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Government kickstarts push to turn R&D into products

...to turn their innovative high-tech research into commercial products. Business secretary Vince Cable said on Thursday that the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills... Read more

4 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

One in four state IT contracts to go to SMEs, says Cable

...projects, are to be awarded to small businesses, according to business secretary Vince Cable. Cable told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the government recognised it... Read more

3 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

DWP asks suppliers for subcontractor lists

...give more public money to smaller private companies. In 2010, business minister Vince Cable pledged that a quarter of IT contracts would go to small... Read more

22 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government invites tech research centre proposals

...need to diversify as we go for sustainable growth," said business minister Vince Cable in a statement. "It is crucial that we support UK industry... Read more

7 January, 2011 by Tom Espiner

'Catapult' centre to give digital boost to businesses

...there are hundreds of high-tech companies in the area," Business Secretary Vince Cable said in a statemet. "The Connected Digital Economy Catapult is a... Read more

26 January, 2012

UK copyright system set for massive overhaul

...the challenge of new technologies," said the response, signed by business secretary Vince Cable, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and chancellor George Osborne. "The government believes... Read more

3 August, 2011 by David Meyer

UK must modernise copyright laws, report urges

The government-commissioned Hargreaves review has been published, calling for copyright exemptions for private copies and parodies, and urging resistance against patents for software and business processes Read more

18 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Picochip curries favour with Indian infrastructure partners

...partner, the deal was announced in New Delhi yesterday by business secretary Vince Cable, alongside three other deals for architectural ventures, hovercraft and outsourcing. This... Read more

30 July, 2010

Government axes electrical waste quango

...and cost of quangos that we no longer need," said business secretary Vince Cable in a statement. "I have already said that I want to... Read more

19 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

UK visa curbs could slam the door on booming Brazil

...the ointment for some of those expectations? Business, innovation, and skills minister Vince Cable was in Brazil recently, talking of the need for more British... Read more

9 September, 2010 by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary

Lib Dems vote for repeal of Digital Economy laws

...the business secretary — then Labour's Lord Mandelson, now the Liberal Democrat Vince Cable — certain discretionary powers to allow rights holders to force ISPs to... Read more

17 May, 2010 by David Meyer

HMRC offers £20,000 for return of lost discs

...return of the CDs — despite the fact that acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable last week claimed the data on the discs could be worth... Read more

5 December, 2007 by Andy McCue

Government attacked over document shredding

...opacity leads to a lack of public accountability. Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable MP said on Tuesday: "Given the government's IT project record... Read more

5 June, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Lost HMRC data 'worth £1.5bn to criminals'

...people could be worth £1.5bn to criminals. Liberal Democrat acting leader Vince Cable, speaking in the House of Commons, said a single stolen identity... Read more

29 November, 2007 by Andy McCue

Smaller ISPs to avoid initial copyright crackdown

...at the discretion of the Business Secretary, who is currently Liberal Democrat Vince Cable. The Digital Economy Act was rushed through the legislative process in... Read more

18 May, 2010 by David Meyer

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