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Credit crunch pushes techie wages to five-year low
News ATSCo CEO Ann Swain said contractors are typically first into and first out of any recession - but the big question now is whether falling demand for IT skills in the financial services sector will... [06 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News September 2008: General Teaching Council (GTC) for England loses details on 11,423 members after a disk containing registration update forms was lost en route to one of the GTC's contractors. Much of it... [30 Sep 2008]
One million ID cards every year from 2009
News Some 50,000 of the cards will be produced for foreign nationals by the UK Border Agency until next March, with private contractors starting to produce cards for parts of the UK population from 2009. It... [25 Sep 2008]
US, Europe tighten IT spend as India, China boom
News The slowing US economy has seen 70 per cent of firms negotiating lower rates with suppliers and nearly 60 per cent are cutting back on contractors. IT budgets are being slashed in the US and Europe as... [11 Sep 2008]
Data loss consultants sacked by Home Office
News Reporting the incident to the Information Commissioner the Home Office judged the risk from the data loss to be "low" but the government has commissioned a separate report into the incident and is reviewing the way it... [10 Sep 2008]
Home Office loses data on 84,000 prisoners
News The spokeswoman also refused to clarify exactly what security requirements the Home Office has for external contractors who handle sensitive data. Unencrypted data on all 84,000 prisoners in England and Wales has gone... [22 Aug 2008]
O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News HomeServe, which has more than 5,000 employees and sub contractors remotely located across the UK, is using mobile technology to boost efficiency and call response time, and maintain high levels of customer service,... [18 Aug 2008]
Tech jobs and budgets defy economic gloom
News What you would normally expect to see in a downturn is IT departments shedding staff and utilising greater numbers of contractors. The majority also said they would be maintaining or increasing the... [15 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Mike Roberts, The London Clinic's IT director said: "We will be able to reduce expenditure and go into 'maintenance mode', by reducing contractors and expenditure on non-essential maintenance. The... [04 Aug 2008]
Flexible working: Gov't 'must do better'
News Ministry of Defence: 11,316 employees and 10,000 external contractors out of a total workforce of 80,070 have secure remote access to department systems. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills is leading... [30 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News However the extent of this phenomenon is unclear - tech recruitment industry body the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) for one said it has not seen any evidence of IT... [22 Jul 2008]
Take part in the silicon.com skills survey
News The survey explores what skills are in short supply in your workplace, and the role of outsourcing and contractors. Nearly half of the 2007 survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed there is a skills crisis - and 45... [16 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: Barclays to offshore 1,800 UK tech jobs
News By 2010 the number of UK tech jobs at Barclays will be reduced by 1,800 - a figure that includes IT contractors as well as employees. As far as possible, we will manage the reduction in headcount by... [14 Jul 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News CEO of the TaxPayers' Alliance Matthew Elliott said: "The staggering cost of NHS IT is a massive drain on resources that are meant to be spent on healing the sick but instead end up channelled into the pockets of... [09 Jun 2008]
BT to cut CO2 emissions by 80 per cent
News It will also ensure that a third of its product or service replacement contractors are able to demonstrate increased efficiency or reduced environmental impact. It is a powerful tool for... [03 Jun 2008]
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