spending 50 per cent
Online retail takes 20p of the shopper's pound
News Based on the current growth trends online-shopper spend will peak at up to 50 per cent of all consumer spending within five years.silicon.com Retail & Leisure According to the IMRG Capgemini E-Retail Sales Index, UK shoppers spent more than £26.5bn... [18 Jul 2008]
IT swallows a quarter of NHS cash budget
News NHS spending on IT has shot up from nine per cent of total annual capital expenditure in 2003/04 to 25 per cent in 2006/07. The NHS' spend on operational IT running costs has grown at a far slower rate than the capital outlay, increasing from two... [09 Jun 2008]
House of Fraser synchronises supplier data
News Department store chain House of Fraser has signed up to the Inovis Data Synchronisation service in the hope of reducing the time to upload information on suppliers' products into its core merchandising system by 50 per cent.silicon.com Retail... [09 Jun 2008]
BT buys into videoconferencing
News We are looking at growth of anywhere between 25 and 40 per cent, depending on who you talk to. He claims there is a stronger market in videoconferencing now, "because of the green issue and the tighter economy squeezing spending". [03 Jun 2008]
Dell's smiling after quarter profits
News Dell's unit sales increased 140 per cent in China over the last year and the company plans to reach 3,500 retail locations in China alone by the end of the next quarter. The PC maker reported its first-quarter profits yesterday, with revenue of... [30 May 2008]
UK online spend up 50 per cent this year
News Compared to figures for the first quarter of 2007, the spend marks an increase of 50.5 per cent, according to the latest report from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. The year-on-year online shopping figures for March show big increases in... [22 Apr 2008]
Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future
News End users' preferences will account for up to 50 per cent of all purchasing decisions relating to hardware, software and services within the enterprise, Martin Gutberlet, research vice president at Gartner, said last week. [14 Apr 2008]
Is your network performance getting you down?
News Meanwhile the rate of VoIP implementations has increased five per cent on last year, with 66 per cent of organisations having implemented or looking to implement VoIP in the next 12 months. In 2007, just 13 per cent said they were completely... [01 Apr 2008]
Driver e-services save £33m
News All the services achieved high levels of customer satisfaction, with 93 per cent of customers satisfied with the car tax service and 97 per cent saying the same about booking of theory tests. The take-up of e-services has exceeded expectation in... [16 Jan 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News Spending on offshore services is three times higher in North America than in Western Europe but the gap is closing, with Indian providers becoming more popular in 2007, growing 40 per cent in the US and 60 per cent in Europe. [10 Jan 2008]
Fire service IT project delayed and £70m over budget
News The report said: "The fact that the department cites a project two years behind schedule and 50 per cent over its initial IT budget as an example of how it is improving its delivery mechanisms highlights the persistent challenge that CLG continues... [07 Jan 2008]
Bank IT spend to rise despite credit crunch crisis
News Software and services spend in the sector should rise by 7.7 per cent between 2007 and 2011, according to Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC). As the UK banking sector steadies itself in response to the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, IT suppliers will... [11 Dec 2007]
Online shoppers think plastic is fantastic for Xmas
News This compares to 43 per cent of Bris who plan to spend more online than last year, suggesting that while consumer spending has slowed, online spending as a proportion continues to grow.comScore's head of international markets Bob Ivins said online... [14 Nov 2007]
Is cash costing you three days per year?
News Head of innovation and acceptance for Visa Europe, Sandra Alzetta, said with more than 70 per cent of commuters admitting to spending up to £50 in cash each week on sundry expenses, it is "easy to see the opportunity" for contactless payments as a... [29 Oct 2007]
European R&D spending on the up
News But the latest EU figures are an improvement on 2006 when R&D spending from the top 1,000 EU companies grew by 5.3 per cent. Research and development investment from European Union-based companies has increased by 7.4 per cent in the past financial... [08 Oct 2007]
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