Central Government News | Made Tech Made Tech provide Digital, Data and Technology services to the UK public sector Tue, 03 Mar 2026 14:03:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.madetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-madetech-favicon-32x32.png Central Government News | Made Tech 32 32 Made Tech awarded £13.2m contract with the Department for Education https://www.madetech.com/news/contract-with-department-for-education/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 08:18:05 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=15967 Made Tech will be supporting the Standards and Testing agency to launch digital national curriculum assessments for pupils in primary schools across the country.

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]]> Made Tech, a leading provider of digital, data, and technology services to the UK public sector, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract with the Department for Education (DfE), worth around £13.2m over a four-year period.

Made Tech will provide digital, data, and managed service capabilities to support the Standards and Testing Agency (STA), an arm’s-length body within the DfE, in launching national curriculum assessments for pupils in primary school. The initial focus of this contract is the delivery of the Reception Baseline Assessment, a new government initiative to monitor pupil progress, scheduled for rollout in April 2025.

Rory MacDonald, CEO of Made Tech, said:

“We are pleased that the Department for Education has chosen to partner with us once again, and expand our relationship across multiple service lines, demonstrating their confidence in our ability to deliver critical digital solutions and reinforcing our reputation in the market. The award of this contract helps underpin our revenue expectations for FY25.”

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]]> It’s time for managed services to start delivering for users https://www.madetech.com/news/its-time-for-managed-services-to-start-delivering-for-users/ Tue, 11 Jul 2023 14:06:25 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=12463 Colin Bruce, Head of Managed Services at Made Tech shares his thoughts on the next generation of managed services and why user needs must inform every aspect of the service.

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]]> A cyber-resilient public sector needs investment https://www.madetech.com/news/a-cyber-resilient-public-sector-needs-investment/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:21:29 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=11072 Arnie Armstrong, Cyber Security Principal at public sector technology delivery experts, Made Tech, discusses why building a cyber-resilient public sector has never been more important.

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]]> How to create open, shared and sustainable data in government https://www.madetech.com/news/how-to-create-open-shared-and-sustainable-data-in-government/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:58:21 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=10953 Charles Baird and Firoze Salim from the Central Digital and Data office (CDDO) joined Made Tech’s Jim Stamp to examine how both central and local government can drive innovation through data sharing.

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]]> Public sector IT projects need ethical data practices from start https://www.madetech.com/news/public-sector-it-projects-need-ethical-data-practices-from-start/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 08:36:40 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=10386 Data ethics needs be to integrated into public sector IT projects from the very start, and considered throughout every stage of the process, to be effective.

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]]> Data ethics needs be to integrated into public sector IT projects from the very start, and considered throughout every stage of the process, to be effective.

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]]> Made Tech appoints head of digital transformation practice https://www.madetech.com/news/head-digital-transformation/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:00:13 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=9926 Made Tech, the public sector technology delivery experts, continues to support its rapid growth and commitment to transformation with the appointment of James Buckley as head of its digital transformation practice.

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]]> Made Tech, the public sector technology delivery experts, continues to support its rapid growth and commitment to transformation with the appointment of James Buckley as head of its digital transformation practice.

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]]> Data-driven government needs practical steps https://www.madetech.com/news/data-driven-government-needs-practical-steps/ Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:44:09 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=9797 We should build data platforms for government with the same techniques used in creating anything digital, argues Jim Stamp, head of data at Made Tech

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]]> We should build data platforms for government with the same techniques used in creating anything digital, argues Jim Stamp, head of data at Made Tech

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]]> Why we need data ethics by design https://www.madetech.com/news/data-ethics-by-design/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 14:10:12 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=9777 Haroon Ahmed discusses why public sector teams should be thinking about ethical data practices at every stage of the service design journey.

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]]> Haroon Ahmed discusses why public sector teams should be thinking about ethical data practices at every stage of the service design journey.

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]]> Without data literacy government cannot be data-driven https://www.madetech.com/news/data-driven-government/ Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:46:09 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=8961 Jim Stamp, Head of Data at Made Tech, argues that the government must improve data literacy if it’s to have any chance to meet its own data-driven aims.

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]]> Jim Stamp, Head of Data at Made Tech, argues that the government must improve data literacy if it’s to have any chance to meet its own data-driven aims.

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]]> Met Office signs Made Tech as digital services partner https://www.madetech.com/news/met-office-digital-services-partner/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:15:51 +0000 https://www.madetech.com/?post_type=news&p=8525 The Met Office has signed data and technology services firm Made Tech in a two-year, £7 million deal as its digital services partner.

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]]> The Met Office has signed data and technology services firm Made Tech in a two-year, £7 million deal as its digital services partner.

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