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News Inland Revenue chairman, Nick Montagu, has celebrated the 200th anniversary of income tax by announcing an electronic revolution in the way Britain files its tax returns. Montagu outlined a series of measures to... [03 Dec 1998]
Why Tony Blair must catch the bug
Comment First came a Cap Gemini report which showed that Britain has slipped behind most of the rest of Europe in its readiness, falling from second to eighth place in a list of 12 countries. The millennium bug has plagued the... [12 Nov 1998]
Civil rights groups fight US anti-porn bill
News Fighting for the rights of Internet users in the UK, Malcolm Hutty, director at the Campaign Against Censorship of the Internet in Britain, described the proposed bill as "dreadful". A group of civil liberty... [22 Oct 1998]
Microsoft wants license to print money
News Microsoft's chances of worldwide domination got a lift today with reports of a rumoured takeover of Britain's biggest money factory. De La Rue prints banknotes for 150 countries. The software giant is looking at buying... [20 Oct 1998]
UK businesses forced to take on the euro
News Barclays estimates that by September next year, 50 per cent of UK businesses will be using the euro even though Britain is not in the first wave of countries adopting the currency. The latest snapshot of UK businesses... [19 Oct 1998]
LEADER: Ecommerce or bust
Comment It's the embodiment of DTI minister Peter Mandleson's vision of an electronic European market with Britain at the helm. Britain should be the 'digital pathfinder', he said. And just as worrying is that... [07 Oct 1998]
UK minister reveals digital vision
News UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) minister, Peter Mandelson, has revealed his ambition to see Britain lead the world digital economy, in an address to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool. [29 Sep 1998]
UK government still searching for chip plant saviour
News Martin McIntosh, speaking from the DTI's Invest in Britain Bureau, said: "It's a bit premature to say that no buyer has been found. Reports in the national press today that Siemens has failed to find a buyer for its... [28 Sep 1998]
High-tech youngster sets up shop
News Britain's youngest IT entrepreneur is all set to open for business first thing on Monday morning. Ben Way, aged 17, has been running his computer consultancy from home for two years. At an age when most people are more... [21 Sep 1998]
Europeans show different attitudes to IT
News Britain is also alone in preferring to use ATMs (automated teller machine) rather than dealing face to face with a member of bank staff, something two-thirds of respondents in all other countries preferred. [16 Sep 1998]
Manufacturing union leader calls for more IT investment
News Britain's manufacturing sector suffers from low investment in IT, according to Roger Lyons, general secretary of the Manufacturing Science and Finance Union (MSFU). In response, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)... [16 Sep 1998]
UK suffers as Fujitsu closes chip plant
News But he added: "Next year the labour laws that existed under the conservative government will be changed and that will make it more difficult, but even then Britain will have the least employment legislation in Europe. [04 Sep 1998]
Planet Online deal secures ISP foothold for Energis
News Ever since Demon Internet was bought by Scottish Telecom earlier this year, Planet has billed itself as 'Britain's largest independent ISP'. Energis has paid £75m for Planet Online, a Leeds-based Internet service... [01 Sep 1998]
Charity and government department fund library link-up
News Whilst the Public Libraries Challenge Fund will not complete its network for a few years, it does put Britain ahead of some European countries. A private, family-run charity and the UK Department of Culture, Media and... [17 Aug 1998]
