Key HMRC IT implementations have been delayed because of the Cabinet Office’s moratorium on spending, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The report called for a better understanding of the costs of benefits of the ...
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US-based global insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J Gallagher & Co has acquired Coyle Insurance Agency in Peoria, Illinois, US for an undisclosed sum. On completion of the transaction, the agency owner Peter ...
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Employees now have the ability to take personal control over the delivery of the IT services and information they require. BMC’s MyIT is an enterprise software solution that has been designed to empower users to request IT ...
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Phil Shoesmith, head of IT for the Alzheimer's Society charity, has called on Salesforce to keep its promise to build a datacentre in the European Union (EU). The Alzheimer's Society helps 100,000 suffers of dementia in England, Wales and ...
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“Royal Mail wanted a CIO who is comfortable in a really volatile and changing environment to drive change. And I am. I joined because the scale of the challenge is huge and I would be mad to say no to that.” Catherine Doran ...
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Bright students wanting a future in engineering will from today see a new funding of pound 1m towards scholarships, courtesy of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Focusing on students applying for IET-accredited courses ...
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The Cabinet Office must show strong leadership if it is to make shared services work, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned. The comments follow a PAC report, which echoes the National Audit Office’s findings in March that ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Natwest customers are still having issues with their bank accounts, as the technical problems causing havoc at the banking group enter their fifth day. In a statement last night, RBS admitted it had only ...
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US based health insurer UnitedHealth has successfully completed the first phase in the Brazil's Amil Participações acquisition program with the purchase of 60% outstanding shares from controlling shareholders and management. ...
The government lacks a clear evidence-based policy on whether or not to charge for data and should investigate the economic benefits of making all data free, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said in its report on the government's ...
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Online retailers are losing business because they are failing to exploit the full potential of search technology, analyst group Gartner has claimed. Despite improvements in search technology, retailers only rate a B- when it comes to ...
The Netherlands based ING bank has inked an agreement with Hong Kong's AIA, to offload its Malaysian insurance business for €1.3bn in cash. The transaction comprises ING's life insurance and employee benefits business as well as 60% ...
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Charles Taylor's wholly owned Isle of Man-registered closed life business,LCL International Life Assurance Company Limited(LCLI),has agreed to acquire Global Life Assurance(GLA)from Pinnacle. Transaction involves initial consideration ...
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Zurich Insurance has extended an IT application outsourcing contract with CSC, which could lead to the relationship spanning 19 years. A seven-year extension to a deal originally penned in 2004, which will start in 2013, also has the ...
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The Co-operative is the latest bank to launch a mobile banking service after signing a three-year deal with mobile banking supplier Monitise. The smartphone app is available to all the bank’s registered internet customers and those ...
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