After dominating the 2011 Exemplar Awards, users of the Aligned Assets gazetteer management system have received countless accolades at the 2012 Awards. At a ceremony in London to recognise outstanding achievement in the use of local ...
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Phil Pavitt has stepped down as HMRC’s CIO to join insurance giant Aviva as global director of IT transformation. Mark Hall has taken over as CIO of HMRC, having worked as deputy CIO at the department for two years and director of ...
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Transport for London aiming to get NFC rolled out across entire network by the end of 2013 Commuters in London are now able to pay for their bus journeys using contactless payments. The development means Londoners can pay for their bus ...
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The UK government has injected a second round of cash into its pound 25m Higher Apprenticeship Fund. The funding aims to develop 4,230 new Higher Apprenticeships in sectors including low-carbon engineering, space engineering, legal ...
“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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CSC customers are being urged to boycott the supplier over allegations that it took part in illegal CIA rendition flights in the US "war on terror". CSC has been linked in court documents to the rendition of German citizen Khaled ...
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London's buses will be the first mode of transport to accept contactless bank card payments,starting today. The whole fleet of London buses will accept the payments,meaning that passengers can use an American Express,MasterCard,Maestro or ...
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Over three-quarters of Transport for London customers want alternative ways to pay for their journeys,with contactless payments the preferred alternative to Oyster and cash for 45%of respondents,according to research. The survey of 2,050 ...
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The London Underground has announced that 20 more stations have been connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service including Camden Town,Notting Hill Gate and Seven Sisters. The total number of Wi-Fi enabled stations come in at 92,with a ...
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Good night, good night All that remains is for Paul McCartney to sing us off to our slumbers. It's been a terrific night, a glorious ceremony, a rousing history lesson and far and away the best film that Danny Boyle never made. Thanks ...
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A Tech City start-up has won the approval of Transport for London(TfL)to roll out its free Wi-Fi service in black cabs across London. CabWifi was created by Eyetease two years ago to enable passengers in the iconic cars to get 15 ...
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The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
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The first dedicated yarn dyeing plant to be installed in the UK for many years is now fully operational at Park Valley Dyers in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire; featuring a complete Thies dyeing installation. German dyeing machinery ...
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The UK Department of Trasnport(DfT)has awarded£5m funding to the Transport for London(TfL)to add an additional 70 hybrid buses to its fleet. Currently TfL operates about 260 hybrid buses in London,and by the end of March next ...
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HM Revenue & Customs' Phil Pavitt will step down from his role as CIO in January to take up a new role at insurance group Aviva. Deputy CIO Mark Hall has taken on the CIO role at HMRC, but Pavitt will remain with the department until ...
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