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Shadow Chancellor Gets It On IT
Blog Tomorrow at 9am, George Osborne, the Opposition shadow chancellor, is going to make a speech at the Royal Society for the Arts. OK, breaking news. I've got an advance copy here, and although the rules of the game are that it doesn't get quoted...
[March 7, 2007, 19:57]
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]
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]
Chancellor Offers Some Hope To Beleaguered Tech Sector
News First impressions suggest the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, has smiled kindly on tech companies as his budget offers tax relief in a variety of forms. The Chancellor proposes to offer tax relief on firms' intellectual property, or 'IP', which is likely...
[March 7, 2001, 17:33]
Lord Chancellor Shuts Down Web Site
News The Web site was removed by Kingston Internet following requests from the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, who complained that a site set up by James Hulbert was offensive. Receiving a letter from the Lord Chancellor is bound to have a significant...
[November 12, 1999, 17:08]
Shadow Chancellor Slams Government Over Open Source
News George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has criticised the government over its apparent lack of support for open-source software. The shadow chancellor went on to applaud "software that's developed collectively", and he criticised the government's...
[March 8, 2007, 12:28]
E-Envoy Sees Chancellor As Broadband Obstacle
News A split may have broken out within government circles after e-Envoy Andrew Pinder told business leaders on Monday that Chancellor Gordon Brown was unconvinced of the benefits of broadband. Attending the annual conference of the Confederation of...
[November 6, 2001, 14:14]
Budget: Chancellor Announces £1.7bn 'computers For All' Fund
News Leader of the Opposition William Hague is on his feet now responding to the budget speech, and has described Gordon Brown as "the pickpocket chancellor". The Capital modernisation fund will launch a "£1.7bn computers for all initiative".
[March 9, 1999, 15:44]
Chancellor Schroder To CeBIT: 'No Reason For Pessimism'
News According to the chancellor, approximately one billion PCs are being used across the world. Joining chancellor Schroder on the platform was Volke Jung, president of the federal organisation for Information, Telecommunication and New Media (Bitkom).
[March 23, 2001, 12:34]
Tight Security, The Chancellor, And A Mechanical Man
News At the opening ceremony of CeBIT on Wednesday evening, the German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, said that general economic conditions in his country were better than a year ago -- and that it is his government's duty to strengthen Germany as...
[March 17, 2004, 20:05]
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]
Budget 2002: Disappointment As Chancellor Fails To Axe IR35
News Campaigners have reacted with disappointment to Wednesday's Budget after the chancellor, Gordon Brown, failed to repeal the controversial IR35 tax. We're disappointed that the chancellor has not taken the opportunity to do something that would...
[April 17, 2002, 17:28]
Chancellor Urged To Ditch IR35
News The chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, has been asked to give a boost to small businesses, including IT contractors, by abolishing the IR35 tax rules. Both the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) -- which recently lost a legal attempt to...
[March 28, 2002, 16:59]
Deletion Software Tribute To Ex-chancellor Kohl
News A cheeky German software company has named a new application for deleting data after ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, who stands accused of erasing information about shady deals from government computers while in office.
[June 29, 2000, 16:09]
Chancellor Boosts UK IT Industry Hopes
News Chancellor Gordon Brown announced a raft of measures aimed at boosting the UK IT industry in his pre-budget speech yesterday. These included a review of local authority planning application systems to facilitate the setting up of business hubs.
[November 4, 1998, 16:40]
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]
CeBIT: German Chancellor Pledges Support For IT
News German Chancelor, Gerhard Schroeder, visited CeBIT on Sunday, and pledged his govenment's support for new technology. He promised to give his support to all Internet related areas. Following the EU-summit in Berlin, Schroder announced that he...
[March 23, 1999, 12:13]
Darling Blames Officials For Data Loss
News Chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has said employees of HM Revenue & Customs were responsible for the loss of sensitive child-benefit data. Officials sent a second pair of discs that were delivered to the NAO, but it took nearly a month...
[November 21, 2007, 7:16]
