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More than 20,000 civil servants across numerous departments took part in a government-led trial using Microsoft’s GenAI Office 365 Copilot to support their daily work – with early results showing time savings equivalent to nearly 2 working weeks per person, per year.
Civil servants across departments including the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), HMRC, Home Office (HO) and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) were given M365 Copilot for three months (from Sep to Dec 2024), using it to draft documents, summarise meetings, cut through jargon and streamline consultations, and in specific roles such as Work Coaches speeding up support for job seekers.
Trial participants saved an average of 26 minutes a day when using M365 Copilot, which some rough maths equates to around about 5% in time saved based on a regular working week. Results were consistent across grades and professions, with differences observed in how the tool was used and where benefits were realised. Over 70% of users agreed that M365 Copilot reduced time spent searching for information, performing mundane tasks, and increased time spent on more strategic activities.
These are not really results that will blow anybody away, but do highlight that wide scale benefits can be achieved using even generalist GenAI tools like Microsoft Copilot. Even bigger gains are likely to be had when more tailored and sophisticated tools are adopted, of course that is contingent on the government investing quickly and at scale in proven AI tools, something so far that it has been slow to do.
TechMarketView subscribers can read our further analysis, and how this aligns with the UK governments broader plans for adoption of AI tools in *UKHotViewsExtra* Government trial shows AI could save civil servants 2 weeks a year.
Posted by: Simon Baxter at 10:43
In a written statement to Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that responsibility for government and public sector cyber security will move from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
The machinery of government change, which became effective immediately, is intended to “strengthen technology resilience and policymaking across the public sector, by better integrating cyber security responsibilities and expertise into the Government Digital Service”.
The move is part of the government’s strategy of establishing the digital centre of government within DSIT (see Digital centre of government starts to take shape). In January 2025 that digital centre, now called the Government Digital Service, was created by bringing together teams from the earlier Government Digital Service (GDS), Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO), Incubator for Artificial Intelligence (i.AI), Geospatial Commission, and parts of the Responsible Tech Adoption Unit (see A Blueprint for a Modern Digital Government).
Until yesterday, responsibility for the oversight, coordination and delivery of cyber security within government remained with the Cabinet Office. This includes the Government Security Group (GSG), which leads the government’s security function and is responsible for the implementation of the Government Cyber Security Strategy: 2022–2030.
The change follows a damning series of reports highlighting the precarious state of cyber resilience in the public sector. In May 2025, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned that the UK's cyber resilience has been outpaced by hostile states and criminals (see UK government cyber resilience lagging behind). This followed the National Audit Office report in January 2025, which pressed for urgent action to build capabilities and defences against a rapidly increasing and evolving cyber threat (see NAO: Government must act now to build cyber resilience).
Placing responsibility for cyber under DSIT makes sense. It should create a more cohesive approach to technology resilience, improving departmental coordination and helping drive policy implementation. However, the move is not a panacea for the significant gap that exists between cyber threat and the government’s ability to respond to that threat. Fundamental challenges such as the cyber skills shortage, inadequate funding models, poor governance, the lack of cyber expertise at executive levels across departments, and the scale of the government’s reliance on outdated technology remain. Addressing these persistent issues will require far greater prioritisation, urgency and investment if the government is to avoid a catastrophic cyber attack.
Posted by: Dale Peters at 10:10
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resilience
The latest episode in TechMarketView's series of Totally Sust podcasts sees SustainabilityViews’ Research Director, Craig Wentworth, interview Sam Jones (SVP of Health, Life Sciences and Manufacturing for the UK & Ireland at Atos) and Martin Keane (Head of Digital at technology innovation centre CPI) about bringing sustainable manufacturing to pharma through IT/OT digital transformation.
Tune in to discover how their partnership tackles a range of sustainability challenges – from reducing clinical trial waste through real-time product release, to optimising energy consumption based on grid carbon intensity (leveraging Scotland's abundant wind energy, in particular). Tune in to learn how AI-powered feedback loops can enact changes on the factory floor, and how to overcome cultural barriers in IT/OT convergence.
CPI's Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre facility (a collaboration between CPI, the University of Strathclyde, UK Research & Innovation, Scottish Enterprise, and founding industry partners AstraZeneca and GSK) provides a real-world pharma factory environment for testing integrated solutions in action. Its architecture blueprint, offering a standardised roadmap for sustainable digital transformation, is available to download here.
