The UK government has been criticised for taking too long to pay its suppliers, at a time when businesses cannot afford to wait.
John Mason, SNP MP for Glasgow East, said the Home Office paid only half its suppliers promptly, leading to potential cash flow problems.
A Home Office spokesman said it was committed to paying bills [...] CONTINUE
The Government Communications Headquarters has issued a public statement which denies that it plans to track all internet and phone use of UK citizens.
While the top-secret organisation admitted that tracking technology was being developed, they claim that it ‘only acts when it is necessary’ and ‘does not spy at will’.
The GCHQ has been surrounded by [...] CONTINUE
The Government will have to intervene to ensure that the high-speed broadband infrastructure goes ahead, Stephen Carter told marketers at the ISBA annual conference this morning on Thursday.
Despite the progress made by the competitive market, there was not enough commercial drive for the market to build the infrastructure fast enough on its own, he says.
Carter [...] CONTINUE
Unions and employers urged the Government to set up a multi-billion-pound fund to subsidise workers’ wages in a bid to slow the tide of job losses cutting into British industry.
The TUC and the Federation of Small Businesses said the measure could give immediate support for up to 600,000 workers a year as well as give [...] CONTINUE
The government should consider lending directly to businesses and mortgages as banks fail to deliver more, the Lib Dems have suggested
The government made its recent multi-billion pound bailout of three of the UK’s largest banks, on the condition that they would restore the level of funds available to small businesses to 2007 levels.
But the Liberal [...] CONTINUE
The public sector should take a minor role investing in high bandwidth broadband, according to communications regulator Ofcom.
Peter Phillips, partner for strategy and market developments at Ofcom, said public investments should be “targeted at areas left behind by the markets”
Speaking at Westminster eForum conference, “Next Generation Broadband”, Phillips stated that Ofcom believed that the [...] CONTINUE
Peter Mandelson, will meet with banking chiefs this week, to urge them to do more to help struggling small businesses and homeowners.
The country’s newly appointed business minister will discuss measures to protect small businesses, which according to a government source; will include an extension of the export credit guarantee scheme, in order to protect firms [...] CONTINUE
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will unveil his ‘broadband for all’ scheme today, which will aim to provide broadband for disadvantaged families.
Educational Technology Allowance Vouchers, worth between £100 and £700, will be awarded to qualifying families to contribute to the costs of broadband, software and computers.
Brown will tell delegates: “To ensure we are prepared for [...] CONTINUE
The government has been criticised by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) for being “seriously blinkered” in regard to the state of rural broadband.
A recent report by the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), which recommended that the Government leave funding of next-generation access to ISP’s has come under fire from [...] CONTINUE
