Pledge 2000 seeks co-operation, not litigation
News Headed by Action 2000 managing director Gwynneth Flower and supported by two minor celebrities from the food industry, Pledge 2000 is a public scheme "intended to help all organisations to work in partnership with their customers and suppliers to...
[July 29, 1998, 16:31]
ZDNet UK's IT Personality of the Year
News It's not an easy job, but someone's got to do it," Gwynneth Flower '98. Hers has not been an easy job: persuading businesses to act against a bug they can't see is no easy task. She has not shirked from hard hitting criticism and has always been...
[December 25, 1998, 6:10]
Action 2000 talks tough
News In her State of the Nation update, Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000 pointed to current research which shows only two in five of UK businesses are on course for the Year 2000. Flower criticised those firms of "an amateurish and...
[March 5, 1999, 12:29]
Exclusive: Government to 'name and shame' non-Y2k compliant companies
News Gwynneth Flower, MD of Action 2000 told ZDNet news this morning that the organisation set up by Tony Blair in January, is "moving close to the point where we will go into name and shame activity". Those targeted for closest scrutiny will be...
[October 23, 1998, 15:11]
Action 2000 calls for bug free guarantee
News Speaking Friday, Action 2000 managing director Gwynneth Flower said: "Companies should be able to state products are millennium capable and I would be very critical if they did not. Flower agreed public accountability has not yet been addressed and...
[January 11, 1999, 15:02]
A Year Ago: Pledge 2000 seeks co-operation, not litigation
News Headed by Action 2000 managing director Gwynneth Flower and supported by two minor celebrities from the food industry, Pledge 2000 is a public scheme "intended to help all organisations to work in partnership with their customers and suppliers to...
[July 29, 1999, 6:16]
'Cowboys' using Action 2000 database to con firms
News Several" listed companies are "not entirely above board" according to Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000. Flower identified small businesses as being "at significant risk" from "cowboys out to make a quick buck" as the race to...
[January 18, 1999, 12:45]
A Year Ago: 'Cowboys' using Action 2000 database to con firms
News Several" listed companies are "not entirely above board" according to Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000. Flower identified small businesses as being "at significant risk" from "cowboys out to make a quick buck" as the race to...
[January 17, 2000, 6:00]
Lacey's Paper Round
News In a front page lead, yesterday's Observer reported Gwynneth Flower's advice to families that they should put a little extra in the trolley at Tesco this time next year. Any one sensible would plan for this' said Flower.
[December 14, 1998, 10:24]
LookBack '98: A year in the life of the Bug
News Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000 emerged as one of the bug's fiercest adversaries. Always good for a quote and not averse to putting her foot in it, Flower became increasingly outspoken.
[December 24, 1998, 6:11]
LookBack '98: Top stories of 1998 Part II
News As part of the ongoing millennium bug saga, Action 2000 managing director Gwynneth Flower exclusively revealed to ZD Net News in October that there could be public naming and shaming of companies failing to do enough to combat the bug.
[December 25, 1998, 6:54]
News Burst: £10m ad. campaign to purge 'The Bug'
News Gwynneth Flower, MD of Action 2000 is charged with the job of persuading those UK businesses without a Millennium bug plan to ring the new Action Line for advice. Flower has agreed to an exclusive interview with ZDNet News UK which will appear at...
[July 15, 1998, 13:41]
Millennium bug: Good news for big business
News Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000 hopes the good example set by such companies will have a knock-on effect. Flower reiterated the danger of complacency. 2,600 companies employing 500 people or more were grilled on how far on they...
[November 16, 1998, 14:55]
Act normally but don't call 999 -- Y2K latest
News Take action yourself, make a note of your own doctor's number, phone local numbers if you are worried about electricity or gas," said Action 2000 managing director Gwynneth Flower in a call to "personalise" bug action.
[November 1, 1999, 11:31]
News Burst: Fix it, or be closed down says Action 2000
News In her State of the Nation update, Gwynneth Flower, managing director of Action 2000 pointed to current research which shows only two in five of UK businesses are on course for the Year 2000. Full story to follow
[March 4, 1999, 12:14]
News Burst: Action 2000 announces self help 'pledge' scheme
News Exclusive interview with Gwynneth Flower, Managing Director of Action 2000, will follow later today. Action 2000, the government's millennium bug busting agency, today announced what they are calling a 'pledge scheme'- aimed at intelligent...
[July 29, 1998, 10:47]
Action 2000 criticises its own 'bug park'
News Gwynneth Flower initially hoped the bug park would serve as an example of good practise. The bug park -- made up of 15 businesses in Welwyn Garden City and ranging from a doctor's surgery to a chemical manufacturer -- was set up by Action 2000 and...
[April 23, 1999, 6:42]
Welwyn: Home to the world's first Millennium Bug Park
News Managing director of Action 2000, Gwynneth Flower hopes this new scheme will turn 'the anonymous statistics into reality', as the progress of the 15 companies involved is monitored and publicised. MP and Leader of the House of Commons Margaret...
[November 4, 1998, 15:29]
Analysis: Y2K action - too little, too late?
News Getting the regulators on board to "hold the feet of the companies over the fire" is crucial if the work is to be done on time, stressed Gwynneth Flower, the head of Action 2000. The national hangover on January 1st 2000 will be the least of our...
[October 26, 1998, 15:25]
