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The Grand Challenge Missions: Our Industrial Strategy in 2019
A review of the grand challenges that make up the Governments Industrial Strategy
Published: 26/06/19
Artificial Intelligence
Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Biomedical
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Business
Business Development
Business Finance
Carbon reduction
Climate Change
Electric Vehicles
Employment
Energy
Engineering
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Record numbers start computer science degrees
Artificial intelligence courses more popular.
Joseph Palmer
Published: 18/12/20
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
increase
Information Technology
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Technology
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Swindon scientists in key space project
Funding for climate monitoring project.
Joseph Palmer
Published: 18/12/20
Business Finance
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Project
Project Funding
Science
Swindon
Technology
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IUK Launches Grants for New Manufacturing Hubs
UK businesses and research organisations can apply for funding to set up and run a smart factory inn...
Tim Burghes
Published: 24/11/20
facilities
Information Technology
Manufacturing
Technology
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Local inventor creates world changing technology
Innovate UK have approved a grant application from Pinweld and The Welding Institute (TWI), Rainbow ...
Joseph Palmer
Published: 23/11/20
Innovation
plastic
Recycling
Reuse
Technology
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CityFibre breaks ground on Swindon’s Full Fibre ro...
Swindon is celebrating a major milestone in its digital transformation as work begins to extend its...
Tim Burghes
Published: 28/10/20
Connectivity
Information Technology
Technology
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TechSwindon Summit next month
Town to promote tech talent
Joseph Palmer
Published: 20/10/20
Information Technology
Innovation
Talent
Technology
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Helping SMEs Innovate in Aerospace
Third IUK Competition Launched - Small and medium businesses, collaborating with others, can apply f...
Tim Burghes
Published: 15/10/20
aero
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Funding
SME's
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Marketing in a Digital Age
How can you ensure that you are maximising your activity online?
Joseph Palmer
Published: 8/10/20
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IUK Launches Fourth Round of Faraday Battery Chall...
Funding is available for business-led feasibility studies and research and development projects focu...
Joseph Palmer
Published: 6/10/20
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AB Dynamics wins German contract
Systems can include tank controls.
Joseph Palmer
Published: 5/10/20
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Launch of Festival UK Research and Development Pro...
Funding is available for teams from the UK’s Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics ...
Joseph Palmer
Published: 24/09/20
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Good Energy abandons plan for new HQ
Good Energy blames Covid-19 and effective home-working for the decision.
Joseph Palmer
Published: 4/08/20
COVID-19
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Research to better understand cyber security guida...
An offer from the Behavioural Insights Team on behalf of the Economy & Society Engagement Team at th...
Tim Burghes
Published: 9/03/20
Business
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Business Improvement
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Cybersecurity
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Launch of £250,000 Broadband Competition for Event...
Tourism Minister Rebecca Pow has announced a competition to boost broadband facilities in conference...
Tim Burghes
Published: 23/08/19
Broadband
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Business Improvement
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Manufacturing made smarter: round 1
Up to £30 million is available for projects to transform the productivity and agility of UK manufact...
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/08/19
Business Development
development
Digital business
Growing a Business
Product development
Research and Development
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IUK’s £10 Million Innovation Loans for SMEs: July ...
Providing finance to businesses that is affordable, patient and flexible for projects that have a cl...
Tim Burghes
Published: 15/07/19
Business
Business Finance
Business Improvement
Business Strategy
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IUK Announces Analysis for Innovators Round 5 Comp...
Help boost a company’s productivity or competitiveness
Tim Burghes
Published: 15/07/19
Business
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Business Improvement
Business Security
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Pulse Power and Measurement expands at Shrivenham
Acquires 2,000 sq ft of additional offices
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/07/19
Business
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Business Premises
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Swindon based Appsbroker among 1000 Companies to I...
Company is Google Cloud’s largest partner in the UK
Tim Burghes
Published: 3/07/19
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Dialog Semiconductor moves ahead with new Internet...
Moving towards a Wi-Fi ubiquitous world
Tim Burghes
Published: 27/06/19
Industrial Strategy
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Salisbury woman named Best in aerospace
Samantha Bunyan wins Aerospace Consortium award
Tim Burghes
Published: 19/06/19
Awards
Business Awards
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Swindon
Technology
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Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge Launched with €100...
Support is available for deeptech start-ups or new technology projects from across the world that us...
Tim Burghes
Published: 18/06/19
Entrepreneurship
Funding
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Technology
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Scisys to be taken over by major Canadian group
Canadian tech giant CGI moves to take over Scisys
Tim Burghes
Published: 17/06/19
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Technology
Biodegradeable first for Wasdell Group
New product follows years of research and trials
Tim Burghes
Published: 13/06/19
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Melksham company becomes a leader on stem cells
BioDivide founded to harness the power of the cells
Tim Burghes
Published: 13/06/19
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Scisys Brexit action 'pays off'
The company reports strong order book
Tim Burghes
Published: 13/06/19
Brexit
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Innovate UK releases 2019-2020 Delivery Plan
Innovate UK sets out plan to drive sustainable economic growth through business-led innovation.
