A report released National Audit Office revealed that the UK IT skills shortage means that Britain could have trouble defending itself from cyber attacks over the next 20 years. The UK was hit by over 40 million cyber attacks in 2011 ...
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The United Kingdom’s Trade Minister Lord Green met with local business leaders, British company executives, as well as the Iraq Britain Business Council representatives in Basrah today (23rd). The hour long meeting focussed on the ...
The UK’s Middle East Association (MEA), in partnership with the Kurdistan Regional Government, will be leading a Trade Delegation to Iraqi Kurdistan from 24th February to 1st March 2013, visiting Erbil and Duhok. The Kurdistan ...
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The European Commission (EC) wants to impose pension changes that would cost UK businesses £350bn (eURO440bn) and 180,000 jobs, according to research commissioned by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Describing the ...
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British poultry processors are missing a trick by paying for disposal of chicken feet,which could be exported to China where retailers such as Tesco are struggling to meet demand. So wrote environment secretary Owen Paterson in his online ...
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Google was yesterday accused of being"cleverer than the tax man"by MPs as it was questioned by the Public Accounts Select Committee over its controversial tax bill. Labour MP Margaret Hodge led the questioning of Matt ...
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"Inspirational","thought provoking"and"eye opening"were just some of the superlatives used by industry and press delegates to describe the recent Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry(ASBCI)industry conference'Made in ...
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Companies need to store emails and documents for at least six years in a central repository, before they consider deleting or destroying the information, according to Pinsent Masons lawyers. "In terms of retaining documents and having a ...
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The very best in UK manufacturing will take pride of place in Westminster at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills(BIS)One Victoria office in London,in a specially commissioned installation. BIS is using its impressive ...
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A US-based gas and chemical group is to create what it calls the world’s largest energy-from-waste facility on Teesside. Air Products, which has its headquarters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is to commence work on building the plant in ...
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Warren East,CEO of chip designer ARM,discusses the growth of machine to machine technology,the on-going patent wars and why he hopes the company will retain its independence. It seems there is no stopping ARM,with the company having ...
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The UK economy could continue to suffer as businesses are failing to invest in technology and innovation. IT finance provider Syscap analysed figures from the Office for National Statistics to find that,in the first quarter of ...
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