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RSS CentricaTech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News Effective collaboration between the higher education sector, business and government will be critical to the UK's economic recovery and sustainable international competitiveness," Sam Laidlaw, chairman of the CBI higher education task... [21 Sep 2009]
Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Gareth Lewis, group CIO of Centrica and a CIO50 alumnus. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive The champagne reception brought together some of the top CIOs in the country, from across the public and private sector. [19 Jun 2009]
Phil Pavitt
CIO Profile In 1998 he headed up NTL's internet TV launch, becoming CIO for the company in 2003 and in 2005 he moved to Onetel, part of the Centrica group, also as CIO. Phil Pavitt has been appointed the next CIO of HM Revenue and... [03 Jun 2009]
Morrisons stocks up with voice and data network
News The deal is the latest in a string of managed voice and data contracts for C&W, including agreements with Aviva, Centrica, Thames Water and Tesco. Supermarket chain Morrisons has awarded a three-year contract to Cable &... [09 Dec 2008]
Centrica signs up with C&W in £79m deal
News Energy giant Centrica has inked a five-year networking deal with Cable & Wireless. The £79m deal will see C&W become Centrica's sole telecoms supplier following a tender process. C&W will now migrate... [02 Dec 2008]
Phil Pavitt
CIO Profile In 1998 he headed up NTL's internet TV launch, becoming CIO for the company in 2003 and in 2005 he moved to Onetel, part of the Centrica group, also as CIO. In his first move into the public sector Phil Pavitt was... [11 Jun 2008]
Gareth Lewis
CIO Profile Gareth Lewis was appointed group CIO at energy company Centrica in November last year and he has wasted no time in getting to grips with the role by reorganising the central tech team and focusing better delivery of... [11 Jun 2008]
Trevor Didcock
CIO Profile During the three years under private equity ownership, Didcock led the AA separation from previous parent company Centrica, and the creation of a new standalone IS organisation with operating cost savings of more than 40... [11 Jun 2008]
CIOs vital in mergers and acquisitions
News Trevor Didcock, former CIO of the AA, said his input played a key role in getting value for money for Centrica - AA's owners at the time - and ensuring the smooth transfer to Permira's systems. With global mergers and... [10 Jan 2008]
Top 10 outsourcing stories of the year
News The deal was signed in 2005 when the AA separated from Centrica and needed to build an entire IT department and infrastructure in just 12 months. Outsourcing made the headlines in 2007 with some huge deals both signed... [18 Dec 2007]
Centrica lands Virgin CIO
News Energy company Centrica has appointed Virgin's Gareth Lewis as new group CIO. Lewis joins Centrica in November from Virgin where he has been group CIO for the holding company of all the Virgin brands... [17 Oct 2007]
The AA IT director Trevor Didcock
Comment IT costs have been slashed by 40 per cent from about £56m per year to £33m per year through a combination of rationalising platforms, applications and servers - the AA has gone from about 700 servers under Centrica to... [21 Sep 2007]
Exclusive: AA terminates £50m IBM deal
News The AA signed the £50m IBM deal back in 2005 after the breakdown organisation separated from Centrica following a private equity buyout. The AA has terminated its £50m seven-year IT outsourcing deal with IBM... [21 Sep 2007]
Centrica takes £196m hit on IT systems
News UK energy supplier Centrica has taken a £196m hit on its balance sheet after writing-down the value of redundant IT systems it no longer uses. Centrica, which owns British Gas, revealed the exceptional... [22 Feb 2007]
CIO Jury: Data overload drowning businesses
News Kirk Downey, CTO, Centrica The amount of data stored and information shared electronically by many businesses continues to grow almost exponentially, from email archives going back years to highly sensitive customer,... [23 Nov 2006]
