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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: 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: 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 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
Talkback In Tokyo a 16M connection is cheaper than a 512K connection here.
[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]
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]
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 'neglecting IT For Energy'
News Stephen Timms, government minister for energy, e-commerce and postal services, is so overburdened with responsibilities that he is being forced to put key IT issues such as broadband availability and electronic business on the back burner...
[October 28, 2003, 16:20]
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]
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]
Government 'getting Closer' To Key Broadband Goal
News Britain's days of lagging behind in the broadband stakes are over, according to e-commerce minister Stephen Timms. Speaking in parliament last week, Timms said he is confident that new figures will soon show that the UK is finally outperforming...
[May 7, 2003, 13:48]
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]
E-commerce Needs A New Hero
Talkback Not Impressed by Timms: Mr Timms eventually arrived 25 minutes late, gave no explanation or apology; he then sat down for another five minutes. For example, Mr Timms was proud that his poorer constituents have mobile phones - implying that, thanks...
[March 7, 2005, 12:16]
Broadband Campaigners Demand More Govt Leadership
News Broadband activists have called on e-commerce minister Stephen Timms to give a more powerful lead in the drive to create Broadband Britain 2010. Brian Condon, chief executive of the Access to Broadband Campaign, said on Wednesday that Timms is...
[April 8, 2004, 16:35]
E-commerce Needs A New Hero
Leader Stephen Timms, former e-commerce Minister and closet tech geek, left his post in the DTI five months ago, but it was still heartening to see him remembered and recognised at the ISPA awards on Thursday night for injecting some tech nous into this...
[February 28, 2005, 11:55]
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]