Tim Burghes
Published: 11/06/19
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New plan to promote Swindon launched
400 business leaders at Nationwide Building Society
Tim Burghes
Published: 10/06/19
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Siemens takes offices in Chippenham
Relocates its software development department
Tim Burghes
Published: 6/06/19
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New funding stream for blue sky thinking
Up to £200k funding available for novel radar concepts and technologies
Tim Burghes
Published: 28/05/19
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2019 Heathrow Centre of Excellence Sustainability ...
Heathrow 2019 Innovation Prize - Enter now!!
Tim Burghes
Published: 20/05/19
Carbon reduction
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Electric Vehicles
Finance
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Leading UK aerospace designs: funding for projects
Innovative projects delivering smart, energy-efficient technologies that could bolster the UK aerosp...
Tim Burghes
Published: 13/05/19
Finance
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Community News
Scisys wins more EU funded satellite work
Securing two orders with a combined €9.7m (£8.4m)
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/05/19
Technology
Wiltshire
featured
New investment to support early-stage immersive bu...
Innovate UK has partnered with 11 private investment firms to offer £2 million grant funding alongsi...
Tim Burghes
Published: 7/05/19
Business Development
Finance
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The £2.4 million UK / South Korean 5G challenge
UK and South Korean businesses to pilot 5G technology on Seoul subways
Tim Burghes
Published: 29/04/19
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Community News
TechSwindon to be unveiled at a networking meeting
Event at the headquarters of building society Nationwide
Tim Burghes
Published: 26/04/19
Swindon
Technology
€15 Million EUREKA Call on Artificial Intelligence...
A new call for innovative projects in Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies has been laun...
Tim Burghes
Published: 9/04/19
Technology
Cyber Security Entrepreneurs Invited to Apply for ...
Cyber security start-up businesses in the UK are being invited to join a new nine-month accelerator ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/04/19
Cybersecurity
Finance
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Funding boost for aviation security innovation
Up to £1 million will be available to industry and academic experts with enterprising ideas
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/04/19
Finance
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Technology
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Community News
Excalibur Communications hosts cyber crime worksho...
Over 40% of UK businesses experienced recent attack
Tim Burghes
Published: 5/04/19
Business Improvement
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Businesses and charities urged to take action to p...
Percentage of businesses experiencing cyber breaches or attacks has dropped
Tim Burghes
Published: 4/04/19
Business Security
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Reuben Digital completes design project for sports...
One of the world's 100 biggest companies by revenue
Tim Burghes
Published: 29/03/19
Banking
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Next step in photonic technologies: apply for fund...
Organisations can apply for a share of £2 million to develop advanced photonic technologies in inter...
Tim Burghes
Published: 27/03/19
Business Finance
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Funding
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featured
Creating the 5G network: apply for funding
Businesses can apply for a share of £1 million for international partnerships that will help develop...
Tim Burghes
Published: 18/03/19
Broadband
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Porton based Dstl's first virtual reality collabor...
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory specialists successfully trial virtual reality collaborati...
Tim Burghes
Published: 12/03/19
Technology
AI and digital design to transform future of UK co...
£18 million Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund investment in research and innovation projects will t...
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/02/19
Artificial Intelligence
Construction
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Accurate prescriptions for people in custody: appl...
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £1.25 million to ensure the correct medication reaches ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 28/01/19
Biomedical
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Funding
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Funding: Business Basics Programme
The Business Basics Programme is designed to test innovative ways of encouraging small and medium si...
Tim Burghes
Published: 23/01/19
Business
Business Improvement
Established SMEs
Finance
Funding
Grants
Management
Technical Assistance
Technology
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UK brings largest ever delegation to world's bigge...
Over 100 British companies are showcasing UK innovation in the technology and automotive sectors at ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/01/19
Entrepreneurship
Information Technology
Innovation
Technology
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Disruptive, high-impact aerospace technologies: ap...
Organisations can get grants to develop game-changing solutions to UK aerospace challenges and bring...
Tim Burghes
Published: 7/01/19
Funding
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award
Get set for the Techies 2019
The Techies - Technology Awards Swindon and Wiltshire. Following the hugely successful inaugural Te...
Tim Burghes
Published: 3/01/19
Business Awards
Technology
featured
World-first carbon 'net-zero' hub of heavy industr...
At COP24 climate talks in Poland, UK government sets world-leading ambition for first 'net-zero carb...
Tim Burghes
Published: 13/12/18
Climate Change
Electric Vehicles
Environmental
Funding
Green Economy
Industrial Strategy
Technology
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World-leading projects in UK aerospace: funding fo...
Organisations are invited to propose innovative projects that could benefit the UK aerospace industr...
Tim Burghes
Published: 11/12/18
Funding
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Transport
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Cyber - a world of opportunity for ex-Forces
Corsham based Salute My Job supporting our military community with a series of Cyber Security course...
Christopher Parsons
Published: 10/12/18
Cybersecurity
Military
Skills
Technology
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New Funding Available: Detection and identificatio...
Organisations can apply for a share of £250,000, including VAT, to develop innovative detection tech...
