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RSS ministerGlobalisation is a two-way street, says e-minister
News Globalisation is a two-way street, with Indian companies creating jobs in the UK as well as UK companies sending jobs overseas, according to e-government minister Pat McFadden. This weekend McFadden is flying to India to... [05 Apr 2007]
French Prime Minister's FF4bn IT investment branded 'drop in the ocean'
News French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin is spending FF4bn (£385m) promoting the internet with a move to get schools online and to improve training, but analysts have described the announcement as 'window dressing'. [12 Jul 2000]
'We need help,' says e-minister to security experts
News The terrorist attacks in the US have prompted the UK's ecommerce minister to call for closer collaboration between industry and government to ensure internet security is taken more seriously. Douglas Alexander has kept a... [26 Sep 2001]
India diary, day 6: Prime Minister's question time
Comment Keep up with his daily diaries here.¦ India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday ¦ India diary, day 2: Emergency calls and rural life ¦ India diary, day 3: Inside the outsourcing campus ¦ India diary, day 4: Hyderabad's tech park ... [09 Mar 2007]
Small firm minister looking for likely ladies
News The Comprehensive Strategy for Start-Ups scheme was launched by Nigel Griffiths, the small firm minister, who hopes to see to see the numbers of women setting up their own business match those seen in the US, which would... [17 Sep 2003]
UK minister calls for global response to Web threat
News Labour MP, Nigel Beard, asked Department of Trade and Industry minister, Ian McCartney, if he had "seen the pages on the Internet that advertise, for example, lock-picking tools that are described as 'deluxe' and 'the... [10 May 1999]
E-minister bangs British drum in India - again
News Ecommerce minister Stephen Timms is set to become the latest UK politician to urge Indian tech firms to invest in the UK. Douglas Alexander, who Timms replaced as E-minister, attended the show last year... [28 Oct 2002]
UK minister answers Mandelson ecommerce jibes
News DTI minister, Michael Wills, has hit back at criticism from former Trade Secretary, Peter Mandelson, over the government's handling of ecommerce policy. Speaking at the European Media Forum, Mandelson accused the... [28 Jul 1999]
5 years ago... UK minister urges small firms to wake up to ecommerce
News 14.06.99: Finance Minister, Barbara Roche, said on Friday that UK competitiveness is at risk because small businesses in the UK are close to the bottom of the international league tables in the use of ecommerce. [14 Jun 2004]
E-minister calls for slower broadband
News Newish e-minister Douglas Alexander has called for BT to introduce slower, cheaper forms of ADSL to entice customers to take up the service. A DTI spokesman was unable to confirm exactly which countries the... [26 Sep 2001]
E-minister in 'cash for e-SME' regeneration game
News Speaking at the launch of the third annual ecommerce awards for small businesses in London this week, e-minister Patricia Hewitt praised the £136,000 prize fund, claiming it will help boost technology deployment among... [29 Jan 2001]
Slow pace of change frustrates UK e-minister
News UK e-minister, Patricia Hewitt, has admitted that in some areas of government, modernising IT is "frustratingly slow". Speaking to Silicon.com this week, Hewitt said revamping internal government IT is one of her... [25 Jan 2000]
Broadband Britain: e-minister reveals cunning plan
News But e-minister Douglas Alexander is set to spell out precisely what action the government intends to take to encourage the adoption of broadband in his speech in Cambridge later this evening (Tuesday). [06 Nov 2001]
New ecommerce minister named
News Alun Michael has been named as the new minister responsible for ecommerce. He replaces the previous e-minister, Mike O'Brien, who has moved to the role of Solicitor General. A spokesman for the... [11 May 2005]
Minister mulls BBC online ads
News In a select committee interview at the House of Commons this week, Culture Minister, Chris Smith, was asked whether it would make sense for BBC Online to take on advertising. The UK government is actively considering... [08 Dec 1999]
