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BERR launches digital-economy review
News The Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has launched an analysis of the UK's digital economy. Titled 'Digital Britain', it will focus on how to accelerate the growth of the digital and communications industries, and will be led...
[October 21, 2008, 17:46]
ISPs given deadline for file-sharing crackdown
News The Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) said on Friday that while the emphasis was on ISPs and industry working together voluntarily, the deadline would apply if that failed to happen.
[February 22, 2008, 12:57]
No gov't funding for faster SME payments
News The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr), which is co-ordinating payment changes to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), said no budget has been allocated for administrative and IT changes, but that the cost...
[October 15, 2008, 15:54]
UK gov't rubber-stamps Phorm technology
News The UK government response, given by the Department of Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform (BERR) on Monday, did not address the past trials, but merely covered future uses of the technology. The possible future use of Phorm technology has...
[September 16, 2008, 16:08]
Major ISPs to issue file-sharing warnings
News At the same time as the BPI statement was issued, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), which brokered the deal, launched a consultation on the legislative possibilities for cracking down on illegal file-sharing.
[July 24, 2008, 16:14]
Timms replaced with 'tough' new IT minister
News Until that point, Timms had been the minister of state for competitiveness at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) — itself known until recently as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
[January 30, 2008, 10:49]
Chancellor promises emerging-tech investment
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Strategic Investment Fund was likely to be used more for venture-capital purposes than research, as the money had been allocated to the Department for Business...
[April 22, 2009, 17:22]
Whose law is it anyway?
Blog Fruitlessly so - according to them, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) is responsible for this stuff. And BERR said: nothing, thus far (an hour and a half after the request).
[April 14, 2009, 17:25]
Report maps out Britain's broadband future
News The business case could be justified if you, as an operator, have concerns about your ability to retain your customers if someone with faster broadband comes along," said Caio, who was speaking at the report's launch at the Department for Business...
[September 12, 2008, 16:10]
EC warns gov't over Phorm foot-dragging
News The Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) responded to the Commission on behalf of the UK in September. A BERR spokesperon told ZDNet UK on Thursday that it had received the Commission's third letter, and "will respond in...
[February 12, 2009, 14:39]
Government to reassess tech strategy
News The Department for Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform (Berr) already provides up to £10,000 of "innovation vouchers" for hi-tech small businesses to fund R&D. The Digital Britain report, being undertaken by Lord Carter and due in the...
[April 20, 2009, 15:27]
Govt fibre report to nix subsidies?
Blog I'm off in a few minutes to the launch of a BERR-sponsored report into whether the government should put any funding into a fibre rollout. The report will also indicate whether regulatory change should be brought in, to encourage companies to...
[September 12, 2008, 11:14]
Gov't launches £30m fund for small tech businesses
News As part of its Enterprise Capital Funds programme, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr) will make the funds available to information technology, electronics and instrumentation companies seeking investment capital.
[December 2, 2008, 13:58]
Next IT entrepreneurs nurtured by uni networks
News The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Berr) has announced the launch of three university enterprise networks (UENs), including one focusing on science, technology, engineering and maths (the so-called 'Stem' subjects), and...
[November 25, 2008, 8:22]
ICO: Name organisations at employment tribunal
News However, a ruling by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at the beginning of October found that the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (Berr) must disclose which employers are involved in tribunal disputes.
[October 16, 2008, 15:31]
Sun CTO to form cloud security forum
News The Sun executive said he is working on setting up the forum alongside organisations such as the CBI, Microsoft and Accenture; government departments such as Berr, Dius and the Treasury; and the government's chief scientific advisor, Professor...
[May 26, 2009, 16:50]
Legislation sets out battery-recycling rules
News These regulations will help reduce the environmental impact of batteries and accumulators, which contain potentially harmful material," economic and business minister Ian Pearson said in a statement from the Department for Business, Enterprise and...
[April 15, 2009, 17:11]
ISPs and govt to talk net neutrality
Blog However, I've just got word from them that they are meeting with BERR (formerly the DTI) on Monday to discuss the issue, and will likely have plenty to say after that. One of the most interesting aspects of this week's massive shakeup of EU...
[November 16, 2007, 8:50]
Parliament to probe Digital Britain plan
News As part of the investigation, the committee is inviting the public to send in comments on UK broadband provision, with submission guidelines on a Berr website. A parliamentary select committee is to check whether the recommendations proposed in the...
[June 30, 2009, 12:47]
£20bn gov't scheme to help SMEs in credit crunch
News It is intended to help "smaller, credit-worthy companies which might otherwise fail to access the finance they need for working capital or investment finance due to the current tight lending conditions", according to the BERR statement.
[January 14, 2009, 14:24]
