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The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up Oi John, you'll never guess who was in 'ere last night - only Gordon bleedin' Brown. The two organisations have produced a Wild West-style 'Wanted' poster offering the reward for anyone who can lawfully obtain the fingerprints of either Gordon... [11 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... MS vs open source, wi-fi risks, being green...
Comment Just another GB (that's Gordon Brown) stealth tax? The carbon budget is coming. It's quite simple. As a first step, the government should immediately decide that all of its training must teach people how to use IT, rather than just one manufacturer... [18 Oct 2007]
Luddite government slows UK knowledge economy
News But in the budget in March, Chancellor Gordon Brown scrapped the tax break. It is one small example but a very horrifying one. He said the IoD doubts whether government can actually do much to help develop the knowledge economy but it could... [11 May 2006]
Gordon Brown dubbed "analogue Chancellor"
News Gordon Brown has been dubbed the "analogue Chancellor" for failing to save the Home Computing Initiative (HCI). But in the Budget in March, Brown scrapped the tax breaks, so that businesses that loan PCs to their staff for personal use at home will... [05 May 2006]
Treasury denies PC tax plan
News It was abolished by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, in the Budget in March. At the moment, if an employee needs a computer for work it's not a benefit in kind, and so it's free of charge. The employee has no personal gain because it's been provided... [04 May 2006]
Treasury reconsiders IT skills incentives
News In his budget speech last month, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown axed the scheme, which gave tax breaks for businesses that provided employees with PCs. But following criticism from business leaders, the Treasury said it is looking at... [03 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Has Blair been good for IT?
News The verdict comes in the same week that Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown delivered his 10th Budget, in which he took away with one hand - by controversially scrapping the tax breaks for Home Computing schemes - and gave with the other - by... [23 Mar 2006]
Brown scraps Home Computing tax breaks
News Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has scrapped the tax breaks for businesses that loan PCs to employees in his 10th budget. In an otherwise poor budget for the IT industry, Brown relaxed the R&D tax credit threshold for small and medium... [22 Mar 2006]
Give us a greener Budget, Chancellor told
News The IT industry is calling on Chancellor Gordon Brown to address environmental issues when he announces his 2006 Budget. Among those calling for change is Sun Microsystems, which is insisting the Budget must include tougher measures to tackle... [21 Mar 2006]
Tax credit fiasco: 8,800 identities stolen
News Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said in his pre-budget report at the end of 2005 that new anti-fraud measures would include HMRC doubling the checks it carries out on new claims for tax credits before payments are made. [19 Jan 2006]
Criminals make 20,000 false tax credit claims
News Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said in his pre-Budget report at the end of 2005 that new anti-fraud measures would include HMRC doubling the checks it carries out on new claims for tax credits before payments are made. [16 Jan 2006]
IT helps slash £4.7bn off public spending
News IT has helped deliver £4.7bn of efficiency savings across the public sector during 2005, according to the Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report this week. Another IT project cited by Brown is a new Probation Service computer system that will... [06 Dec 2005]
Chancellor doles out IT cash for schools
News In his budget speech on Wednesday, Gordon Brown announced the plan to raise spending on IT capital "because the teaching and educational revolution in our schools is no longer blackboard and chalk, it is computers and electronic whiteboards". [17 Mar 2005]
Council to kit out 34,000 staff with home PCs
News The aim is to boost general domestic PC usage and the scheme was given a budget boost last year by Chancellor Gordon Brown in an attempt to improve the poor take-up since the HCI was introduced in 1999. [08 Feb 2005]
HM Revenue and Customs CIO named
News Chancellor Gordon Brown announced the creation of HMRC in his 2004 Budget. The CIO of the imminent HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department has been named as former BG and BOC IT chief Steve Lamey. A spokeswoman didn't give a precise date for him... [02 Sep 2004]
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