Taskforce 2000: Stay At Home For A Month
News Taskforce 2000 boss Robin Guenier stood by his remarks about travel over the millennium period Wednesday, despite criticism from the travel industry. An Action 2000 spokeswoman agreed Guenier's comments are "scaremongering" and challenged the...
[September 15, 1999, 17:19]
Y2K: Avoid Travelling For 5 Weeks - Taskforce 2000
News Full story to follow
[September 15, 1999, 10:06]
Getting Ready For The Year 2000
News Action 2000, the government bug-busting taskforce, is confident all the essential services -- electricity, food, water, money -- will run as normal, with the only disruption coming from people stockpiling or everyone hitting the phones at midnight...
[December 31, 1999, 6:00]
London Underground Claims It's 'Bug Ready'
News Robin Guenier, executive director of Taskforce 2000 hopes this will not be "just another talking shop". David Bailey, commercial director of London Underground was speaking at the Year 2000 Readiness Conference in London and assured Londoners that...
[December 2, 1998, 16:34]
New Millennium Body For The Capital
News Robin Guenier, executive director of Taskforce 2000 -- the Y2K committee set up by the Conservatives that now acts as a pressure group -- believes much of the work done by the Infrastructure committee is unnecessary bureaucracy that slows down...
[December 7, 1998, 15:08]
Government Forced To Launch Free 'bug Busting' Courses
News With two organisations set up to raise awareness of the issues -- Action 2000, created by Tony Blair in July and Taskforce 2000 set up by the Conservatives before him -- it begins to look like a case of too many chiefs.
[October 19, 1998, 16:23]
Analysis: New Y2K Danger - Bug Boredom
News As ever Robin Guenier, head of Tory appointed Taskforce 2000, is openly critical. Anyone who witnessed the tortuous feat last Sunday that is the London Marathon will have been impressed by not only by the amazing stamina of the runners, but also...
[April 22, 1999, 13:06]
Lacey's Paper Round
News The man who set up Taskforce 2000 defended himself against claims that he charged exorbitant fees. Eh? Let me explain. A space-based ISP is about to blast off, Sony will launch PCs in Europe, and wait for it - Reading is the hottest IT hot spot in...
[June 8, 1998, 14:35]
Millennium Bug Expert Lashes 'fix' Reports
News Irresponsible reporting is very unhelpful,'' said Robin Guenier, executive director of Taskforce 2000. "The immediate threat from the Millennium Bomb is bigger than BSE, global warming and AIDS combined.
[September 19, 1997, 14:35]
Action 2000: UK Ready For Millennium
News The government's bug-busting taskforce has been criticised during the year for not doing enough to combat the computer glitch, and is keen to reassure the public that essential services and businesses are now bug-compliant.
[December 17, 1999, 11:41]
Action 2000 Confident UK Will Survive Bug
News British business is well on course to crush the millennium bug according to the latest research from the government's millennium taskforce Action 2000, released Wednesday. With 32 days to go until the millennium, Action 2000's State of the Nation...
[December 1, 1999, 16:41]
Action 2000 Calls For Bug Free Guarantee
News Robin Guenier, head of Taskforce 2000 believes it is time for bosses to take a firm stand. Action 2000 has joined calls for products at risk from the millennium bug to be sold with some form of guarantee for the consumer.
[January 11, 1999, 15:02]
Exclusive: Government To 'name And Shame' Non-Y2k Compliant Companies
News Robin Guenier, executive director of Taskforce 2000 (another millennium bug organisation set up by the conservative government and replaced by Action 2000 this year) believes public naming and shaming was needed long ago.
[October 23, 1998, 15:11]
Blair Stomps On Millennium Bug
News Blair's efforts were immediately attacked by Cheryl Gillan, shadow trade and industry minister who accused Blair of abandoning the Conservative's original plan, Taskforce 2000, headed by the then science and technology minister, Ian Taylor.
[March 30, 1998, 16:47]
A Year Ago: Blair Stomps On Millennium Bug
News Blair's efforts were immediately attacked by Cheryl Gillan, shadow trade and industry minister who accused Blair of abandoning the Conservative's original plan, Taskforce 2000, headed by the then science and technology minister, Ian Taylor.
[March 29, 1999, 7:48]
Action 2000 Optimism Criticised
News Taskforce 2000 boss Robin Guenier agrees the traffic light system is creating a false picture of bug readiness. Millennium bug observers have taken issue with Action 2000 over its assertions Wednesday that all UK essential services will run as...
[October 20, 1999, 14:29]
Richard And Judy Rapped For Y2K Scaremongering
News In the last two days, hundreds of panic calls have been made to Action 2000 following a milllennium bug feature on daytime chat show, This Morning. Richard Madeley, describing himself as a millennium "guru" gave the audience a peek into his...
[February 5, 1999, 14:36]
