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I’m sitting in central Beirut with two migrant domestic workers, listening to Sara tell a story about freshly baked croissants. Her colleague Rose and I are doubled up with laughter, tears rolling down our cheeks. Both women are experienced activists campaigning for domestic workers’ rights in Lebanon, where the
kafala (sponsorship) system ties workers’ visas to specific employers, creating conditions conducive to abuse.
Sara’s story takes place against this backdrop, but focuses on an act of defiance in the face of overwork and wage theft. She describes the derision she faced from her employer, who demanded receipts and counted the pennies every time she sent Sara out to buy breakfast. One day Sara saved some money from her salary and brought her own fresh croissants back from the bakery, deliberately relishing them one by one in front of her employer. “Me too, I have the right to eat croissants!” she cried in the woman’s face.
Brains Bioceutical Corp.: Brains Bioceutical Corp Successfully Obtains Home Office Schedule 1 Controlled Drug License
Brains Bioceutical Corp., One of the rare few EU-GMP Certified CBD API producers in the UK awarded a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug Licence by the UK Home Office, maintaining our industry leading advantage for Cannabinoid based medicines
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 17, 2020 / Brains Bioceutical Corp. ( Brains ) a global leader and manufacturer of pharmaceutical, wellness and veterinary cannabidiol (CBD) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API), is proud to announce its landmark accomplishment of being granted a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug License, which is inclusive of THC, from the United Kingdom Home Office. Concurrently, Brains has begun initial development of its new additional facility for CBD API production and R&D activities associated with other cannabinoids.
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Er, we mean fighting terrorism and organised crime!
Lindsay Clark Thu 17 Dec 2020 // 09:30 UTC Share
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The UK s Home Office has handed a £30m contract to engineering and IT outfit Leidos to help government agencies access and analyse communications data for combatting terrorism and organised crime.
Behind the managed services deal is a plan to smooth the efficiency with which government agents can access telecoms data.
The Home Office s National Communications Data Service (NCDS) launched the Agile Data Retention and Disclosure Services ( ARDS – yes, we know the acronym doesn t work) last year with a prior information notice to the market.
It said the ARDS would allow Telecom Operators to be on-boarded and off-boarded rapidly providing services the Home Office hoped would support collaborative ways of working with telcos and tech suppliers.
One Government Value Agreement working as intended, we see
Richard Speed Thu 17 Dec 2020 // 11:58 UTC Share
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The UK s Home Office has handed AWS a fresh four-year hosting contract worth up to £120m under the One Government Value Agreement, just weeks after the Department for Work and Pensions renewed its vows with the US cloud biz.
The deal agreed with the Home Office replaces one that was inked with AWS in December last year valued at up to £100m and was also scheduled to run until November 2023.
There is scant detail about the contract on Gov.uk s own pages, save to say that it started on 1 December, a day after the previous one was closed prematurely, and it is not suitable for SMEs to add their products or serivces into the mix, i.e - this hosting gig is only for AWS.