The Chancellor has the opportunity to take some simple measures in
this week's budget to help IT users and resellers and help develop
the IT infrastructure on which the economy and e-government depend.
Key industry players spell out the issues for our industry and the
action we need from the Chancellor.
Words are not enough
After all the rhetoric,
the IT industry is now counting on the government to act in order
to boost business. This is what IT professionals want to see in the
Budget.
Read article >>Suppliers call for Gordon's help
John
Higgins, director general of the Computing Services and Software
Association and Joe Edwards, director of retail finance at
Computacenter, spell out some simple measures the Chancellor should
introduce to boost business.
Read article >>Open letter to the Chancellor
Colin Beveridge
presents his budget wishlist and promises to dance naked around
Piccadilly Circus if the Chancellor acts on his advice.
Read article >>Users urge Chancellor to set timetable for training
revamp
With the budget approaching IT users and
suppliers are pressing Gordon Brown to take urgent action to avert
a potential crisis in the beleaguered UK training market.
Read article >>Contractors: IR35 is strangling small
firms
The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has
called on the Chancellor to use the Budget to help small businesses
operate with confidence and remove the climate of uncertainty that
is blighting the sector.
Read article >>What has the budget ever done for IT?
As the
Chancellor prepares to deliver his latest budget speech, we look
back at what this government has already given the IT industry and
what it is likely to do for IT in the future.
Read article >>