A 6-minute snippet of the podcast is available to stream for free now on SoundCloud and Spotify (or you can play it in the widget below).
Subscribers to our SustainabilityViews research stream can stream or download the full 26-minute version of the episode. If you are not yet a subscriber, or are unsure if your company has a subscription, please contact Jean-Luc de Jonge to find out how you can access the research.
Posted by: Craig Wentworth at 09:34
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sustainable transformation
IT/OT convergence
AI Operating System provider, VAST Data has expanded its strategic partnership with Cisco to offer a turnkey platform for building enterprise AI
Factories. Together, the companies are seeking to deliver a fully integrated and validated AI infrastructure stack that spans compute, networking, storage, and observability. More significantly for the tech scale-up, the VAST AI Operating System is now available directly through Cisco’s Global Price List and is fully supported by Cisco as part of the joint solution.
As we have noted before, VAST Data is quite a difficult tech company to fit neatly into a category. It is neither a storage business nor a database provider but offers both as it looks to capaitalise on the demand for data infrastructure and data management, driven by explosion in demand by AI and Machine Learning adoption. VAST Data helps organisations manage large and complex data sets that are increasingly becoming the life blood of AI-driven business models.
Founded in 2016, the AI OS specialist launched onto the market three years later and today generates annual revenue of around $200m. VAST Data, which counts NVIDIA among its investors, has seen its valuation skyrocket since the start of the decade. The company’s most funding round priced it at $9.1bn, up from $3.7bn just thirty months earlier (see here).
Posted by: Duncan Aitchison at 09:32
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EY is making a more concerted global push into the marketing arena by bringing together its acquired and in-house capabilities across design, sales, branding and customer experience technology under one umbrella. Through the establishment of EY Studio+, the Big Four firm aims to “offer a holistic and human-centred transformation service to its CMO clients around the world.”.
Over the last decade or so, EY has bought some 37marketing centric consulting and technology companies which will now form the core of the new entity. These include both the UK-based firms Seren and Digital Detox as well as overseas-HQ’d business with practices in the country such as Blackdot. The establishment of EY Studio+ continues the global advisory heavyweight’s efforts to rationalise its organisation and follows the consolidation of its 25,000 worldwide strategy and transaction personnel into the EY-Parthenon division announced in March.
EY, which has been struggling to grow in this country of late (see here), is no doubt hoping that this latest move will at least to some degree emulate the success of Accenture Song. Launched in 2022 by aggregating the Accenture’s global network of more than 40 marketing-focused acquisitions into a single brand, Song has become the world’s largest tech-driven creative company, growing from $12.5bn to $19bn in revenue.
Posted by: Duncan Aitchison at 09:20
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marketing
big+4
customer+experience
Shares ticked up a couple of percent yesterday on news that HPE had reported solid Q2 FY25 results with 6% revenue growth to $7.6bn, demonstrating resilience across all its product segments despite the tough macro conditions. The standout metric was ARR growth of 46% to $2.2bn, reflecting successful transition to subscription-based models.
However, margin pressure remains a worry with gross margins declining 370 basis points YoY to 29.4%. The Server segment, while growing 6%, saw operating margins fall to 5.9% from 11.0% previously, indicating pricing pressure in competitive AI/HPC markets. Conversely, Hybrid Cloud showed strong momentum with 13% revenue growth and operating margins expanding to 5.4% from 1.0%.
However, cash flow deteriorated, with free cash flow turning negative at -$847m versus positive territory last year, reflecting higher working capital requirements and greater investment.
Management's FY25 guidance suggests continued revenue momentum (7-9% constant currency growth) but acknowledges margin headwinds with operating profit growth expected to be flat to -7%. The $1bn free cash flow target indicates confidence in normalising working capital.
Things have moved on from Q1 (HPE shares dip on outlook) with HPE's portfolio diversification paying dividends, but delivering a recovery in margins will be critical for improved investor confidence.
Posted by: Marc Hardwick at 09:08
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infrastructure
At TechMarketView, we like to do difficult things. Usually, that involves our own proprietary data and the piecing together of complex puzzles.
The TechMarketView Market Readiness Index (MRI) involves all of this, and it means our analysts can give our clients a robust and unique view of IT service providers in the UK.
