DBT Data Challenge 2026: From ideas to impact
How DBT colleagues with all levels of experience turned simple ideas into working prototypes within a week, demonstrating the energy and creativity within Digital, Data and Technology.
Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme: an AI-enabled big data analytical platform for government
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Hannah Male, Programme Manager in Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme and Rob Turner, Principle Data Scientist in Analytical Data Science, Posted on:
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The Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme (GSCIP) team has won the Analysis in Government Impact Award for informing major policy decisions, improving operational outcomes and driving analytical and AI innovation while saving government millions.
How data analysis supports better decision-making in the public sector
Read how data analysts can help your team store, understand and share your data.
Data governance and security: Not optional anymore
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Szymon Walkowiak, Head of AI Ethics and Data Governance, Posted on:
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Professions
This article highlights key themes, challenges and opportunities around data governance and security from our recent cross-governmental discovery work.
Building better data platforms: Our open source approach to infrastructure and tooling
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Soumaya Mauthoor, Head of Data Engineering, Michal Charemza, Tech Lead and Rachel Price, Interaction Designer, Posted on:
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Products, Professions
Discover how DBT is building a flexible, open source data platform - learning from the experiences of organisations across government, industry, and the charity sector. This blog explores the practical choices and challenges behind our infrastructure and tooling decisions.
Building a reusable data matching product
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Leonardo Mazzone - Senior Data Scientist and Will Langdale, Data Scientist, Posted on:
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Products
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT)’s Data Scientists have built Matchbox, an open-source platform that allows them to deduplicate and link datasets in a way that is measurable, iterative and collaborative.
Data Strategy in practice - Introduction and strategic ambitions
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Sian Thomas, Chief Data Officer, Graham Bird, Lead Product Manager, Data and AI Services and Jayne Spencer, Service Owner, Data Services Portfolio, Posted on:
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Professions
Reflections on research by the Digital, Data and Technology team in May 2025 with 15 organisations. This is the first in a series of blog posts on the topic.
Leveraging data analysis tools for IT rollouts in DBT
How using data analysis made a major migration to Windows 11 quicker and easier to manage.
Strengthening European digital sovereignty with AI-powered tools
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Natasha Boyse, Senior Data Engineer, Ledia Luli, Junior Software Developer, Tom McDonagh, Data Engineer, Adela Iliescu, Data Scientist and Richie Bird, Junior Data Scientist, Posted on:
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People, Products
How a DBT data team created an AI fact-checking tool during the Paris Hackathon.
Using self-hosted Large Language Models (LLMs) securely in Government
Find out how and why DDaT has taken the important step of self-hosting LLMs within a secure, internal environment.
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