Unions threaten strikes over offshoring
Unions representing business-process and call-centre employees are planning to establish an independent public investigation into the outsourcing of UK jobs abroad, accor...
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Good times for mobile companies are back,' Ericsson whispers
The mobile market will emerge from the doldrums this year - that's the word from a man who knows; Carl-Henric Svanberg, Ericsson's CEO.
Announcing the mobile company's...
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EU digital roadmap: 3G, IT investment, broadband get thumbs up
Bridge the digital divide, ensure all directives are fully implemented, stimulate domestic demand for broadband and ensure the success of 3G: that's what the EC wants fro...
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Google tops table of brands
Google and Apple have topped a league table of brands, holding off fierce competition from other sectors.
Readers of Brandchannel.com cast their votes, and the top 10 ...
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11 88 88 buyout talks collapse
The directory enquiry firm, which operates the 11850 service in Ireland and the 118888 service in the UK, announced that discussions with Telegate, which have taken place...
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IT contractor market showing signs of life
The IT jobs sector remains "unsettled" but there is a gradual re-emergence of demand for contract staff and those with specialist skills and experience, according to the ...
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Techies shun private for public sector
A major shift in the UK workforce is seeing IT workers heading in their droves to the public sector - once seen as a wasteland of little opportunity, poor conditions and ...
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Leave Gates alone, he does a lot of work for charity
Earlier this weekcriticised the UK government's decision to award Bill Gates an honorary Knighthood.
Our issue with the award had nothing to do with Gates himself but ...
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BA to cut staff costs by ?300m
British Airways is aiming to cut ?300m in staffing costs over the next two years in a move that the airline admits is likely to result in significant numbers of job losse...
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Offshoring 'will cost UK ?5.7bn and 250,000 jobs by 2010
Over a quarter of a million UK workers will have their jobs moved to countries such as India over the next six years at a cost of ?5.7bn to the UK economy in unemployment...
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