Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the UK food and drink manufacturing sector last year helped to set a three-year record for the UK economy, according to information services company Experian. A key contributor to last year’s ...
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Business analytics provider SAS has launched the SAS Student Academy to help staff a big data analytics revolution, through a joint initiative with Birmingham City University (BCU). At the launch at BCU yesterday, the university's vice ...
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Harvard Engineering has won a Queen's Award in the Enterprise category for their wireless street light management system, LeafNut. The system helps local councils in the UK cut energy usage and reduce carbon emissions, enabling local ...
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EE has launched the UK’s first superfast 4G broadband services for consumers and businesses in 11 cities. EE 4G services are now available in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, ...
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Most UK website users are choosing to allow the use of third-party advertising cookies, according to analysis of the impact of the so-called "cookie law". The UK regulation on the use of cookies, or small files containing browser ...
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Innovation through 4G LTE 4G LTE increases mobile productivity Cutting costs with 4G LTE network communications Other findings from EE's 4G LTE survey A global survey of the business benefits of 4G LTE has revealed improvements to ...
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Government officials are considering the viability of ordering suppliers bidding for Whitehall contracts to disclose the amount of tax they pay in the UK relative to their UK revenue, Computer Weekly has learned. The move follows recent ...
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More than half (62%) of Britons believe the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will benefit UK businesses in the long term, according to a survey by Cisco. Furthermore, 60% of those surveyed believe the Games may help to improve ...
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One-fifth of UK companies are assigning financial value to their data, according to Dynamic Markets, a UK-based market research firm The firm's research is one of three pieces sponsored by analytics software and services company SAS. The ...
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O2 and Bauer Media have pledged to commit £5 million towards developing skills in young people through work experience, in a joint scheme called GoThinkBig. Over the next three years, the scheme will offer 30,000 work experience ...
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Business reaction to DCMS announcement Local government reaction to DCMS announcement Consultation could hold back broadband roll-out The broadband industry has said goodbye to Jeremy Hunt as he takes Andrew Lansley's old job as secretary ...
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The department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) introduced its new minister to the broadband industry today with controversial rules aiming to speed up deployment of superfast connections across the UK. Maria Miller, who takes over ...
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Outsourcing is on the rise; according to an article at SME Web, UK businesses have increased their spending on freelancers by 134% this year. This makes UK businesses the second largest employers of freelancers worldwide. Some business ...
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Chubb Fire & Security UK provided more than 500 business owners and managers with essential information and advice on keeping their people and premises safe and secure as part of a free seminar open to all businesses in the UK. Chubb, a ...
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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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