Exclusive: Government To 'name And Shame' Non-Y2k Compliant Companies
News Dialogue between Action 2000 and companies (both the FTSE 500 and public service) has revealed extensive gaps in preparedness for the millennium which Flower believes will have a negative effect on an already shaky economy.
[October 23, 1998, 15:11]
Lacey's Paper Round
News As we begin a two week countdown to the launch of the euro, the IT press has turned its attention to mulling over industry's state of preparedness. Following reports that the former Soviet Union's nuclear power stations may not be millennium-proof...
[December 14, 1998, 10:24]
New Millennium Body For The Capital
News The Infrastructure committee set up by Action 2000 will issue a report on preparedness in five key areas -- transport, banking, telecoms, energy and water -- next month. Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons, delivered her quarterly...
[December 7, 1998, 15:08]
LookBack '98: A Year In The Life Of The Bug
News So much for preparedness. Even the UN is waking up to the importance of the issue and promised to disclose where member states are lagging behind in preparedness. Always good for a quote and not averse to putting her foot in it, Flower became...
[December 24, 1998, 6:11]
Millennium Bug: Good News For Big Business
News 2,600 companies employing 500 people or more were grilled on how far on they were with preparedness in what Action 2000 describes as the "most robust research to date". Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000 hopes the good example set by...
[November 16, 1998, 14:55]
Local Authorities Slam Action 2000's Naming 'n Shaming
News Echoing his view, Andrew Gabbitas, director of corporate affairs at Rugby Council feels the survey of local authorities does not offer a fair representation of bug preparedness. Gywnneth Flower, Action 2000's managing director, robustly defended...
[July 12, 1999, 15:40]
A Year Ago: Local Authorities Slam Action 2000's Naming 'n Shaming
News Echoing his view, Andrew Gabbitas, director of corporate affairs at Rugby Council feels the survey of local authorities does not offer a fair representation of bug preparedness. Gywnneth Flower, Action 2000's managing director, robustly defended...
[July 13, 2000, 8:00]
Welwyn: Home To The World's First Millennium Bug Park
News The companies, which include manufacturing, retail, engineering, banking, travel, construction, telecoms, healthcare and accountancy firms, are all at varying stages of millennium preparedness. Managing director of Action 2000, Gwynneth Flower...
[November 4, 1998, 15:29]
Analysis: Y2K Action - Too Little, Too Late?
News Last week, it announced that it intends to force utility and telecom regulators to issue regular statements about their preparedness and threatened those that fail to come up to scratch with a `naming and shaming' campaign.
[October 26, 1998, 15:25]