Widely used within the UK senior tech buyer community, the TechMarketView MRI is based on a proprietary assessment methodology created to understand and quantify the performance of suppliers.
Our most recent analysis, The Road to AI (published in two parts), has been designed to enable senior tech buyers to understand the ability of the leading IT service providers to support and accelerate their AI journey.
By applying TechMarketView’s highly regarded methodology and rigorous research approach, analysts assessed suppliers across six areas as they pertain to AI:
- Corporate Resilience
- Suitability of Offerings
- Skills & Resources
- Partner Ecosystem
- Industry Expertise
- Delivery & Execution.
In Part 1 of the Market Readiness Index: The Road to AI, we mapped the readiness of the Top 10 IT and Business Process Services providers in the UK. Stand out performances from Accenture, Capgemini, 
Cognizant, and TCS placed them in the Leading Pack (i.e., those suppliers exceeding the average score for the overall group in each category) of the UK’s largest IT service providers. This research was conducted 12 months ago, meaning the levels of Market Readiness for these providers will have continued to accelerate further.
In Part 2 of the Market Readiness Index: The Road to AI, we assessed the next strata of suppliers, those placing 11-20 in the ranking (by size/revenue) of the largest IT/BP service providers in the UK. Those emerging as the Leading Pack in this next layer down were Deloitte, NTT Data, PwC, and Wipro.
Once again, congratulations to the Leading Pack suppliers that scored consistently strongly within their cohort. And a big thank you to all of the senior tech buyers that supported the research by sharing their experiences and views.
If you are not a member of our Tech Buyer community, you can purchase the report by contacting Deb Seth.
Posted by: HotViews Editor at 07:35
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Posted by: HotViews Editor at 07:00
TCS has secured another seven-year extension of its long running Virgin Atlantic partnership, marking an evolution from traditional IT services towards AI-powered service modernisation. Last extended in 2021, this deal centres on implementing a cloud-first digital core with a ‘Tech Command Centre’ promising operational intelligence.
This partnership showcases TCS's aviation sector expertise and will use its proprietary Cognix and AI WisdomNext platforms to help drive operational resilience and more personalised customer experiences. The contract extension is another demonstration of TCS's modus operandi in its ability to evolve long-standing client relationships into more strategic transformation partnerships. Now with some 50 years in the UK market and relationships with half of the FTSE100, TCS continues strengthening its position as one of the country’s largest SITS providers.
The timing of the deal aligns with aviation's increasing focus on AI-driven operational intelligence, positioning both companies to benefit from the industry's tech-led recovery.
Posted by: Marc Hardwick at 09:34
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contract
airtravel
IT+services
The UK's Strategic Defence Review has been published, and beneath the headlines about increased spending and NATO commitments lies something more significant: an ambitious technology transformation agenda that could reshape the defence market. However, the word 'could' carries considerable weight in this sentence, given the MOD's track record on complex technical integration.
The scale of transformation envisioned is unprecedented. The MOD is proposing a "digital targeting web" connecting sensors and weapons across all domains at machine speed, while the Army alone plans a '20-40-40' mix where 20% crewed platforms control 40% autonomous systems and 40% consumable assets. With £2.9bn annually ringfenced for novel technologies, new regional tech clusters planned, and the Royal Navy emerging as a major beneficiary through autonomous fleet development, the opportunities extend far beyond traditional defence suppliers.
But significant questions remain. With nine out of ten defence cross-service enabling programmes currently rated amber or red, procurement averaging 6.5 years for projects above £20m, and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warning of "chunky tax rises" needed to fund commitments, the gap between ambition and delivery capability is stark. NATO's reportedly planned 5% GDP spending target would make even the UK's 3% ambition look modest.
In our latest UKHotViewsExtra - Strategic Defence Review 2025: A technology transformation agenda - we analyse which sectors stand to benefit most, what the MOD is proposing to ensure the success of the proposed technical architecture, considering previous struggles to achieve information advantage, and whether this represents genuine transformation or follows the familiar pattern of ambitious digital visions that have struggled to materialise.
TechMarketView subscribers can read the in-depth analysis now. If you are not yet a subscriber or are unsure if your organisation has a corporate subscription with us, contact Jean-Luc De Jonge to find out how to access this and more insightful research.
