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The MOD has awarded a £270M contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes which will sustain hundreds of jobs in the UK and create 40 new skilled engineering roles.
The deal with BAE Systems will ensure that the UK’s torpedo continues to be manufactured at its Broad Oak facility in Portsmouth for another 10 years.
The year ahead will see other industries and disciplines adopt software development technology and collaboration practices while the Internet of Things matures and security threats persist
Security director ordered to pay £95,000 as proceeds of his crime
At Woolwich Crown Court, ex-security director Aston Shim was recently ordered to pay £94,758 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, to be paid within six months. If the order is defaulted the Court may impose a period of 18 months imprisonment.
40 per cent of new driver crashes involving 17 to 25 year-olds could be avoided through mass market adoption of black box or telematics insurance, according to a report published by young driver insurer ingenie. This amounts to the prevention of 28,749 crashes on UK roads each year.
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