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Photos: The UK's top CIOs
Photo Robin Dargue, CIO of Royal Mail (right) and Bruno Laquet CIO of Corus Group (left) share a joke. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive The champagne reception brought together some of the top CIOs in the country,... [19 Jun 2009]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Steel manufacturer Corus has extended its IT outsourcing deal to manage its mainframe computers with Capgemini through a number of contracts totalling £26m. Under the terms of the new contracts Capgemini will retain... [17 Apr 2008]
Photos: Celebrating the top CIOs
Photo Many of those on the CIO50 attended the launch, including the CIOs of Associated Newspapers, Atkins, Avis Europe, BAA, Betfair, British Energy, Carphone Warehouse, Corus, LCH Clearnet, Norwich Union, Siemens and the UK... [13 Jun 2007]
Bruno Laquet
CIO Profile France-born Bruno Laquet joined the world's second-largest steel manufacturer Corus in 2004 and has responsibility for an annual IT budget of £130m and a global IT department of more than 1,000 staff. [06 Jun 2007]
India cheers Vodafone mega-deal
News As the Indian Economic Times said on its front page: "The India victory song that started with Corus has reached a crescendo. Vodafone's latest mega-deal, to acquire Hutchison Essar, has been described by the Indian... [12 Feb 2007]
Tech firms still failing ethics test
News Among the companies admitted to the list are Corus, the National Grid and sugar giant Tate & Lyle - for a second year running there was a poor showing from the beleaguered technology sector. FTSE4Good, an index of... [17 Sep 2002]
NTL sets wireless broadband loose in London
News Corus, Energis and Norweb were among the successful bidders. NTL is expecting to launch its wireless broadband internet access trials in areas of west London this week. The company is seeking 1,000 lucky trialists to put... [03 Sep 2001]
EXi comes to the rescue of Corus steel workers
News Although Corus cut 6,050 positions, EXi will absorb 3,000 steel workers in plants across Wales and a further 1,000 in the north of England. The UK-based telecommunications company and the engineering union AEEU have... [14 Feb 2001]
Model Management: Company name games
Comment British Steel rebranded as Corus, The Post Office as Consignia, and Gameplay and Mondus have dropped the '.com' from their corporate branding. For old economy companies, choosing abstract names that seem to bear no... [15 Jan 2001]
Baltimore leads tech stock charge into the FTSE 100
News Just five new companies entered the FTSE at its latest quarterly review, with traditional companies such as Corus (formerly British Steel), Rolls Royce and brewers Scottish and Newcastle falling out. Irish security... [07 Sep 2000]
Steel firms iron out inefficiency with e-marketplace
News UK-based firm Corus, Germany's Thyssen Krupp, France's Usinor and Luxembourg's Arbed plan to begin operating via the platform by the first quarter of 2001. Four leading European steel manufacturers have joined forces to... [22 Jun 2000]
