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  • March 17, 2021 17 Mar'21

    Uber classifies drivers as workers after Supreme Court ruling

    Ride-hailing firm will pay its UK drivers minimum wage following court ruling, but has diverged from the court’s interpretation that drivers should be paid from when they log in, not just when passengers are on board

  • March 17, 2021 17 Mar'21

    Capita restructures to simplify its business

    Business services supplier creates two core units that focus on public sector and commercial enterprise customers and will sell off non-core assets

  • March 17, 2021 17 Mar'21

    Cyber sector welcomes PM’s defence review

    Security commentators approve of measures to improve the UK’s cyber resilience, strengthen its R&D and skills base, lead on the development of new technology and promote a free, open, peaceful and secure global internet

  • March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

    Children’s learning held back by digital schooling, NAO report finds

    Children’s socio-economic status has affected their experiences with digital learning, and most teachers consider their pupils to be, on average, three months behind where they would be expected to be

  • March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

    One-fifth of all UK tech investment went to just 10 scaleup firms in 2020

    Annual Tech Nation report shows UK technology firms saw record levels of investment in 2020, but a significant proportion of it was concentrated in a small number of scaleup enterprises

  • March 16, 2021 16 Mar'21

    Uber and Ola ordered to hand over more data to drivers

    A Dutch court has rejected Uber and Ola’s claims that drivers collectively taking action to access their data amounts to an abuse of their individual data access rights, laying the ground for drivers to form their own union-controlled data trust