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UK Ministry of Defence

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 112.9 (Hot) (up 11.4 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-3.2pts) on signal share.

UK Ministry of Defence: 0 signals in the last 90 days — below the Defence Technology median of 1 across 42 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

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