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Funding boost for new technology firms
News Small technology companies and individuals based in the East Midlands could benefit from a new project that aims to help them win financial backing from venture capitalists. InvoRed has been developed by Connect Midlands, whose objective is to...
[June 3, 2003, 14:59]
Government funds sat-nav integration project
News The funding is coming from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA). The East Midlands has a strong portfolio of organisations closely related to GNSS and telematics," said...
[April 3, 2008, 17:04]
Survey benchmarks UK earnings for tech workers
News London is not necessarily the best place to be a CIO who charges by the hour: average contract rates in the capital are £57 per hour, but rates are higher in the south-east (£68), East Midlands (£67), West Midlands (£64) and north-east (£61).
[August 3, 2009, 9:16]
NHS to email x-rays to doctors
News Accenture with GE (subject to contract) for the East and East Midlands cluster CSC with Kodak and ComMedica for the North West and West Midlands Accenture with GE (subject to contract) for the North East
[May 11, 2004, 11:00]
BT fibre broadband coming to 69 more towns
News East Midlands: Glossop and Hinckley West Midlands: Birmingham, Fallings Park, Great Barr, Leamore West, Nuneaton, Tettenhall, Wednesbury and Walsall East of England: Berkhamsted, Billericay, Brentwood, Elstree, Hainault, Hoddesdon, Lea Valley...
[July 9, 2009, 18:20]
Europe won't back down on Vista
News Innovation from companies such as Microsoft drives job creation in the East Midlands, and so we are keen to track these developments to ensure that users throughout the region can benefit from new IT developments," Heaton-Harris, who represents...
[October 16, 2006, 17:20]
Third of UK homes still lack internet access
News While the Northeast has the fewest internet-enabled households (54 percent), followed by the Northwest (56 percent), and the East Midlands and West Midlands (both with 61 percent). The Southeast is the most connected region, with 74 percent of...
[August 28, 2008, 9:00]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Case Study: Nottingham City Hospital
White Papers Nottingham City Hospital is one of the largest acute teaching hospitals in the UK's East Midlands, with a staff of more than 5,000. The Hospital wanted to keep pace with demand for more healthcare services and support effective round-the-clock...
[June 24, 2009, 16:01]
The future of call centres
News Although the largest number of sites are located in London and the South, the largest fall in call centres in percentage terms is forecast to come from the North-East, Wales and the Midlands. Mitial Research recently produced a report which...
[February 17, 2003, 11:40]
North-south divide mirrored in IT pay
News Techies who earn in excess of £70,001 are a fifth more likely to dwell in the southerly regions of England than in the north-east or west of England, the Midlands or Wales. The UK's north-south divide is mirrored in IT salaries, according to...
[December 12, 2008, 10:50]
Government fears digital divide is growing
News While London has 33 percent of its businesses equipped for e-commerce, the North East and West Midlands only have 23 percent of their businesses online. The study also showed that 96 percent of businesses in London have Internet access, compared to...
[November 22, 2000, 15:58]
Report sees countryside broadband speeds lagging
News Fastest after London were: the North East (3.6Mbps), the North West (3.4Mbps) and the East Midlands (3.3Mbps), suggesting that there is a rural/urban split based on ADSL speed. A broadband speed report by UK analyst thinkbroadband.com claims the...
[June 5, 2008, 9:10]
Unpaid overtime on the rise in Britain
News The only regions where numbers fell were the East Midlands, where 57,000 fewer staff did free hard graft, and the North West and Merseyside, where numbers dropped by 41,000. The regions where the most staff put in the most unpaid hours were the...
[January 7, 2008, 8:19]
NHS IT leaving doctors 'thoroughly disillusioned'
News The timescales for the three local service providers — BT in London, Fujitsu in the South and CSC in the North, Midlands and East — agreed with CfH have proved unachievable. In the North, Midlands and East areas, the software to support SCR has...
[May 19, 2008, 9:01]
IT implicated in voting-forms delay
News All-postal voting is being trialled in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the East Midlands. Never mind e-voting, technology is struggling to cope with the UK's postal ballot programme
[June 1, 2004, 12:25]
UK contractor rates... contract
News By comparison, the Midlands, which offers the best chance of finding work outside the South-East, boast a relatively paltry 3 percent of advertised positions. The second half of 2004 has seen average hourly rates for contractors fall and a...
[November 25, 2004, 8:25]
Fire-control centres delayed due to IT problems
News The full system will now be in place by spring 2012, with the first three regional control centres in the north-east, East Midlands and south-west going live in summer 2010 — nine months later than expected.
[November 28, 2008, 9:13]
London is Internet capital survey finds
News While a healthy 22.7 percent of Internet users live in London, the Midlands account for just 15.5 percent and less than five percent of surfers are from the North East of England. London is the swinging centre of Britain's Internet scene with...
[June 6, 2000, 7:45]
Charity funds IT training for disadvantaged groups
News The new lottery grant, meanwhile, will enable AbilityNet to extend the scheme to those areas of England — London, the North East, East and West Midlands — that are currently not covered, and interviews for suitable community partners are now...
[February 29, 2008, 13:29]
Cisco IP Telephony (training) review
Reviews As a result of the acquisition, it boasts a range of training centres across the South East, the Midlands and the North. Global Knowledge is an official training partner of Cisco, and so closely follows its curriculum.
[October 30, 2007, 7:28]
