Lord Robertson, co-lead of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, former UK Secretary of Defence and NATO Secretary General, opened the Defence Strategic Communications Conference in London. His keynote on the theme of ‘New Narratives for a New World Order’ laid bare critical issues that the UK and its European allies are facing, warning delegates that leaders of several other countries are united in undermining us and that what Putin has done to Ukraine, he could also do to us.

I am writing to invite expressions of interest from Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) who wish to join the initial cohort of up to 30 companies to be supported by the Office for Small Business Growth to help test and shape its initial service offering. If you are interested please complete the Office for Small Business Growth - Expression of Interest Form by 14 December.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book, produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Julie McCombie, Head of IT, Diabetes UK.

The Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) redefined the British industrial base as “UK-based” companies rather than “UK-owned” or “UK-headquartered”. This will open the door to greater foreign investment in the UK defence sector. Is that a good or bad thing? Especially when UK SMEs are struggling to attract investment.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Lauren Wilson, a Senior Leader in Incident Management at a multi-national energy company.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Guillaume Lenglet, Director of Infrastructure and Production, Xelians.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Dan Jones, Senior Security Advisor, Tanium and formerly Service Owner (Defensive Cyber Operations), UK Ministry of Defence.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Matthew Harriet Randall, Head of Software Development, at a major automotive company.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Dr Mark Daniell, CTO, Prototype Warfare & Disruptive Technology, Aerospace, and Simon Harwood, UK Strategy & Technology Director, at a global aerospace, defence and security company.

As part of our Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology book produced in partnership with Tanium, we spoke to Andy Piper, CISO Investment Bank & Markets, Barclays.