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Case studies: Real-life examples of government activity

• Example case studies: EU citizens' rights in the UK

  Examples of how EU citizens’ residence status in the UK will be affected after the UK’s exit from the EU.

• Horden mine water treatment scheme

  Horden mine water treatment scheme protects a vital source of drinking water and is located in County Durham, England.

• Dawdon mine water treatment scheme

  Dawdon mine water treatment scheme protects a vital source of drinking water and is located in County Durham, England.

• 7 fire & rescue services save £807,000 on IT hardware

  Crown Commercial Service has helped 7 fire and rescue services save an average of 26% on IT hardware through an aggregated further competition.

• Connected car firm Lightfoot receives £1 million innovation loan

  The company, which rewards efficient drivers, has received one of Innovate UK’s new innovation loans to help develop its technology and rewards platform.

• Act now on deemed rate meters - £170K realised in commercial benefits so far

  We're helping our customers manage their gas meters and save money by avoiding deemed rates

• Trialling tomorrow’s technology today: businesses show the way

  Innovate UK funding helps companies show how they can tackle challenges such as safe decommissioning of nuclear plants and electric car charging on the go.

• Lamesley mine water treatment scheme

  Lamesley mine water treatment scheme is a groundbreaking co-treatment scheme near Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

• A-Winning mine water treatment scheme

  A-Winning mine water treatment scheme in Derbyshire was constructed to prevent pollution of an important source of drinking water.

• PossAbilities: A public service mutual in adult social care

  Staff from PossAbilities talk about becoming a public service mutual and the difference it has made to them and to the vulnerable adults they serve.

• Bradfield College set to save £6.4k annually on their water bills

  CCS' Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services framework has helped Bradfield College make big savings on their water bills.

• Focus Academy Trust are set to save £7500 on their water bills

  Focus Academy trust has taken advantage of the deregulated water market to reduce their water bills, making savings to redirect back into front line resources.

• Household fuel cartel case study

  The CMA fined two of the main suppliers of bagged household fuels £3.4 million for taking part in a market sharing cartel.

• Driving clinical engagement in diabetes prevention in Luton

  The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme has seen high rates of referral from every GP practice in Luton.

• Dstl supports Mental Health Awareness Week 14 to 20 May 2018

  At the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), mental health is an important part of wellbeing.

• Case studies of insider fraud in charities

  These case studies cover a sample of scenarios of fraud committed by employees or volunteers in the charity sector.

• University of Central Lancashire switches supplier and saves £25,500 annually on water

  Crown Commercial Service's first water aggregation helps UCLan achieve big savings on their water bills.

• Green's Power benefits from our new supply chain financing model

  Yorkshire-based green energy firm is the first company to benefit from UKEF's expansion of eligibility to include the UK supply chain.

• Niteworks 3: what you need to know

  Background information about the nature of work undertaken by the Ministry of Defence industry partnership over the last 5 years.

• Niteworks 3: Improving performance whilst reducing costs

  Improving the performance and reducing the costs of the Merlin Mark 4 simulator by introducing 4 Degrees of Freedom in place of the traditional 6 Degrees of Freedom.

• Niteworks 3: Informing Acquisition for Future Aircraft Refuelling Capability

  Support to Air Command in providing pan-industry research for delivering an affordable Future Aircraft Refuelling Capability that would meet the needs of the modern Royal Air Force.

• Niteworks 3: Shaping Combat Service Support for Army 2020 and beyond

  Assist British Army transformation by shaping and improving the Combat Service Support, Command and Control construct for future land forces to 2020 and beyond.

• Niteworks 3: Enabling MOD to take advantage of the IT revolution: The Brockworks Programme

  The Niteworks BROCKWORKS Programme enables the Ministry Of Defence (MOD) to take advantage of the IT revolution.

• Niteworks 3: Supporting the MOD’s cyber capability

  Support and inform the Ministry of Defence (MOD) cyber acquisition strategy.

• Niteworks 3: Developing Joint Battlespace Management capability

  To develop a Joint Battlespace Management capability through assurance, competency and future improvement.

• Niteworks 3: Improving Ground Based Air Defence

  Improving Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) through supporting a GBAD Capability Integration Plan and a pan Defence Lines of Development (DLOD) GBAD Programme.

