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Gordon Brown Dubbed 'analogue Chancellor'
News Gordon Brown has been dubbed the "analogue Chancellor" for failing to save the Home Computing Initiative (HCI). Shadow paymaster general Mark Francois said in a statement: "This scheme was endorsed by the DTI, the CBI and the TUC and this...
[May 8, 2006, 9:55]
Gordon Brown Dubbed 'analogue Chancellor'
Talkback It’s a good thing that the scheme was scrapped. In my company, the hardware on offer was sold at a premium approximately corresponding to the tax incentive. In other words, the provider working on behalf of my employer took the opportunity to...
[May 8, 2006, 11:29]
Budget 2002: What It Means For High-tech
News Wed 17 April: The chancellor, Gordon Brown, has promised financial assistance to help small firms embrace e-business. Disappointment as chancellor fails to axe IR35 Chancellor urged to make it a broadband Budget
[April 17, 2002, 16:35]
Gloomy Expectations For Budget From Tech Industry
News The tech industry has just two words for Chancellor Gordon Brown as he prepares to delivers this afternoon's budget: tax breaks. If the chancellor does take pity on the ailing tech sector, the most important thing he can do is simplify the tax...
[March 7, 2001, 13:24]
Douglas Alexander Takes On E-minister Role
News Alexander ran the general election campaign with chancellor Gordon Brown, but this is his first ministerial appointment. He then worked as a parliamentary researcher and speechwriter for Gordon Brown MP, now the chancellor of the exchequer.
[June 12, 2001, 9:32]
Brown Unveils The E-budget
News Chancellor Gordon Brown Tuesday announced a tax-relief package aimed at encouraging Internet startups, as well as a number of measures aimed at stimulating UK business and entrepreneurship in the IT sector.
[March 21, 2000, 16:43]
A Year Ago: Brown Unveils The E-budget
News Chancellor Gordon Brown Tuesday announced a tax-relief package aimed at encouraging Internet startups, as well as a number of measures aimed at stimulating UK business and entrepreneurship in the IT sector.
[March 21, 2001, 6:05]
BT And Government Go Head To Head Over Net Access
News British Telecom (quote: BT) issued a warning to the government on Wednesday, telling Chancellor Gordon Brown that he "should not get involved in telecoms". In his speech, the Chancellor expressed concerns that BT's dominant position was putting...
[February 17, 2000, 11:15]
EU To Look At Cost Of Internet Access
News The cost of Internet access in the UK has become headline news as Prime Minister Tony Blair and Chancellor Gordon Brown rail against the high price of getting online. In recent months, the call for cheaper access from the Prime Minister, Chancellor...
[February 29, 2000, 10:55]
Chancellor Provides Boost For Tech R&D
News The IT industry has welcomed tax cuts on research and development expenditure introduced by the chancellor, Gordon Brown, in his budget on Wednesday. The chancellor announced on Wednesday that the tax credit SMEs receive for R&D would be increased...
[March 22, 2007, 13:29]
MEP Calls For Unmetered Access In UK
News Wallis called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to introduce unmetered access immediately. Unmetered access to the Web should have been the first move the Chancellor made," she said. Gordon Brown has promised to provide PCs for £5.00 to people on low...
[November 3, 1999, 8:00]
Chancellor Urged To Make It A Broadband Budget
News A demonstration was held outside the Houses of Commons on Tuesday to urge the chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, to use this week's Budget to help the UK's telecommunications sector. It's a win-win situation for the chancellor, industry and...
[April 17, 2002, 12:17]
Chancellor Tackles The Digital Divide
News Chancellor Gordon Brown announced Wednesday a multi-million pound investment aimed at bridging the UK's digital divide and challenged industry to ensure affordable access to make the schemes work. Speaking at the UK Internet Summit in London, the...
[October 11, 2000, 9:47]
Chancellor Calls For Cheaper Net Access
News Internet access costs must to be halved in order to kick-start the e-commerce revolution, chancellor Gordon Brown claimed on Wednesday in a speech to financiers. The chancellor said he has had talks with Oftel director general David Edmonds to...
[February 17, 2000, 9:04]
Mixed Reception For New R&D Tax Credit
News In Wednesday's Budget, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a consultation into the current guidelines on R&D tax credits. It has welcomed the Chancellor's announcement. The Chancellor positions R&D as fuel for the engine of the economy, and he's...
[April 10, 2003, 13:01]
News Burst: BT Tells Government To Back Off
News It told the Chancellor that he "should not get involved in telecoms". In his speech, the Chancellor expressed concerns that BT's dominant position was putting British businesses at a disadvantage. British Telecom (quote: BT) issued a warning to the...
[February 17, 2000, 10:40]
E-Minister Rushes To Defend BT And Oftel
News On Thursday Chancellor Gordon Brown made it clear that the government is not impressed with progress being made by either when he claimed the current Internet climate was stifling e-commerce in Britain.
[February 18, 2000, 16:44]
A Year Ago: E-minister Rushes To Defend BT And Oftel
News On Thursday Chancellor Gordon Brown made it clear that the government is not impressed with progress being made by either when he claimed the current Internet climate was stifling e-commerce in Britain.
[February 18, 2001, 6:03]
Lib Dems Back Labour's Choice Of E-minister
News He worked as a speech writer for chancellor Gordon Brown in 1990, and the pair are thought to still enjoy a close relationship today. I think Gordon Brown has put his man into the job of e-minister, and it's an indication that e-business is seen as...
[June 13, 2001, 15:06]
R&D Tax Credit To Be Reformed
News The chancellor, Gordon Brown, announced the change in his pre-Budget report, delivered to the House of Commons on Wednesday afternoon. The chancellor, Gordon Brownc is right to take seriously the need to incentivise R&D," said Tom Wills-Sandford...
[December 10, 2003, 16:00]
