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• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  Talent shortage is threatening growth of London’s technology sector

  A shortage of talent and immigration legislation has been blamed for hampering technology growth in London

• April 17, 2014 17 Apr'14

  Centerprise ICT 2015 Treasury contract guarantee of SME commitment

  HM Treasury has handed a four year media and wireless contract understood to be worth around £2.5m to Hampshire-based services provider Centerprise, under the auspices of its ICT 2015 contracts

• April 11, 2014 11 Apr'14

  Startups deliver £174m boost to Teesside's digital economy

  The Tees Valley area of the UK now has an annual digital economy worth £174m, with £62m from Middlesbrough alone

• April 08, 2014 08 Apr'14

  Haatch and Eccomplished launch retail tech startup investor forum

  Retail technology accelerator Eccomplished and digital innovative and investment hub Haatch have launched an investment forum for retail technology startups

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Competition from FinTech startups keeps big suppliers on their toes

  Big suppliers in the financial technology space are becoming more agile because of the competition from startup technology companies

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  TechUK criticises OFT's reporting of IT cartel accusations

  TechUK criticises a report from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) alleging anti-competitive behaviour and collusion between public sector IT suppliers

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  IT sector sees sharper rise in insolvencies than overall economy

  Information and communications companies in the UK are suffering a rising number of insolvencies

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  UK government courts Brazilian technology companies

  The British Consulate in São Paulo has launched a competition to help 10 Brazilian technology firms generate business in the UK

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Accenture: get ready for the smart tech revolution

  Consumers are gravitating towards wearable devices like smart watches to complement their digital lifestyle, a new study from Accenture has found

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  IT suppliers relaxed about contract visibility

  IT and BPO suppliers Atos and Capita say they are relaxed about being more open about the often obscured details of large government contracts, as outsourcing giants are put under pressure by MPs to open up to public scrutiny

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  The state of agile software development in the UK

  Lately it is more surprising to hear that businesses are developing using a methodology other than agile, such is its widespread use

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Intellect relaunches as TechUK and targets 500,000 new UK IT jobs

  The UK’s technology trade association, formerly known as Intellect, has relaunched as TechUK, unveiling plans to create over 500,000 jobs by 2020

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  High-growth companies selected for government Future Fifty programme

  The first high-growth UK companies have been chosen for the government’s Future Fifty fast-track programme.

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Spanish bank La Caixa looks to startups for innovation

  La Caixa is looking for ways to innovate in an increasingly competitive environment, and is turning to startups for new and niche technologies

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  BT seeks startups for superfast broadband services

  BT joins East London's TechHub encouraging startups to develop applications and services using superfast connectivity

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Boris Johnson calls for ‘London Visa’ to attract tech experts from around the world

  The mayor of London submits a plan to the Home Office proposing a “London Visa” to attract businesses to the capital.

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  How DWP and Universal Credit failed to work with SME suppliers

  Less than 1% of DWP IT spending on the Universal Credit programme has gone to SMEs – how are big suppliers continuing their dominance?

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Less than 1% of Universal Credit IT spend goes to SMEs

  Despite a 25% target, less than 1% of IT spending for government’s flagship Universal Credit programme has gone to small businesses

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Outdated classifications hide true extent of UK digital economy

  The UK’s digital economy is much larger than the Government estimates.

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  John Lewis seeks out innovation from technology startups

  John Lewis has been investing in technology innovation to keep ahead of the game in the changing landscape of the UK high street

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Facebook to acquire UK startup Monoidics

  Facebook is to acquire UK startup Monoidics, which makes code verification and analysis tools and specialises in detecting coding errors

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Interview: Joanna Shields, CEO, Tech City

  Joanna Shields has been at the helm of reshaping the UK’s tech startup scene since taking the role of CEO at Tech City seven months ago

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  HR technology booming as businesses turn to the cloud

  Over the next 18 months, 60% of companies plan to roll out HR technology solutions, says analyst group Bersin by Deloitte.

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  Startup profile: Growth Intelligence

  Growth Intelligence is a technology startup offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) product to B2B corporations wanting to search for sales leads.

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  UK cloud firm Iomart sees annual profits soar by 56%

  Cloud computing company Iomart has reported a pre-tax profit up 56% to £10.7m for the year ending March 2013

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Million Pound Startup competition launches to attract worldwide companies to London

  Million Pound Startup – a global competition to bring tech companies to London’s Tech City – has launched today

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Scottish IT and digital businesses look elsewhere due to skills shortage

  Scottish IT and digital businesses are struggling to fill job vacancies with over half recruiting from outside Scotland, according to ScotlandIS

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  Fifth of all IT services firms could disappear by 2014, says Gartner

  Up to 20 of the world’s top 100 IT service providers could disappear by 2014 because of the tough economic conditions, says Gartner

• January 08, 2013 08 Jan'13

  VoIP awareness up but user numbers remain low

  A report from Ofcom claims four in five consumers know what voice over internet protocol (VoIP) is, but just 29% use the technology

• December 24, 2012 24 Dec'12

  Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2012

  Research into the UK outsourcing sector in 2010 found that 7.4% of the UK’s total production came from outsourcing, and about a third of that – some £38.7bn – was IT outsourcing

• December 06, 2012 06 Dec'12

  MPs call for wider promotion of mutuals beyond Whitehall

  Mutuals need to be effectively promoted across the whole public sector, not just Whitehall, say MPs

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  UKtech50 2012: Who are the most influential people in UK IT?

  Computer Weekly is this week launching the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT

• October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12

  London gets another finance technology hub

  Canary Wharf Group is opening a centre for start-ups to work on financial services technology and services early next year

• August 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  Facebook gets green light for Instagram acquisition

  The US Federal Trade Commission has approved the social network's proposed acquisition of mobile photo-sharing service Instagram

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  Facebook to launch virtual bingo in UK

  Facebook is to launch a virtual bingo game in the UK that offers cash prizes

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  Putting innovation on the outsourcing menu

  Cliff Saran investigates what happens when systems integrators are asked to innovate

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  LinkedIn data breach costs more than $1m

  LinkedIn says the forensic investigation and other recovery costs of the data breach in June could have topped $1m.

• August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12

  Samsung rejects Apple claim that it copied iPhone

  Samsung has rejected Apple's claim that it copied the iPhone during the first court clash before a US jury

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  Facebook share price falls after Q2 results announcement

  Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trading on the NYSE to a record low of $23.94 after announcing second quarter financial results

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak

  Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Facebook and Yahoo end patent battle with advertising partnership deal

  Yahoo announces end to four-month Facebook patent battle with advertising partnership after Ross Levinsohn takes Yahoo CEO job

• June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12

  2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

  Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?

• June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12

  UK technology sector gets financial support

  A US hi-tech investment bank with $20bn in assets has opened its first UK branch offering banking and loan services to the technology industry

• June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12

  eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks

  Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks

• June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12

  Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case

  Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog

• June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12

  Nasdaq offers $40m compensation for Facebook confusion

  The Nasdaq stock exchange in New York is to pay $40m compensation for technical problems that caused confusion on Facebook's first day of share trading

• May 22, 2012 22 May'12

  Facebook shares drop over 10% in second day of trade

  Facebook shares have fallen below the initial public offering price of $38 in their second day of trading in New York

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

  Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Yahoo investors still unhappy despite board appointments

  Yahoo has appointed three directors to its board in a bid to turn the struggling internet company around and increase shareholder value

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  Google Chrome more popular than Microsoft Internet Explorer

  Google Chrome use overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer last weekend, according to figures from web analytics company StatCounter