Tash Shifrin

The U.K. Office of Government Commerce has launched a recruitment scheme aimed at developing more public sector procurement specialists. The government has been under pressure to improve the quality of procurement by its central departments, with costly major IT schemes highlighting weaknesses on the buying side.

U.K. firms are at risk of data leakage through their employees

U.K. National Health Service patients will be able to choose and book outpatient hospital appointments directly using their own PCs or those in local libraries, under a pilot plan launched Wednesday.

Lack of good manners when using collaboration technologies is a barrier to business success, a forum of chief information officers and academics has warned

U.K. e-government minister Pat McFadden has flown to India for talks with its government and major IT firms, including outsourcing giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Indian IT industry body Nasscom.

U.K. firms are set to face increasing demands from staff for flexible and remote working arrangements with new employment rights that come into force Friday. The 2006 Work and Families Act gives people who care for adults similar rights to flexible working as those introduced for parents of young children in 2003.

U.K. firms are set to face increasing demands from staff for flexible and remote working arrangements with new employment rights that come into force Friday.

The U.K. government has announced US$26 million funding to boost mobile working by children's social workers. The money from the Department for Education and Skills is aimed at helping employers invest in mobile devices, laptops and PDAs.