For a highly distributed, hybrid organisation like Department for Business and Trade our intranet is vital to our culture & cohesion. Read our latest post on how we've been using user-research and collaboration to improve our offer including a focus on improving HR support digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2024/11/26/tra…

Blog post in which I argue that everyone with a role in public service should read Richard Pope Platformland jasonkitcat.com/2024/11/29/why…

In Department for Business and Trade we work across 47 locations in the UK. Hear more from our buzzing Belfast hub team in our last post of the year digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/18/bel…

In recent years I've developed a habit where I write short notes on every book I read, my last note of 2024 is now online. I write them for myself but others may find them interesting jasonkitcat.com/2024/12/23/boo…

Late last year our team ran an AI conference for Department for Business and Trade and our partner agencies such as Companies House, Competition & Markets Authority, Acas, Insolvency Service - here's a blog post summarising how it went digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/01/08/fos…

Our annual Data Challenge in Department for Business and Trade encourages innovation in using our fantastic data tools & infrastructure. My brilliant colleague Siân Thomas gives the low-down on some of the ideas including automation, predictive models and more! digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/01/30/dbt…

It's National Apprenticeship Week and we're celebrating all the wonderful apprentices we have in Department for Business and Trade with a particular focus on our Digital, Data and Technology team. Read more about how mid-career apprenticeships have supported our colleagues digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/12/fro…

Leonardo Mazzone has written a wonderfully thoughtful and open post on his experience doing a temporary promotion to Head of Data Analysis in our Digital, Data & Tech team in Department for Business and Trade digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/24/gro…

When the PM announced the creation of Department for Business and Trade in early 2023, we mapped out what it would take to move 2,000 colleagues & their systems into a new single IT platform. Here's what we learnt delivering this big team effort digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/04/dbt…

Lovely AI innovation success story: from Firebreak prototype to production tool helping Department for Business and Trade to resolve trade barriers. digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/03/26/usi…

We are very lucky in Department for Business and Trade to have a dedicated monitoring & evaluation looking at our digital, data, technology & AI work. Find out more about how the team are evaluating our AI experiments digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/14/und…

More reflections on our experience engaging and communicating while migrating thousands of colleagues for the Machinery of Government changes we went through Department for Business and Trade digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/22/dbt…

All government digital services need to follow the Service Standard. Sometimes a few tries are needed to get everything right, read more how our Department for Business and Trade Expand your Business in the UK team learnt and grew from their service assessment experiences digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/29/sec…

When I learnt that GDS' hosting platform GOV.UK PaaS was closing, I wasn't best pleased. We were the single biggest user of the platform & migration seemed daunting. However, I'm proud to say Department for Business and Trade focussed on the positives: digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/12/del…

In Department for Business and Trade we put particular effort into understanding how neurodiverse colleagues experienced our AI experiments. We found they reported greater benefit from using tools such as CoPilot, when compared to the wider test cohort. Read more digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/19/fly…

We're marking 4 years of matrix working in Department for Business and Trade Digital, Data & Technology so in this post I wanted to reflect on how we created our matrix working, and how we've had to keep learning and adjusting. digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/05/27/wor…

Latest update on our AI work Department for Business and Trade collaborating with partners across UK government. digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/04/har…

Read about our fab Product Adoption team in Department for Business and Trade and why it matters digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/24/pro…

Read how we're self-hosting Large Language Models for secure in-house AI uses Department for Business and Trade digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/07/09/usi…

Our AI cubed team, part of the Data & AI services portfolio led by Siân Thomas, are doing brilliant work. Read about their trip to visit DBT France and their participation in a hackathon to challenge misinformation digitaltrade.blog.gov.uk/2025/07/23/str…