Posted by: Georgina O'Toole at 09:31
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strategy
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Having seen its technology-centric consulting revenues decline in FY24 (see here), it appears that Deloitte UK has continued to find the going heavy in the IT services arena during its just competed fiscal year. Reports have emerged that twelve months ended 31st May proved to be a particularly challenging time for the Big Four firm’s Technology & Transformation division, which is said to have fallen materially short of its performance goals. Overall, Deloitte UK's total profits for FY25 are anticipated to be up slightly yoy, but below the firm’s original plan.
Deloitte UK began its last financial year in a cautiously positive mood. The firm expected the period to see both improved economic stability and a gradual return of growth opportunities. As the months passed, however, it became increasingly obvious that the hopes for an uptick in demand were not being realised. Redundancy rounds in October and November (see here) were followed by the start of a cost cutting programme in December focused on halving staff travel and expenses for the remainder of the FY.
The firm is, however, by no means that only player to have seen its UK IT Services fortunes wane of late. More detail on this will soon be available when our Supplier Rankings 2025 report is published at the end of this month.
This news was first reported by The Financial Times.
Posted by: Duncan Aitchison at 09:25
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IT+services
Newcastle-based Liberal Labs has secured pre-seed funding of £4.6m in a round led by Northern Gritstone and Mercuri, with participation from Sure Valley Ventures, Cambridge Future Tech SPV, and others.
The company takes a logic-based approach to AI, based on Tsetlin Machines (which combine propositional logic with teams of simple automata that learn human-interpretable patterns from data), enabling decisions to be made based on combinations of binary features. It provides a more “explainable AI” alternative to GPU-heavy algorithms, which may also be too large, too expensive, and too energy-intensive for certain use cases – especially where power consumption is a key consideration (such as on remote, battery-powered sensor devices).
Spun out from Newcastle University in 2023, following a collaboration with the Center for AI Research at the University of Agder in Norway stretching back a number of years, Literal Labs describes itself as being on a mission to create “fast, efficient, and explainable AI perfect for edge use” (and hence also energy-efficient). This last point is a concern we tackled in our report on the Managing the sustainable AI paradox late last year; noting that edge AI is currently an under-used tech combo. According to data from TechMarketView’s Sustainability Technology Activity Index (due to be published later this week), only 3.3% of the 396 sustainability-related activities involving AI logged worldwide during 2024 also involved edge computing tech.
The company intends to use the investment to bring its first commercial product to market and grow its engineering team.
Posted by: Craig Wentworth at 09:17
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energy-efficient
Posted by: HotViews Editor at 07:00
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London HQ’ed startup Cykel AI has launched Eve, an autonomous AI sales agent designed to ‘revolutionise’ B2B sales operations and accelerate revenue growth. This addition to Cykel's digital worker portfolio follows the successful deployment of agents Lucy (recruitment) and beta release of Samson (research), all built on TaskOS - Cykel's proprietary AI agent infrastructure.
Eve is designed to execute complex sales workflows autonomously at machine speed, enabling sales teams to focus on relationship-building and closing deals. Key capabilities include; Autonomous prospecting (Identifies and qualifies high-value prospects from company databases and open web sources); Automated outreach campaigns (executes personalised email campaigns with natural language); Lead qualification & nurturing (manages ongoing prospect relationships through intelligent follow-up sequences that respond to prospect engagement); and CRM integration & management (integrates with existing CRM systems to maintain accurate sales records and intelligence)
Cykel AI was co-founded in 2023 by Jonathan Bixby and Ewan Collinge. Bixby is a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor who also co-founded KOHO financial (a Canadian fintech company), Argo Blockchain (crypto miner) and a number of eSports organisations. Collinge is also co-founder of venture building Crowdform, AI startup Kondor AI, and advisor at carbon credit investment platform Ora Carbon (See - Cykel launches AI agents). The business has yet to turn a profit, posting revenue (for the year ending Jan 2025) of £817k, on a loss of -£2.6m.
Sales, marketing, recruitment and numerous other LOB roles spend large amounts of time on non-revenue generating activities like data entry, scheduling, and routine follow-ups. AI agents hold huge promise to reduce human effort on such activities, and at a fraction of the cost. However, such ‘digital workers’ are still very much in their infancy and although they are showing a rapid rise in both adoption and capability, the majority of GenAI deployments we see are still focused on solutions that assist and augment roles rather than take direct action. This balance will change however as acceptance of the role of AI, and the ROI is better understood.
