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Karen Price
AS Profile Her role is increasingly influential in light of the government's vision of a Digital Britain where the public are online and actively engaged with technology. As CEO of e-skills UK, the... [29 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News But it warned the UK's potential around technology - and thus the potential of IT to drive economic recovery - is being held back by the current crop of business leaders who are failing to 'get IT', and also by the failure of the... [23 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital Britain plan, according to a report in The Guardian. Reports of Lord Carter's departure emerged just prior to... [04 Aug 2009]
£23m pot of gold for tech-bamboozled SMEs
News The funding, announced in the government's Digital Britain report released yesterday, is aimed at encouraging the take-up of digital technology among the smallest companies. The money,... [17 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News The proposals come as part of the government's Digital Britain report - its blueprint for ensuring the UK does not become the laggard of the global digital economy. Speaking at the... [16 Jun 2009]
Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News And the budget committed the government towards the proposal in the Lord Carter's Digital Britain report to roll out a 2Mbps broadband service across the UK by 2012. Digital technologies... [22 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet Digital Britain. Lord Carter is in charge of overseeing the Digital Britain report, which is due out this summer and should help determine the government's policy on a... [21 Apr 2009]
"It's about removing barriers which hold business back"
News The Digital Britain report, being undertaken by Lord Carter and due in the summer, will "establish the framework for a fundamental transformation of our broadband infrastructure", said the Berr report. [21 Apr 2009]
"I'm not an out and out technology person"
Comment With the government spending on tech R&D and its Digital Britain plan to get 2Mbps broadband to every home in the country, Boss believes the role of the CIO will become increasingly important as the... [09 Mar 2009]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment Broadband Britain', as you might expect, is the most popular place in the world for such groups to do business. It's largely about protecting identity - the Achilles heel of the digital society. Perhaps... [07 Mar 2007]
Four in 10 UK homes shunning the net
News Conversely, the population of Broadband Britain is also growing apace with high-speed internet now making up more than 72 per cent of connections. New government statistics show the UK is fostering its own... [24 Aug 2006]
Election '05: Digital divide must be addressed
Comment I wrote: "In Britain, where a quarter of homes are believed to have access to the internet, one can sit comfortably inside the well-connected embrace of the M25 and imagine the benefits of the new dot-communism reaching... [26 Apr 2005]
Labour reveals tech plans in election manifesto
News This will include support for every school to offer all pupils access to computers at home by 2006; a "digital challenge" to find a local authority to be a national and international pathfinder in universal... [13 Apr 2005]
'Get involved in grid' urges UK government
News Whilst the government is increasing the burdens on business, companies who once used 'Made in Britain' as a marketing tool have moved to sourcing overseas. What we need to do is ensure Britain has a low... [17 Dec 2003]
Tony Blair's speech... (part two)
News We know that around 7 million adults in Britain lack functional literacy and numeracy skills. For improving skills and for tackling the digital divide our schools are... [19 Nov 2001]
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