• Niteworks 3: Exploiting Open Source Intelligence through innovation

  To exploit Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) by ensuring continual innovation and improvement to keep pace with technology.

• Niteworks 3: Rapidly upgrading Submarine Combat Systems

  Develop a new Operating Model that allow the rapid upgrade of submarine combat systems.

• Niteworks 3: Enhancing detection equipment to reduce risk to life

  Conduct research into current and evolving industry capability to inform options for delivering a Future Ground Search (FGS) capability to reduce risk to loss of life.

• Niteworks 3: Transforming the delivery of the UK’s Air ISTAR capability

  Transforming the delivery of the UK’s Air Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance capability through a Whole Force Approach to Defence Lines of Development.

• Niteworks 3: Prototyping a Rapid Messaging system for MOD

  Prototyping Rapid Messaging for the Ministry of Defence that would allow an ‘anytime, anywhere’ alert to staff who are on or off duty.

• Niteworks 3: Generating effective capability through experimentation

  British Army Brigade Head Quarters Command and Control Analysis and Experimentation.

• Niteworks 3: The Capability Concept Demonstrator

  To provide a Capability Concept Demonstrator (CCD) to identify the key requirements and benefits of improving the support and supply of stores to the Royal Navy.

• Niteworks 3: Improving Army capability delivery through industry best practice

  To bring Industry best practice of Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (P3M) and to tailor this to the British Army’s needs.

• Niteworks 3: improving support solutions for explosive ordnance disposal equipment

  Improving the reliability and support of explosive ordnance disposal equipment by providing wide industry experience to the support solutions.

• The Channel programme

  Channel is a confidential, voluntary multi-agency safeguarding programme that supports people who are vulnerable to radicalisation.

• Youth Employment Scheme (North Ayrshire)

  NDA and Magnox Ltd helped fund a scheme to address high youth unemployment rates in an area affected by industrial decline following the global economic crash.

• Investing in Business (west Cumbria)

  NDA is supporting diversification in the west Cumbrian economy, to help balance the dominance of Sellafield Ltd, its largest employer.

• Scrabster Harbour (Caithness)

  The NDA's financial contribution helped Scrabster Harbour Trust secure additional funding from other sources to invest £20 million in developing its facilities.

• Eryri Centre of Excellence (North Wales)

  NDA helped fund the creation of world-class visitor attractions in North Wales, an area that has been heavily reliant on its nuclear site, Trawsfynydd, which is due to close.

• Gwynedd’s Offer (North Wales)

  NDA helped fund action outlined in the Wales Rural Development Plan to address the economic challenges faced by Gwynedd in North Wales.

• Telecoms SME increases turnover by £12m after winning gov contracts

  Business telecommunications specialist, 4Net, have seen record growth thanks to winning a number of government contracts.

• North Somerset farm secures export business with UKEF backing

  UKEF supports family-run dairy business, Lye Cross Farm, to protect its international sales against changing market conditions.

• School business professional helps school expand places by 25%

  A school business professional secured £300,000 from a local authority to help a primary school build new classrooms and offer more school places.

• School business professional supporting the delivery of a new and exciting environmental building

  Fiona Gill, school business professional at Morecambe Road School in Lancashire, has taken on the end-to-end delivery of a major capital project for the school.

• School business professional saves school cash and strengthens ties with local community

  A school business professional transformed property services management at Breck Primary School, helping save money and improve links with the local community.

• Northern Irish SME exports to Bahrain with UK government support

  ELSS Engineering wins contract for the design, installation and management of an aquarium in the Mall of Dilmunia, Bahrain.

• Getting girls to school in Tanzania: Rebeca Gyumi

  Rebeca founded an organisation that empowers girls through education, and worked with the British High Commission in Tanzania on mentoring for school girls.

• Ways to Wellness Newcastle for people with long term conditions

  Social prescribing helps patients to manage their long term conditions through one-to-one support from a link worker.

• Community development route to health improvement in Aylesbury

  Programme includes a Healthy Living Centre community in the Aylesbury town area alongside engagement in other key areas of deprivation across Buckinghamshire.