Posted by: Simon Baxter at 09:48
UK AI startup Applied Computing, which is focused on building AI foundation models specifically for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries, has announced a €10.7m (£9m) Seed funding round led by Stride.VC with Repeat.vc. The raise is reportedly among the largest ever for a UK-based AI firm at Seed stage.
Founded in 2023 by Callum Adamson (CEO) and Dr Sam Tukra (Chief AI Officer), Applied Computing is working with complex industrial sites and even large oil refineries thanks to their flagship product: Orbital. Orbital is built using multi-foundation AI, it’s powered by a new class of models built to optimise the physical world – not just language models but also time series, physics and chemical engineering models delivering explainable AI that can be trusted in real-world applications
“Refining is where complexity, scale, and impact converge. It’s not just hard – it’s the apex of validation. If you can build intelligence that works here, it will work anywhere,” said Callum Adamson, CEO of Applied Computing.
Orbital utilises 100% of available data from downstream energy facilities – compared to 8% captured by traditional methods – and is reportedly outperforming previously benchmarked state-of-the-art software by 90% in key metrics. In live deployments, Applied Computing claims Orbital can deliver an estimated 75% cost saving versus traditional cloud-based data platforms, with a payback period of under 10 weeks. The company has doubled in size since January and is preparing for a Series A in H2 2025.
The complexity and scale of infrastructure across heavy industry is immense, coupled with a huge legacy burden, with some facilities over 50 years old, as well as ageing IT systems. As energy and chemical demand rises steeply at a global level, these essential industries are trying to transform, turning to technologies like AI to help drive significant financial, productivity and environmental improvements. The Energy (and utilities) industry represents a huge opportunity for SITS providers, especially in regards to AI adoption. Those that can successfully help organisations overcome the complexity of integrating the latest technologies with these legacy systems, amidst highly regulated and industry specific processes, are going to reap significant rewards.
Posted by: Simon Baxter at 09:41
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Energy&Utilties
Posted by: HotViews Editor at 09:00
Live for members of our Tech User Programme (TUP) is TechMarketView’s latest Market Readiness Index report: Market Readiness Index: The Road to AI Part 2.
Now widely used within the UK senior tech buyer community, the TechMarketView Market Readiness Index is based on a proprietary assessment methodology created to understand and quantify the performance of tech suppliers.
This report has been specifically created to enable senior tech buyers to understand the ability of the leading UK IT Services providers to support their AI journey.
In our previous report, we assessed the Top 10 IT service providersin the UK. This report completes our assessment of the largest players in the UK with scoring and profiles of those players ranked 11-20 by revenue (based on TechMarketView analysis). They are: BT Group, CGI, Deloitte, Fujitsu, Kyndryl, NTT Data, PwC, Sopra Steria, Tech Mahindra, and Wipro. Find out how they scored and who made the Leading Pack.
We would like to thank the suppliers for their help in providing extensive information, time with their Executives, and access to clients.
Methodology
By applying our highly regarded and rigorous research approach, TechMarketView analysts have assessed suppliers across six areas as they pertain to AI: Corporate Resilience; Suitability of Offerings; Skills & Resources; Partner Ecosystem; Industry Expertise; and Delivery & Execution. This involves undertaking multiple in-depth research interviews with various functions/leaders within the supplier organisation to gain an extensive understanding of strategy, capability, and investments. Much of this information is not available in the public domain, and combined with our proprietary data and analysis enables our analysts to construct a unique profiling of suppliers. Scoring and profiles are put through a rigorous peer review/benchmarking process to ensure the cohort has been scored fairly and accurately.
The transition from early AI experimentation to value realisation is now well underway. Organisations are increasingly focused on securing faster returns on investments while carefully selecting use cases that deliver tangible business value. But who are your most suitable supplier partners?
Find out who and why, here: Market Readiness Index: The Road to AI Part 2.
This MRI is also available to buy as a standalone report.
If you are not a member of the Tech User Programme and would like to find out more, please be in touch: contact Belinda Tewson.
