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Report: Timms to take over Digital Britain helm
News Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing the Digital Britain plan, according to a report in The Guardian. Timms, currently financial secretary to the Treasury, will replace Stephen Carter as communications...
[August 4, 2009, 12:13]
Timms confirmed as Digital Britain minister
News The prime minister's office has confirmed that Stephen Timms will add work on extending the use of digital technologies to his portfolio. Timms will remain as financial secretary to the Treasury, but will also become a parliamentary under-secretary...
[August 10, 2009, 12:44]
Timms: Communications competition has made us better off
News Former e-commerce minister Stephen Timms told the Labour conference's Parliamentary IT Committee fringe meeting on Monday that new communications networks can be used to "make Britain a better and fairer place".
[September 28, 2004, 14:55]
Timms: Home workers will need fibre access
News The minister for competitiveness, Stephen Timms, has renewed his calls for fibre access to be rolled out across the UK — this time claiming that high-quality videoconferencing makes it necessary. Speaking at the 2007 Parliament and the Internet...
[October 19, 2007, 16:06]
Timms handed IT role
News As the new minister of state for e-commerce, communications and information industries, Stephen Timms MP, the former chief secretary to the Treasury, will lead on IT industry issues as part of his wider role as minister of state for competitiveness.
[July 12, 2007, 12:20]
Timms replaced with 'tough' new IT minister
News Stephen Timms has been replaced as business and competitiveness minister by Baroness Shriti Vadera, formerly of the Department for International Development. Following the resignation of Peter Hain on 24 January as work and pensions secretary, the...
[January 30, 2008, 10:49]
Timms targets 2010 for faster broadband
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is beginning to turn his attention to the challenge of rolling out broadband services much faster than those generally available today. Speaking at the Revolution at the Edge: Broadband Networks and Innovation...
[January 28, 2004, 15:15]
Timms: IT education key for a competitive UK
News Young people need to become more enthused about science subjects and the possibilities of a career in IT to make the UK more competitive in the future, according to Stephen Timms, minister for competitiveness.
[October 19, 2007, 18:32]
Timms: Next-gen broadband key to UK economy
News Ultra-fast broadband is going to be a key technology to drive future growth of the UK economy, the competitiveness minister, Stephen Timms, has said. Timms was speaking after chairing a broadband summit to discuss the infrastructure needed to...
[November 28, 2007, 9:39]
Timms targets 2010 for faster broadband
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[January 30, 2004, 15:55]
Stephen Timms is new e-commerce minister
News Douglas Alexander, who was appointed as e-commerce minister last year, was moved to the Cabinet Office on Wednesday and replaced by Stephen Timms MP, formerly the schools minister. The Department of Trade and Industry has confirmed to ZDNet UK that...
[May 29, 2002, 15:12]
New e-commerce minister is broadband believer
News Stephen Timms MP, appointed as the UK's e-commerce minister on Wednesday, has a long track record when it comes to issues such as high-speed Internet services. Unlike his predecessor Douglas Alexander, whom few in the technology sector had heard of...
[May 30, 2002, 14:12]
E-commerce minister reshuffled to Treasury
News The UK's e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has been moved to a role in the Treasury as a result of last week's Cabinet reshuffle by the prime minister, Tony Blair. Timms took over the role of minister for ecommerce and competitiveness at the...
[September 15, 2004, 13:55]
Government pushes for tougher IT security
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms on Thursday launched tough new security guidelines, which the government claims could make businesses much more secure against computer viruses and malicious hackers.
[September 5, 2002, 9:00]
E-commerce minister chases digital dragon
News The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has embarked on a visit to the Far East to try and persuade Chinese high-tech companies to set up operations in the UK. Timms has also urged British technology companies to take advantage of the massive...
[July 9, 2002, 11:35]
E-commerce minister roughs it with Jenny Agutter
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is set to join film star Jenny Agutter and a host of top IT bosses by sleeping rough in London on Friday night at the fourth Byte Night. Timms, Jenny Agutter and around 130 representatives of technology companies...
[September 20, 2002, 15:28]
Government backs anti-spam mission to US
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is giving his support to a delegation of UK politicians who are travelling to America next month to lobby for stricter spam controls. Speaking to journalists this week, Timms explained that although he would not be...
[September 19, 2003, 14:50]
Digital Britain 50p tax 'to be law' by next election
Blog Stephen Timms, the minister for Digital Britain, has reiterated the government's intention to press ahead with a £6-a-year tax that will pay for the rollout of next-generation broadband in the UK. The levy on telephone lines - 50p a month… will be...
[September 24, 2009, 15:29]
India's IT firms urged to look to UK
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms is set to become the latest UK politician to urge Indian tech firms to invest in Britain. Timms will open the British stand at Bangalore IT.com -- Asia's largest IT trade fair -- next week.
[October 25, 2002, 16:23]
Public sector spending to boost rural broadband
News The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has announced several initiatives to improve the take-up of broadband by the public sector, particularly in the regions. Opening the Broadband Britain Conference in London on Wednesday, Timms said he was...
[June 26, 2002, 17:04]
