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Troops in Afghanistan to get gadget gifts
News Military charity SSAFA Forces Help (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association) will administer the Operational Welfare Fund, which is sponsored by Littlewoods and Woolworths.co.uk in conjunction with the Daily... [15 Oct 2009]
Littlewoods automates back-office
News Catalogue retailing specialist Littlewoods Shop Direct has been able to shift more staff to dealing with customers after automating a number of back-office processes. Littlewoods is using an application... [04 Oct 2007]
CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders
News Barclays is facing an ICO investigation over allegations of customer privacy breaches and Orange and Littlewoods were also found to be in breach of the DPA by the ICO this year. The UK's information commissioner is... [11 Jul 2007]
Orange pulled up by privacy watchdog
News Orange and Littlewoods have been found to be in breach of the data protection act (DPA) by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Littlewoods were investigated after a customer continued to receive... [22 Jun 2007]
Royal & SunAlliance unveils multimillion IT deals
News Other recent contracts won by Cable & Wireless include a five-year deal with Woolworths, signed in November; an £18m agreement with Surrey County Council; and a contract to supply Littlewoods Group with services,... [18 Apr 2007]
Littlewoods wins Energis IT head
News Martin Wyke left Energis last month after just a year in what was a newly-created role of IT director and now takes up the position of CIO at Littlewoods Home Shopping and Shop Direct, where he will be responsible for IT... [23 Mar 2005]
Littlewoods brings Vertex outsourcing deal in-house
News Littlewoods has brought the IT and call centre operations for its telephone and online betting service back in-house after ending its £30m outsourcing contract with Vertex. Littlewoods Bet Direct's... [09 Dec 2004]
Freeserve severs ties with Dixons
News Other retail partners include Orange, Littlewoods, Texaco, MVC and the Lloyds pharmacy chain. Freeserve, the UK's largest ISP, has confirmed weeks of speculation stating it will not renew a long-standing distribution... [01 Sep 2003]
Charitable call centres offer Comic Relief
News Other companies getting involved in the scheme include Littlewoods, Peoples Choice and Virgin. Kyte, whose firm's customers include Orange and Littlewoods, said: "Our customers have been handling calls... [13 Mar 2003]
Can Sun swipe IBM's mainframe mantle?
News According to Sun, there are already IBM mainframe rehosting projects underway, including one with retailer Littlewoods. Sun Microsystems believes it can steal IBM's mainframe customers with its newly launched high-end... [11 Apr 2002]
Littlewoods bets on online brands
News Littlewoods is moving all its betting brands online from the start of next week when it will announce deals with telecom and media partners. Sarah Batley, a spokesperson for Littlewoods, said: "We will... [10 Mar 2000]
Home shopping enjoys market upturn
News Verdict cites the joint venture between catalogue company, Arcadia, and Littlewoods as an example of this pattern. The Internet has prompted a major turnaround in the declining home shopping market, according to a report... [16 Aug 1999]
Charriol readies UK Net firm for US push
News Its clients include Littlewoods, Nestle and Warner Brothers. A UK Internet firm has been snapped up for £15m by investment company, Charriol. Virtual Internet offers services for registering domain names, hosting Web... [18 Dec 1998]
Data warehousing projects reap rewards
News Steve Goodheart, data warehouse project manager at Littlewoods, said: "Our warehouse has had a marked effect already. Goodheart said the Littlewoods warehouse project involved a migration from a number... [02 Nov 1998]
UK cable firm offers free digital upgrade
News In August, C&WC announced it had struck deals with Barclays Bank, British Airways, Littlewoods Home Shopping Group, Granada Media Group, Associated New Media and ITN. Cable & Wireless Communications (C&WC), the UK's... [28 Sep 1998]
