diff --git a/app/navigation.py b/app/navigation.py
index cf5b5b715..281b8173e 100644
--- a/app/navigation.py
+++ b/app/navigation.py
@@ -330,9 +330,7 @@ class HeaderNavigation(Navigation):
 
     # header HTML now comes from GOVUK Frontend so requires a boolean, not an attribute
     def is_selected(self, navigation_item):
-        if request.endpoint in self.mapping[navigation_item]:
-            return True
-        return False
+        return request.endpoint in self.mapping[navigation_item]
 
 
 class MainNavigation(Navigation):
diff --git a/app/templates/admin_template.html b/app/templates/admin_template.html
index b7d0ada02..90449c552 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin_template.html
+++ b/app/templates/admin_template.html
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
   ] %}
 
   {% if current_service and current_service.research_mode %}
-    {% set meta_suffix = 'Built by the <a href="#" class="govuk-footer__link">Government Digital Service</a><span id="research-mode" class="research-mode">research mode</span>' %}
+    {% set meta_suffix = 'Built by the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service" class="govuk-footer__link">Government Digital Service</a><span id="research-mode" class="research-mode">research mode</span>' %}
   {% else %}
-    {% set meta_suffix = 'Built by the <a href="#" class="govuk-footer__link">Government Digital Service</a>' %}
+    {% set meta_suffix = 'Built by the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service" class="govuk-footer__link">Government Digital Service</a>' %}
   {% endif %}
 
   {{ notify_footer({