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Future Reserve Forces 2020

By Sharon Black

Defence Secretary Philip Hammond has announced that the Government accepts the broad thrust of the six recommendations made in the review of the United Kingdom’s Reserve Forces published on 18 July 2011.

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New NHS centres for amputee veterans

By Sharon Black

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced today that the Government is investing up to £15m to improve prosthetics services for military veterans who have lost a limb while serving their country.

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DIO launches new UK training estate contract

By Sharon Black

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has announced that it will develop a national prime contract worth up to £950 million to manage its 240,000-hectare UK training estate. DIO will be inviting expressions of interest from potential bidders for the new contract.

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New frameworks will open up construction opportunities

By Sharon Black

The MOD has announced that it will develop six regional capital works frameworks for construction projects valued below £12m and one national framework for higher value projects, more complex projects and cross-region programmes up to a value of £50m, under its Next Generation Estate Contracts (NGEC) programme.