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UK 'unlikely' To Meet Online Target For SMEs
News With little more than half a million micro, small and medium-sized businesses trading online at present, the BCC e-business taskforce has dismissed the government goal for 2002 as "unlikely". Recent statistics from the Department of Trade and...
[November 20, 2001, 10:27]
UK Is Europe's Largest Market For Online Business Info
News The market for online business information in Europe is worth £450m-£500m and is expected to grow by up to 15% over the next two years, according to a new survey. The survey comes just before the start of the Online Information conference in London...
[November 28, 1996, 11:34]
UK Firms Get The E-business Bug
News The Department of Trade and Industry's 'UK online for business' report shows that half of UK organisations are now ordering online -- 52 percent up on last year's figure. It was commissioned and published by UK online for business, a partnership...
[December 3, 2002, 14:29]
ZDNet.co.uk Wins Best Business Website Award
News ZDNet.co.uk has won Best Business Website award from the Association of Online Publishers, thanks to its innovative approach to online publishing and integration of community features. The awards, which were presented at London's Hyde Park Hilton...
[October 4, 2007, 12:20]
Government Sites Continue To Flout Standards
News UK Online for Business, the Department of Trade and Industry's Web site that was launched to help businesses make the most of their IT investments, came bottom of a league table of UK government sites for the second month in a row.
[November 25, 2003, 11:20]
Government Hails Boom In E-commerce
News A Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) spokesman told ZDNet UK that one key message from the ONS figures is that it is important for businesses to understand how to benefit from e-commerce -- something the government's UK online for business...
[October 9, 2002, 15:01]
Social Media A Valid Route To New Customers, Say UK SMBs
Blog The results of our recent survey on business networking trends reveals UK-based small business are avid supporters of online networking through sites, although some of the best known business-focused social networks aren’t doing enough to support...
[October 28, 2008, 13:03]
UK Online Targets Small-business Market
News UK Online, the first ISP in the country to offer next-generation broadband speeds nationally, is boosting its focus on the small-business market. Chris Stening, UK Online's managing director, told ZDNet UK that small-business customers had...
[May 11, 2007, 18:13]
Banks Not Cashing In On E-payments
News In an online survey carried out by Banner and ZDNet UK, 32 percent of companies were either already using a B2B e-payment scheme, in the process of implementing or intending to implement over the next 12 months.
[June 20, 2002, 14:31]
Government Fears Digital Divide Is Growing
News Companies need to use external email frequently, have a Web site, or use Electronic Data Interchange in order to qualify under DTI rules as an online business. Byers acknowledges that in order to compete in the modern economy, the UK needs a much...
[November 22, 2000, 15:58]
Britain Leads The Way With E-commerce
News The UK Online for business International Benchmarking Study 2001, commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry, was published on Thursday towards the close of E-Business week. In the last year, the number of businesses trading online in the...
[October 12, 2001, 10:44]
Oftel Criticises Firms For Failing To Get Wired
News Oftel claims the introduction of broadband services via cable and DSL will spur firms online, but the watchdog made an embarrassing goof on the cost of DSL. Oftel set the timetable for this, if they think it is so important for businesses to get...
[February 14, 2000, 16:27]
Government Funds New Dot-com Drive
News The availability of broadband is one of the stumbling blocks preventing smaller companies committing to e-business, Alexander said, and the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) will be working with BT and other online service providers to bring down...
[January 16, 2002, 9:31]
Foot-dragging Firms Slow Down E-Britain
News Companies who aren't online, therefore, are missing countless business opportunities. One-fifth of those with an online presence leave their Web site unchanged for over a year, according to the CBI, which is concerned that such companies are...
[November 28, 2003, 11:55]
HSBC Bolsters E-commerce Offering
News Banking giant HSBC has signed up US-based software outfit ClearCommerce to provide online payment, risk management and authentication technology for its business banking portal, which is used by e-commerce merchants throughout the world.
[January 13, 2003, 15:48]
Blair's UK Online Seeks 'universal Access'
News The PM announced UK Online in a speech to business leaders in Leicester, revealing a raft of new initiatives to increase Internet use in Britain and support the country's IT industry. Its goal is to get the UK online," Blair said of the campaign.
[September 11, 2000, 12:09]
MSN UK Partners With Gambling Site
News The strategy of focusing on established, quality brands for our online casino business is key to the success of gambling in a secure and reliable environment," David Sanderson, chief executive of Gaming Internet, said in a statement.
[June 11, 2001, 9:32]
UK Retailers Facing E-commerce Divide
News Timms added that the government's "UK online for business" initiative, an ongoing attempt to encourage firms to use technology more, will mean companies will use electronic methods more in the future.
[July 29, 2002, 10:36]
Who Has Contributed Most To UK Technology?
News Nominations are being accepted online, together with nominations for 12 other categories in the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards 2004. Individual places, and half and full tables for dinner can be booked online, with discounts available to those...
[July 8, 2004, 16:30]
Betfair: Taking No Chances With Technology
News The US might be several steps ahead when it comes to the sophistication of its e-commerce companies but there is one business in which Europe, and more specifically the UK, is streets ahead: online gambling.
[November 30, 2004, 15:40]
