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News The cable and construction company has also warned investors that profits may also be effected with job cuts and restructuring costing £25m. We must also take into consideration the job losses in Australia and restructuring," he said. [21 Oct 1998]
Call First to offer call centre recruitment
News It will address issues specific to call centres, such as high staff turnover rates and lack of job development. A recruitment company set up especially to cater for the UK's fast expanding call centre industry will be launched next month. [20 Oct 1998]
IBM and France Telecom woo Minitel users
News Our job is to promote the advantages of the Internet [over Minitel] to service providers and users," he said. France Telecom has announced a partnership with IBM France to develop Internet software and services for easy access to the Web. [07 Oct 1998]
BBC World Service shelves publishing system
News ENPS is designed to combine all aspects of the journalist's job including wordprocessing, editing and research, as well as visual and audio editing. The BBC's Bush House newsroom has shelved its high-tech electronic news publishing system (ENPS... [30 Sep 1998]
Intel axes 650 staff at ex-Digital plant
News The job cuts count for 40 per cent of the total staff employed at the plant. Intel is to make 650 staff redundant at the Massachusetts-based Alpha plant it bought from Digital last year. Intel claims the move will increase efficiency but not reduce... [23 Sep 1998]
Nortel slashes 3,500 jobs
News The telco claims the job cuts will be offset by the recruitment of a similar number of data networking professionals - many of which will be in Europe. A spokesman for the company said: "Voice will be the area getting cut, and a large majority of... [17 Sep 1998]
UK unions vote to kill off public/private initiatives
News One objection to private money is the risk to public sector jobs, not just from job losses but from decreased security and a lowered standard of benefits. The UK Trade Union Congress (TUC) has voted to call for an end to private finance initiatives... [17 Sep 1998]
Former MI5 agent publishes secrets on the Net
News The UK government originally prevented publication using the Official Secrets Act, which bans any former security service official from talking about their job. A former security service official, David Shayler, has foiled UK government attempts to... [08 Sep 1998]
Lambell appointed IT chief at the Woolwich
News In any new job, you have to do a piece of analysis to find out what needs to be done," he said. UK retail bank the Woolwich has appointed Malcolm Lambell as head of IT. Lambell, aged 44, was previously IT director at PPP Healthcare, where he ran... [05 Sep 1998]
UK suffers as Fujitsu closes chip plant
News The UK was dealt another blow today as two chip firms announced major job losses. The job losses are the latest in a succession of disruptions hitting memory chip manufacturers - the closure of Siemens' plant in North Tyneside was announced last... [04 Sep 1998]
In brief: UK job service streamlines Web site
News The UK Employment Service has redesigned its job seekers Web site at www.employmentservice.gov.uk. The site now links to the European Employment Service, the New Deal, the Armed Forces and other job clearing houses. [03 Sep 1998]
Analysts predict disappointing future for NetWare 5
News I'd have a job justifying going with Novell's Web strategy," he said. The launch of Novell's NetWare 5 yesterday will not be the Windows NT killer the company hopes, according to a leading industry analyst. [02 Sep 1998]
In brief: SAP opts for XML
News At a technical education conference in Los Angeles, the company explained that all SAP interfaces will work with XML, meaning developers will have a much easier job of transferring data between companies in a supply chain partnership. [02 Sep 1998]
In brief: 3M tightens purse strings
News A company spokesman said many of the job losses will be due to attrition, but warned of the possible closure of a number of factories in the US and overseas. 3M, the US manufacturing giant, is to undergo a $500m cost cutting exercise, which will... [28 Aug 1998]
BP picks EDS for worldwide IT services
News The latest contract is unlikely to cause job losses, according to BP spokesman, Ian Stewart. British Petroleum (BP) has completed the final leg of its IT outsourcing process, with the announcement of a £300m contract award to EDS. [20 Aug 1998]
