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News Burst: E-envoy to be appointed this week
News The government will this week appoint Andrew Pinder, a former director of IT at the Inland Revenue, as e-envoy, according to reports Wednesday. Pinder has been acting as e-envoy since last October, after Alex Allen quit the cabinet office post.
[January 31, 2001, 8:31]
E-envoy calls for help bridging digital divide
News The UK's acting e-envoy Andrew Pinder called on representatives of the ISP industry to help close Britain's economic and geographic digital divisions Tuesday, The government is currently seeking a full-time e-envoy and hopes to announce the...
[January 18, 2001, 9:26]
E-envoy quits to return to Australia
News E-envoy Alex Allan quits his Cabinet Office post Tuesday for "personal reasons". The e-envoy was appointed by prime minister Tony Blair as part of his drive towards a digital Britain. The main responsibilities of the e-envoy were to push forward...
[September 5, 2000, 15:40]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
News Britain's rural areas face a bleak economic future unless affordable broadband services are made available across the whole of the UK, the e-envoy warned this week. As e-envoy, Pinder's role is to lead the process of putting government services...
[September 26, 2003, 12:05]
E-envoy disputes 800,000 job-loss quote
News The e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, has said that comments he made about job losses from putting government services online were taken out of context. I would have thought that if you are the e-envoy you would have the information at your fingertips.
[May 15, 2002, 17:06]
Introduction: E-envoy on a wired Britain
News Andrew Pinder was appointed to the job of e-envoy last month, following the resignation of Tony Blair's favourite, Alex Allan. ISPs come in for criticism from the e-envoy. He has a tough job on his hands, convincing businesses of the importance of...
[February 12, 2001, 12:07]
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. It was rumoured earlier this year that the Department of...
[November 6, 2001, 14:14]
E-envoy calls for end to broadband deadlock
News The government's e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, called for changes to the pricing of broadband on Tuesday, saying that the spread of high-speed Internet access to the general population is "absolutely fundamental to the continued prosperity of this...
[June 26, 2001, 15:55]
A Year Ago: E-envoy chases the girls
News According to e-envoy Alex Allan IT jobs are currently "the least sexy" of all occupations rating lower than funeral directors. The drive to improve the flagging image of IT professionals is all part of the government's determination to make the UK...
[July 1, 2001, 6:28]
E-envoy chases the girls
News According to e-envoy Alex Allan IT jobs are currently "the least sexy" of all occupations rating lower than funeral directors. The drive to improve the flagging image of IT professionals is all part of the government's determination to make the UK...
[June 30, 2000, 11:03]
E-envoy tells government to lay off the Net
News The UK's e-envoy Alex Allan warns the government not to interfere in the knowledge economy as he claims the Internet could be its closest political ally. He is also due to spend time in Silicon Valley in an effort to boost Britain's e-commerce...
[June 28, 2000, 12:18]
UK's first e-envoy appointed
News The UK's first e-envoy, former civil servant and High Commissioner to Australia Alex Allen was appointed Monday by the Prime Minister Tony Blair. His five main areas of responsibility are: galvanising British firms to take up the challenges of e...
[September 13, 1999, 15:32]
Pinder becomes e-envoy for good
News Acting e-envoy Andrew Pinder takes the job permanently on Wednesday and will begin the hard task of ensuring universal Internet access by 2005. Pinder was appointed acting e-envoy in October last year, following the resignation of Alex Allan who...
[January 31, 2001, 16:03]
Eye2Eye: E-envoy on a wired Britain Pt II
News How much of government is currently online? Forty percent of government sites are online now but they are primarily information services. We need to get some transactions online. We want them to be secure so the government provides a technical...
[February 12, 2001, 12:09]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
Talkback It's not just those who's exchanges have not yet been upgraded, but there are also a large proportion of people on enabled exchanges that cannot have Broadband - my self included. I'm on the Loose (Kent) exchange, which has had broadband now for...
[September 29, 2003, 10:44]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
Talkback Its still not just 'rural' areas that can't get broadband. Here in Milton Keynes there are still significant fractions of the town still too far (mainly due to the extremely circuitous cable routes ) from an exchange to get Broadband service.
[September 29, 2003, 11:05]
News Burst: E-envoy announced
News The long awaited E-commerce Czar will work closely with new e-minister Patricia Hewitt on promoting UK tech interests here and abroad. Former civil servant Allen, 48, includes launching the Number 10 Web site among his IT credentials and lists the...
[September 13, 1999, 12:05]
PoizonBOx hackers leave e-envoy red-faced
News The government has launched an investigation after a chain of UK government Web sites including one belonging to the office of the e-envoy were hacked and defaced on Tuesday by a group of computer crackers.
[March 21, 2001, 10:50]
Eye2Eye: E-envoy on a wired Britain Pt III
News Making the UK the "best place to do e-commerce" is a key phrase of government. Are there going to be some new announcements in that? Yes, there will be some new announcements and, no, I don't want to talk about it.
[February 12, 2001, 12:10]
Eye2Eye: E-envoy on a wired Britain
News I'd like to start with a question about how you see your relationship with ISPs. At the ISPA awards you didn't seem that pleased with them. What is it you would like them to do? Here we have a new industry and [it makes] a big noise, to some extent...
[February 12, 2001, 12:08]
