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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). But in the budget in March, Brown scrapped the tax breaks, so that businesses that loan PCs to their staff for personal use at home will...
[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]
Brown Alerted To HMRC Data Risk In 2004
News Gordon Brown was told three years ago that weak data-protection procedures governing the child-benefit database made fraud or mistakes more likely and potentially undetectable, according to The Register.
[December 10, 2007, 14:36]
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. Despite Gordon Brown's 'polluter pays' principle, the budget's 'inflation-only' increase in the...
[March 22, 2007, 13:29]
Budget 2002: What It Means For High-tech
News Wed 17 April: Gordon Brown 'lives down to expectations' by leaving the controversial IR35 tax in place. Wed 17 April: The chancellor, Gordon Brown, has promised financial assistance to help small firms embrace e-business.
[April 17, 2002, 16:35]
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. Gordon Brown has an excellent opportunity tomorrow of...
[April 17, 2002, 12:17]
Implementing A Flexible Working Plan
Blog After Gordon Brown recently announced his work-life balance agenda, flexible working will soon be widely available to as many as 4.5 million extra parents with teenagers. Now an extra 4.5 million workers will now be able to request better working...
[May 29, 2008, 10:08]
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]
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. Whatever benefits Gordon Brown thinks he is giving in the way of tax breaks is being taken away by administrative...
[March 7, 2001, 13:24]
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]
Budget To Promote E-business
News Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected to announce measures to boost British business in general and to encourage high-tech startups in particular in his annual budget, to be unveiled Tuesday at 3.30, If Gordon Brown has got his e-commerce friendly...
[March 21, 2000, 13:41]
Brown Unveils Tax-cuts For Startups
News Chancellor Gordon Brown on Tuesday announced a tax-relief package aimed at encouraging Internet startups, with industry observers saying the tax cuts were much as expected. If Gordon Brown has got his e-commerce friendly Budget right, every person...
[March 21, 2000, 15:24]
A Year Ago: E-minister Rushes To Defend BT And Oftel
News At 8am Friday morning, ZDNet's Jane Wakefield boarded a train to Leicester with the e-Minister Patricia Hewitt to discuss BT, the local loop and those comments made by Gordon Brown. On Thursday Chancellor Gordon Brown made it clear that the...
[February 18, 2001, 6:03]
E-Minister Rushes To Defend BT And Oftel
News At 8am Friday morning, ZDNet's Jane Wakefield boarded a train to Leicester with the e-Minister Patricia Hewitt to discuss BT, the local loop and those comments made by Gordon Brown. On Thursday Chancellor Gordon Brown made it clear that the...
[February 18, 2000, 16:44]
Dennis Jarrett: "IT's Like This..."
News Despite Gordon Brown's good intentions, the Budget will do little to encourage IT skills and develop the benefits of technology in the UK. And I'll go along with the half-hearted approval for company cars with low carbon-dioxide emissions, but why...
[March 18, 1999, 14:19]
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]
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]
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]
Union Takes BT Spin-off Row To Government
News According to union officials, a meeting between the CWU and Patricia Hewitt -- the secretary of state of the DTI -- will take place within the next two weeks, thanks to the intervention of chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown.
[September 3, 2001, 13:05]
Eye2Eye: David Potter Talks To ZDNet News, Part 3
News The cost of access simply must be brought down and I sympathise with what Gordon Brown has said. Actually I have to say I agree with Gordon Brown on this, the local loop. Despite the various battles that go on between Symbian and Microsoft in the...
[February 24, 2000, 17:59]
