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NCSC launches scheme to assure cyber attack simulation providers for critical UK firms
A new NCSC assurance scheme will help the UK's most critical organisations find trusted suppliers to simulate real-world cyber attacks on their systems.
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- Funding · 12 Nov UK government backs Bristol and London chip startup Fractile in £500m-plus round
- Scaleups · 11 Nov Oxford's Oxa names ex-Rolls-Royce chief Andrew Heath as Chair
- Scaleups · 11 Nov Bristol's Dynisma installs race simulator for McLaren's Hypercar programme
- Tech · 11 Nov CMA completes overhaul of UK tech licensing competition rules
UK government backs Bristol and London chip startup Fractile in £500m-plus round
Sovereign AI Venture Fund and British Business Bank join a Series C that values the AI hardware firm at more than £5 billion. Scaleups · 11 Nov 2026Oxford's Oxa names ex-Rolls-Royce chief Andrew Heath as Chair
The autonomous vehicle firm's leadership change follows a $103 million Series D first close as it pivots towards industrial autonomy in ports and airports. Scaleups · 11 Nov 2026Bristol's Dynisma installs race simulator for McLaren's Hypercar programme
The Bristol engineering firm has fitted its DMG-1 motion simulator at McLaren's Woking base to help develop the MCL-HY ahead of its 2027 WEC Hypercar debut.Across the tech desk
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Founders
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Exits
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AI
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