusted sources across the web, search and socials to identify more of the news that affects our clients, faster.
Aggregated into one central system shared by our team, we can more accurately manage larger volumes of data and quickly republish.
Utilising AI
We have taken the first step into Artificial IntelligenceI to prioritise stories for the attention of our analysts.
Multi-Channel
We’re distributing information over multiple channels, so where ever you get your information from, you have easy access to our curated feeds.
On the web including multiple channels on https://pulse.assent1.com and https://www.riskbriefing.co.uk.
On our Social Accounts including @assenttech, @assentenviro, @assentsafety and @riskbriefing.
On targeted email briefings including Daily.Pulse, Monthly.Legal, Monthly.InfoSec, Monthly.Environmental and Monthly.H&S.
Better Content Targeting
We’re making our information feeds more granular, so that you only see the risk discipline(s) that matters to you.
Subscribe to relevant emails and social channels.
Bespoke Horizon Scanning
Our team can also curate bespoke information feeds to support your organisation’s Horizon Scanning activities for organisational resilience and business continuity planning.
Talk to our team about Horizon Scanning today.
Read more: www.riskbriefing.co.uk
Link: Assent Information Services Keeps You Up-To-Date
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Intellectual property and the transition period
Information on trade marks, designs, patents, copyright, and exhaustion of IP rights during the transition period.
Link: Intellectual property and the transition period
Source: Assent Information Services
Scotland’s biggest trading partner continues to be the UK
Scotland exported £51.2 billion in goods and services to the rest of the UK in 2018 – a rise of £1.2 billion.
Link: Scotland’s biggest trading partner continues to be the UK
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Government spending with small businesses is up by almost £2 billion
An increase in the amount of money the government spends with small businesses has been welcomed by politicians and business leaders.
Link: Government spending with small businesses is up by almost £2 billion
Source: Assent Information Services