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News Two-thirds of the UK's business leaders are not deploying an ecommerce strategy because they do not believe it will have a significant impact on the way their companies work. In addition, 69 per cent of those questioned said although they can't see... [17 May 2000]
Ecommerce software vendors get warned over future
News Vendor confidence in the European ecommerce software market may be misplaced in the short term, according to a study from Frost & Sullivan. Following growth of nearly 130 per cent during 1999 the European ecommerce software market was worth... [04 Sep 2000]
Left-handed stormtroopers fight for ecommerce site
Case Study An ecommerce website specialising in products for the left-handed has enlisted Star Wars stormtroopers as part of its sales arsenal. The business was first established in 1968 as a shop in Soho and set up an ecommerce site in 2000. [21 Nov 2006]
Ecommerce will not alter competition laws
News The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed it does not expect the growth of ecommerce to require changes to current competition laws. The paper also suggests that ecommerce will lower the potential for market players to exploit market power by... [01 Sep 2000]
Ecommerce minister has 'too much energy' to focus on IT
News Stephen Timms, government minister for energy, ecommerce and postal services, is so overburdened with responsibilities that he is being forced to put key IT issues such as broadband availability and ebusiness on the back burner, government sources... [29 Oct 2003]
Ecommerce to wipe nearly £10bn off VAT revenues
News The UK's VAT (value-added tax) revenues are under threat from ecommerce, according to a research paper published by the Institute of Directors (IoD) this week. According to the IoD, VAT is still the best way for collecting tax on ecommerce, but it... [31 Aug 1999]
Ecommerce not overly taxing
News The rise in ecommerce is not unduly affecting tax revenues, according to a report by Ernst & Young. One of the main reasons for this is that 80 per cent of ecommerce is, at present, business-to-business, which is well regulated. [21 Jun 1999]
5 years ago... Ecommerce takes key role in Queen's Speech
News 25.11.98 Ecommerce took centre stage yesterday when the Queen's Speech to mark the opening of parliament promised a government bill to create laws to ease online trade. And so it was that the Queen uttered the word ecommerce. [25 Nov 2003]
Ecommerce sites panned for lack of security testing
News Dan Newman has been running one of the most popular certified ethical hacking courses for three years at the UK-based Training Camp and says he's not seen a single student from an ecommerce company put forward to attend, while financial... [20 May 2005]
Ecommerce could save billions for UK government
News The UK government could save up to £4bn a year in administration costs when it adopts an ecommerce strategy, according to the latest government report. For example, we took a look at a mixture of processes such as the allocation of benefits from... [02 Mar 1999]
Ecommerce dominates French IT conference
News Ecommerce dominated the opening of Semaine Europeenne des Technologies de l'Information (European information technology week) as leaders from across all industry sectors urged French companies to embrace the Internet. [28 Mar 2000]
Ecommerce gets top billing in the Queen's Speech
News Ecommerce topped the agenda in the Queen's Speech to the nation as she outlined the Government's main legislative targets for the coming Parliamentary session. Speaking in the House of Lords, the UK Head of State set out the government's commitment... [17 Nov 1999]
eCommerce and Public Exchanges
White Paper A public community exchange for eCommerce has several responsibilities to that community. How well the exchange meets those responsibilities will determine, in large part, how successful that exchange will be. [24 Feb 2004]
Behind the Headlines: Ecommerce lessons from the past
News Although Perri 6, senior research fellow at the University of Strathclyde, Richard Sykes, chairman of Morgan Chambers and Chris Setz, president of the Network Professionals Association, agreed there's no golden rule to the success of ecommerce... [30 Jun 2000]
Ecommerce vendors get put through their paces
News The latest business ecommerce products get a thorough going-over in the latest report from analyst house, The Butler Group. The survey, called 'E-business', provides detailed analysis of over 20 ecommerce software and strategy products, from... [13 Apr 1999]