Posted by: HotViews Editor at 08:50
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Originally announced back in November 2024 (as we covered here) Atos has received a confirmatory €410m offer from the French State for its Advanced Computing business, marking a strategic downsizing as the IT services player continues its restructuring efforts. The transaction value includes €110m in contingent earn-outs tied to 2025/26 profitability metrics.
Significantly, Atos has carved out its Vision AI activities from the original deal scope, retaining these higher-margin operations within Eviden. Management noted that Vision AI contributes over one-third of its operating margin, suggesting the strategic decision to preserve value-accretive assets while divesting more capital-intensive High-Performance Computing (HPC) and quantum computing operations. We understand that the majority of Atos’ HPC contracts sit outside the UK, with the exception being a range of academic partnerships with the likes of University of Edinburgh, Swansea University, the STFC Hartree Centre, Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge, and the University of Oxford.
The retained Vision AI unit, anchored by the UK-based Ipsotek acquisition, will form a new business division focused on AI-powered video analytics for security and operational applications. The repositioning aligns with Atos's stated focus on higher-value AI, data, and security offerings (see Atos 'Genesis': Birthing a new beginning).
The Advanced Computing business currently generates some €800m in annual revenue, making this disposal material to Atos's financial profile. With binding agreements targeted for the coming weeks and closing expected in 2026, the transaction should provide crucial liquidity for Atos's ongoing transformation. The French State's involvement also underscores the strategic importance of maintaining domestic HPC capabilities, while Atos retains options in the faster-growing AI segments.
Posted by: Marc Hardwick at 08:44
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IT+services
Coming a couple of weeks after the extension of its Primary Care Support England (PCSE) services for NHS England it was announced this morning that Capita’s Pension Solutions arm has landed a £37m contract to provide pension administration services for an unnamed “global company's UK schemes”.
The five-year deal, commencing November this year with a potential one-year extension, centres on the tried and tested key pillars of digital transformation and automation—the main themes driving industry consolidation as legacy providers struggle with modernisation demands. Capita's approach will use its ‘Digital Pension Solutions’ platform integrated with Microsoft Dynamics 365, targeting personalised member experiences through the use of data analytics.
At approximately £7.4m annually, the contract represents welcome meaningful revenue visibility for Capita's pension business, which like the rest of Capita has been investing in digital capabilities to differentiate it from traditional administration providers. The emphasis on "cutting through complexity" and tailored engagement aligns with regulatory trends toward improved member outcomes and transparency.
This win validates Capita's tech-first strategy in pensions admin, where scale, domain and digital maturity increasingly determine competitive advantage. The client's focus on digitisation and automation suggests potential for additional transformation work beyond the base admin services, offering potential upside to the £37m baseline value.
Posted by: Marc Hardwick at 08:06
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Smart Green Shipping (SGS), the UK-based company behind the development of the FastRig wing sail and FastRoute performance modelling tool for wind optimisation, has announced the results of sea trials conducted in late 2024.
The trails – which we trailed in our Totally Sust podcast interview with SGS’ CEO & Founder, Diane Gilpin last December – were delivered as part of the Winds of Change project (supported by the Government’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition Round 3), and saw FastRig’s wind-assisted propulsion (WAP) system fitted to the MV Pacific Grebe nuclear waste carrier (which SGS had chartered for the occasion).
With shipping operators keen to minimise time away from commercial operations (and hence potential lost revenue), the speed of FastRig’s installation process was as much part of the trial as the sea-going portion itself – and all was conducted to time and on-budget. According to Gilpin, the trials themselves also “demonstrated FastRig’s ability to address key market concerns, such as […] impact on vessel structure and operational safety (particularly visibility), and additional energy consumption to power WAPs.”
The success of FastRig’s sea trials, carried out in accordance with scientifically rigorous protocols drawn up by the International Towing Tank Conference (a voluntary association responsible for “the prediction of the hydrodynamic performance of ships […] based on the results of physical and numerical experiments”) allowed for a holistic assessment of vessel performance and overall impact, rather than isolating the performance of FastRig alone. This also facilitated independent verification of the accuracy of SGS’ FastRoute tool too (by the University of Southampton and cleantech consultancy Houlder).
With FastRig’s benefits now proven in real-world maritime conditions, SGS has moved its attention to commercial deployment – with its team actively collaborating with industry partners worldwide to scale wind propulsion across their global fleets.
Posted by: Craig Wentworth at 10:26
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