29 Aug 2000
The UK government is considering making access to broadband networks available to all citizens...LONDON (Brand Republic) – The UK government is considering making access to broadband networks available to all citizens by 2005.
Ministers are believed to have asked Oftel, the telecoms industry regulator, to look at what steps would have to be taken to enable such a commitment.
Services available ...
05 Sep 1997
| by CLAIRE BEALE
The Central Office of Information has appointed Lowe & Partners to
run a campaign to promote...The Central Office of Information has appointed Lowe The brief is to announce the introduction of competition to the supply
of electricity, Paul Hammersley, the managing director of Lowe
Howard ...
was for the privatisation of British
Energy.
The Government set up OFFER in 1989 to protect the interests ...
31 Mar 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The government has launched a consultation on its proposals for tough new privacy laws...Under the new proposals, the government aims to introduce new laws that will prevent consumers being contacted via email or SMS unless they have opted in to receive information.
Mobile phone companies and their partners will be allowed to provide customers with value-added services, such as traffic ...
06 Aug 2007
| by Daniel Farey-Jones & Darren Davidson
LONDON - The Central Office of Information has become the latest advertiser to pull ads from...A spokeswoman for the COI confirmed the government body has decided to withdraw advertising from Facebook, joining Virgin Media, Halifax, the Prudential and the AA in the list of brands who are boycotting the site. However, it is not only Facebook that has been hit by the COI move but MySpace and other social ...
20 May 2008
and businesses, as well as an installer and maintainer of central heating and gas appliances....With a workforce of over 8,000 engineers, British Gas looks after customers central heating ...
this year. The services market is another key area for British Gas. A number of central heating service ...
, it offers a one off fixed price heating repair service and also has an installation service for new central ...
15 Aug 2005
| by by Daniel Farey-Jones
mail for the Government Gateway, the first piece of government business to be lost by Royal Mail....The Government Gateway mails out registration confirmation to people and companies who register to use government online services such as filing tax returns, claiming child benefit, placing a vacancy ...
as the best value provider in a tender handled by the Office of Government Commerce, the procurement body ...
01 Mar 2011
| by Gemma Charles
The Government is calling on major brands, including Tesco, to allow access to their customers....
Discussions between the Government and Dug have centred on finding ways to cut future costs for the once ...
that the Government is encouraging companies to breach the Data Protection Act.
At issue was the suggested use ...
dunnhumby, said the potential for government to use loyalty data is "immense".
Expert comment Alan ...
31 Jan 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - The BBC and Channel 4 have called on the government to break up BSkyB and separate its...The broadcasters made the call in response to the government's consultation on the UK's media ownership laws, in preparation for the government's upcoming communications bill, scheduled to be published in the next few months.
Sky has been criticised for charging consumers too little to access its ...
20 May 2008
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
investment in Royal Mail, appealing to the government to give the company fresh financial support....The union wants the independent panel conducting the government-commissioned review of the postal market to stick to its brief and leave the ownership issue to government . In its submission to the current consultation it recommended the panel ignore the suggestions of Postcomm, which it heavily ...
23 Oct 2000
Patricia Hewitt, the UK government minister for technology, has received an ultimatum from a number...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Patricia Hewitt, the UK government minister for technology, has received an ultimatum from a number of UK telecoms firms demanding faster progress on the opening up of BT’s local loop.
Cable & Wireless, Colt Telecom, Energis, Kingston Communications, Thus and Worldcom are among those ...