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News The growing problem of IT fraud claimed a new victim this week, when a North of England clothes manufacturer had its entire contact database copied. Underworld, owned by Weatherfield entrepreneur, Michael Baldwin, had its data on customers... [14 Oct 1998]
IT for All demands high-tech access for the disabled
News The campaign is led by four disability organisations including AbilityNet, the British Computer Society Disability Group, Disability North and the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Technology can improve the quality of life for many disabled... [12 Oct 1998]
Hayes Europe says bankruptcy won't effect business
News The analogue modem market is more difficult in North America but it more buoyant in Europe. Hayes Corporation's bankruptcy filing will not affect its European business, according to the company's European managing director. [12 Oct 1998]
Logica expands into North America
News Computer services company Logica has bought US call centre specialist Carnegie for £21m with the aim of expanding its business in North America. The aquisition will more than double Logica's North American workforce and underlines the company's... [02 Oct 1998]
Matsushita falls victim to spiralling chip crisis
News Siemens was forced to axe over 1,000 jobs at its North Tyneside plant in the UK. Matsushita Electronics - famous for its Panasonic and Technics brand names - is shelving plans to open a new fabrication plant in Tonami, according to Japanese... [22 Sep 1998]
Manufacturing union leader calls for more IT investment
News An example of this is the Siemens factory in North East of England," said the spokeswoman. Britain's manufacturing sector suffers from low investment in IT, according to Roger Lyons, general secretary of the Manufacturing Science and Finance Union... [16 Sep 1998]
UK retail chain turns its back on ecommerce
News Iceland's home shopping service lets customers phone or fax orders to a call centre in Deeside, North Wales. Frozen food chain Iceland is giving Internet shopping the cold shoulder, at least for the present. [10 Sep 1998]
In brief: Tony Blair to visit doomed chip plant
News Feeling the need to help the workers in the north-east, Peter Mandelson, secretary for Trade and Industry, has announced a £100m package aiming to bring in more work and investment in the area. British prime minister, Tony Blair will visit the... [07 Sep 1998]
UK suffers as Fujitsu closes chip plant
News 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 month with the loss of 1,100 jobs. The UK was dealt another blow today as two chip... [04 Sep 1998]
In brief: Mitsubishi forced to close chip plant
News The factory in Durham, North Carolina made 16MB and 32MB memory chips and employed 230 people. Mitsubishi Electric Corp has become the second US chipmaker in a week to close a fabrication plant. On Tuesday Hitachi shut its plant in Irving Texas at... [03 Sep 1998]
UK council goes back to pen and paper
News The North Yorkshire authority said the software it was using - Co-ware by Edge Designs - created "more problems than it was worth", prompting the return to pen and ink. Councillors at Thirsk Town Hall are to shelve an accounting software... [24 Aug 1998]
UK Housing Association signs deal with ICL
News The North British Housing Association is to install a communications system based on Windows NT as part of a £4.5m investment programme. ICL will supply and maintain Microsoft BackOffice software, which will provide email, video conferencing... [24 Aug 1998]
In brief: Manugistics lands Safeway contract
News UK supply chain management software company, Manugistics, has secured a mammoth contract with Safeway in North America. The firm will support 1,368 stores across the US and Canada. Safeway will use Manugistics software to coordinate and streamline... [20 Aug 1998]
Workers claim victory as Bell Atlantic strike ends
News Minimal disruption to Bell Atlantic services - which cover 13 states in the north-east of the US - had been reported. Bell Atlantic has reached an agreement with its 73,000 striking workers, effectively ending their two-day-old strike. [12 Aug 1998]
NHS helpline gets £35m cash boost
News The cash injection means the service can be extended to another 13 areas in the North East and South West of the country. The UK's National Health Service is to plough a further £35m into NHS Direct, its 24 hour helpline. [05 Aug 1998]
