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Web development

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  BT forges on with fibre roll-out but customer uptake weak

  BT rolls out fibre optic broadband across the UK at a steady pace but only 15% of fibre-ready premises sign up for the superfast internet service

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  PayPal launches UK startup accelerator programme in London

  PayPal's accelerator programme will select up to five technology startups from the UK and host them in the London offices for six months

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  UK technology sector sees strongest growth since 2007 crash

  KPMG survey finds 61% of technology businesses reporting improved revenues and expect this to continue

• July 30, 2014 30 Jul'14

  Why Google could become the Amazon of banking

  Internet giants will not replace banks but will disrupt the sector through other services taking consumers away from traditional banks

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Joanna Shields joins the government’s digital revolution

  Chair of Tech City UK, Joanna Shields is joining the prime minister’s Digital Taskforce to represent the digital sector

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  53% of G-Cloud spend on is on SMEs

  Just over half of G-Cloud spend is with SMEs, according to June sales figures released by the Cabinet Office

• July 29, 2014 29 Jul'14

  Hacker and UFO hunter Gary McKinnon launches SEO business

  Hacker Gary McKinnon has set up a search engine optimisation business after winning a 10-year battle against extradition to the US

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  British Legion launches online WW1 remembrance database

  The Royal British Legion is launching an online database to remember those killed in the First World War

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Carl Dawson to become IT director at M&S

  Marks and Spencer hires ex-Tesco internet retailing lead as IT director

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Contactless card payments to be accepted across entire TFL network

  Transport for London (TfL) will begin accepting contactless card payments from 16 September 2014.

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  Five top UK tech startup clusters outside London

  Tech City UK has moved towards promoting the entire UK, rather than just the capital

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Online spending continues to increase thanks to fashion sector

  Consumers are spending more money shopping online, with clothing and footwear seeing the biggest increases

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  ICO slaps online travel firm with £150,000 penalty

  The ICO has issued a monetary penalty of £150,000 to an online travel firm for failing to protect customer data

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  PayPal offers working capital to UK small businesses

  Payments giant PayPal has announced that it will be providing online cash advances to small businesses in the UK

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Alpharooms drives mobile conversion with responsive design

  Holiday booking site Alpharooms has adopted a responsive website in order to increase purchases driven by mobile website visits