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Environment

England plans pilot flood performance certificates for homes

The government and Flood Re announced on October 13 pilot Flood Performance Certificates intended to give standardised information about a property’s flood risk and resilience. The certificates are designed to provide comparable information for homeowners, insurers and lenders.

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Flood Re1 min read Data included
Technology

North Oxfordshire fibre rollout finishes four months early

A Project Gigabit contract has brought full-fibre broadband to 3,880 homes and businesses in rural North Oxfordshire. The government said on October 13 that supplier Gigaclear completed the build four months ahead of schedule.

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; Building Digital UK1 min read Data included
Infrastructure

Environment Agency issues Portland waste-facility permit variation

The Environment Agency issued a permit variation on October 12 allowing changes to waste types that may be incinerated at Powerfuel Portland Limited’s proposed Portland facility. The draft-decision consultation received about 296 comments between June 19 and July 31.

Environment Agency1 min read Data included
Economy

India and UK set annual data exchange on CETA use

The 16th meeting of the India–UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee took place in New Delhi on October 12. In their joint statement, the two governments agreed to exchange annual data, beginning one year after the agreement entered into force, on how often businesses claim its lower tariffs.

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade1 min read Data included
Health

Data Guardian urges trust to weigh in NHS platform decisions

National Data Guardian Nicola Byrne wrote to the Department of Health and Social Care on October 9, advising that public and professional trust should carry substantial weight in decisions about the future of the NHS Federated Data Platform. The letter was published on October 12.

National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care1 min read Data included
Technology

ProgramGym builds 1,648 verifiable training environments for coding agents

The October 9 arXiv preprint describes environments for reproducing programs from scratch and a staged agent workflow.

arXiv preprint by researchers affiliated with Xiamen University, Washington University in St. Louis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Unisound1 min read Data included
Finance

IsDB Institute announces two-phase digital finance programme for MSMEs

Prosper MSMEs begins with regulatory assessments in eight selected IsDB member countries, then market analysis; UPU contributes expertise and data networks. IsDB financing amount not stated.

Islamic Development Bank Institute announcement1 min read Data included