The G-Cloud should be held up as a model for how to do frameworks in government, deputy government CIO Liam Maxwell has said. The comments follow moves by the Cabinet Office to freeze all new procurement frameworks, as part of its review ...
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A US congressional panel examining the Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE is concluding an investigation into whether the companies' equipment is a threat to US infrastructure and commercial confidentiality with a public hearing. In ...
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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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The European Parliament has voted in favour of a new patent law to provide one regulation and one court to cover inventions across the European Union (EU). Currently EU citizens can either apply for a national patent in their own country ...
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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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Gulf News reported that UK based energy giant BP PLC has been invited back to bid for a renewal of its stake in Abu Dhabi’s oil concession and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company aims to announce a shortlist of bidders soon. Although ...
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There is set to be as many as 300,000 more households in fuel poverty this Christmas than was the case last year,according to a government advisory group. The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group has called on the prime minister David Cameron to ...
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As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday, people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places, tweeting about casting a vote and commenting on a viral video of a malfunctioning voting machine. This year marked the ...
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Chinese telecoms company Huawei has promised to spend pound 1.2bn in investment and procurement in the UK over the next five years. In a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron, Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei, said the company ...
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Designers like Paul Smith, Orla Kiely, Mary Katrantzou, J.W. Anderson, and Matthew Williamson are involved in the Olympic Games (July 27 – August 12) in a creative manner. To keep up to date with all the Olympic fashion events, ...
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a GBP5m (US$7.7m) funding programme aimed at helping improve dairy farmers' competitiveness. Cameron used Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (11 July) to unveil the funding, which is ...
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £50m investment in London's Tech City to create facilities for start-ups and entrepreneurs. The money will go towards a building incubator facilities at Old Street's technology hub ...
David Cameron, Barack Obama and Boris Johnson are the new unlikely fashion icons. The trio were named the most iconic white shirt wearers of all time, in a poll by department store Debenhams, just as London Fashion Week kicks off. ...
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The government has published details of its long-awaited Energy Bill, which is designed to keep lights on while driving emissions down. This will allow energy firms to charge households an extra £7.6 billion until 2020, with the ...
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Government spending on science and technological innovation has dropped by 7.6 per cent,despite an election pledge by Prime Minister David Cameron to protect funding in the field. The figures come from a House of Commons library study ...
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