Tim Burghes
Published: 10/12/18
Artificial Intelligence
Business
Contracts
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Funding
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Funding call for reducing plastic pollution: ocean...
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £2 million to develop solutions that tackle the environ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 7/12/18
Business
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Funding
Green Economy
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Power Up with up-to £100k TDAP funding
Helping to Accelerate SME Innovations to Market
Tim Burghes
Published: 6/12/18
Automotive
Business
Business Finance
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Funding
Growing a Business
Strategy
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Adobe invest £63.5 million in booming UK creative ...
Software giant Adobe has today (29 November) announced a substantial investment into the UK with a c...
Tim Burghes
Published: 29/11/18
Digital business
Funding
Investment
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Google teams up with Near.St to give a boost to sm...
Google and Near.St to help customers see what is available in local shops in their search results.
Tim Burghes
Published: 22/11/18
Artificial Intelligence
Business
Business Development
Business Improvement
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New board appointed to lead world-first Centre for...
Expert advisers appointed to shape the work of the world’s first Centre for Data Ethics and Innovati...
Tim Burghes
Published: 20/11/18
Artificial Intelligence
Data Management
Digital business
Technology
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SME support to evaluate innovative medical technol...
SMEs can apply for a share of £1.5 million to support the evaluation of innovative medical devices, ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 14/11/18
Finance
Funding
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New immersive designs to transform audience experi...
Projects have received funding to apply human-centred design to understand user needs and create new...
Tim Burghes
Published: 13/11/18
Artificial Intelligence
Digital business
Finance
Funding
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£109 million investment to create 359 high tech jo...
Hundreds of high-tech jobs created from overseas investment into the UK’s thriving FinTech, informat...
Tim Burghes
Published: 12/11/18
Finance
Funding
Technology
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Quantum leap: prototype devices will be ready in 2...
From underground sensors to safer communications, quantum pioneer funding will develop cutting-edge ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 9/11/18
Information Technology
Innovation
Technology
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Creating apps for travellers with disability: appl...
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £150,000 to develop a mobile app to support travellers ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 6/11/18
Diversity
Technology
New funding puts UK at the forefront of cutting ed...
Funding announced in the Autumn Budget will give scientists the chance to come up with ways to devel...
Tim Burghes
Published: 1/11/18
Funding
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Up to £50 million to develop world leading AI tale...
New investment will help the UK get the top AI talent from across the world.
Tim Burghes
Published: 31/10/18
Artificial Intelligence
Finance
Funding
Technology
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Tackling Knife crime: Detection of steel-bladed kn...
Announcement of an upcoming competition seeking innovative technologies and approaches that help to ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 30/10/18
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New funding to drive improvements in immersive con...
Businesses can apply for a share of up to £8 million for innovation projects that support better, mo...
Tim Burghes
Published: 26/10/18
Funding
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SBRI: improve firefighters’ operations and safety ...
Organisations can apply for a share of £1.25 million (including VAT) for an instantly deployable sol...
Tim Burghes
Published: 23/10/18
Funding
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£30 million commitment to help farmers boost produ...
Further rounds of funding for the popular small grants scheme for farmers has been confirmed
Tim Burghes
Published: 12/10/18
Agribusiness
farming
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Future Fifty and Upscale Applications now open
The UK's leading growth programmes for scaleups are now open for applications.
Tim Burghes
Published: 12/10/18
Digital business
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Cleaner and more efficient railways: apply for con...
New rail technologies could help meet demand and offer more sustainable, better quality services.
Tim Burghes
Published: 8/10/18
Carbon reduction
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Parajet Xplorer Sky Quad UK Launch at Swindon & Wi...
Over 300 influential leaders and business people will descend on Longleat today for the Swindon and ...
Tim Burghes
Published: 4/10/18
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Higher Futures – Skills for Swindon & Wiltshire’s ...
Christopher Parsons
Published: 30/05/18
Higher Futures
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Is your business embracing digital technology oppo...
Join us for a Business Breakfast and play your part in shaping a robust local Digital Strategy, whic...
Tim Burghes
Published: 9/03/18
Broadband
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Why 2018 could be the year for Europe's next $100b...
Tim Burghes
Published: 30/12/17
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Unlocking the Digital Potential of Rural Areas
Rural England CIC has launched a research project, supported by Amazon, on Unlocking the Digital Pot...
Kristina Angelova
Published: 24/09/17
Invest
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Ploughshare successes continue to support UK prosp...
Ploughshare Innovations announces that it has provided an increasing number of growth and economic b...
Kristina Angelova
Published: 17/09/17
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28 February, 2019, 9 am - 1 pm
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3 October, 2019, 7 am - 12:30 pm
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Tech Swindon - Be More Pirate
3 April, 2020, 11:30 am - 12:45 pm
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The importance of innovative workplaces
5 October, 2020, 2 pm - 3 pm
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5 November, 2020, 10 am - 11 am
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5 November, 2020, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
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5 Reason why Entrpreneurs need to focus on Cybersecurity
When you hear of a new cybersecurity threat on the news, what type of business do you think is most likely to be the victim of an attack?
Chris Gough
Published: 27/11/17
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