The managing director of Heathrow airport has become the first management casualty at airport-owner BAA after the troubled Terminal 5 opening in March, the company announced yesterday.
Lloyds TSB is offshoring as many as 450 extra UK IT jobs from the Technical Delivery part of its IT division to India. The move puts 250 permanent workers at risk of redundancy.
The British Computer Society (BCS) is seeking to overturn the negative image of government IT projects by listing top-ranking projects "that have demonstrated success".
Manufacturing and engineering companies have historically invested little in IT. However, companies that have survived the repeated recessions and downturns are now investing heavily, says Ian McKeand, a director at recruitment consultancy Harvey Nash.