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  • Exclusive: Ajax tank maker handed £12m from MoD despite trial pause

    Industrials

    The company behind the failed Ajax tank was paid more than £12m in the period trials were paused, Morning Wire can reveal, laying bare the scale of dysfunction inside national defence procurement.  General Dynamics continued to receive taxpayer cash in the period between late November and this week, the time where the government intervened to [...]

    Ajax logo prominently displayed on a modern glass building exterior, reflecting a vibrant business district skyline
  • The defence industry shouldn’t expect a gold rush

    Opinion

    Despite all their talk, Labour's promises won't mean a gold rush for the defence industry, writes Eliot Wilson.

    Defence secretary John Healey last week declared the UK defence industry "open for business" (Photo by Richard Pohle - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
  • Eyeball.Club: The AI scouting platform shaking up the January transfer window

    Sport Business

    The January transfer window has underlined the importance of finding football’s next big thing earlier, and AI scouting platform Eyeball.Club is built for that, says founder Benjamin Balkin. Manchester United’s £30m signing of Danish left-back Patrick Dorgu, 20, wasn’t just one of the biggest deals of the January transfer window. It also distilled one of [...]

    Eyeball.Club's AI scouting platform helps clubs find young talent like new Manchester United signing Patrick Dorgu earlier

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