The datacentre industry’s omission from the list of sectors eligible to receive government-backed discounts on their energy bills from March 2023 should be no cause for alarm, it is claimed. The UK government announced the second iteration of its energy bills discount scheme for business users in early January 2023, which is intended to […]

Campaigners who want to reform the UK’s Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990 to protect cyber security researchers and analysts from the threat of being prosecuted for doing their jobs have an important new backer in the form of cyber professional accreditation and assurance body Crest International. The CyberUp campaign argues that the CMA, […]

Royal Mail CEO Simon Thompson has apologised to consumer and business customers impacted by a likely LockBit ransomware attack on its systems, which has left the postal service unable to dispatch letters and parcels to overseas destinations, and promised a “workaround” will be in place in the near future Giving evidence before the Department […]

Entain and McLaren F1 have partnered to create a science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) returnership programme aimed at helping women who have taken a career break return to the sector. The six-month programme will allow women to take part in work placements in roles such as software engineers, back-end developers and data scientists […]

Almost 95% of employers looking for tech talent have encountered a skills shortage over the past year, according to Hays. In a survey of 13,000 employers and workers in the UK, 1,400 of which were in tech, the recruitment and HR firm found 94% faced a lack of talent last year, up from 89% […]

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The amount of cash withdrawn from ATMs increased 19% in 2022 as people attempted to avoid going into debt during the cost of living crisis. According to the numbers from Nationwide Building Society, more than 30 million cash withdrawals were made. This is the first time in 13 years that there has been an […]

CIOs should prepare for a 3.6% decline in IT spending this year, analyst Forrester has warned. But budgets are set to increase after 2024, as businesses ramp up tech-led projects and business initiatives. A number of external factors have contributed to the low growth in IT spending, according to Forrester. These include the Russia-Ukraine […]

With our lives becoming ever more interconnected, and both real-world and online activities being recorded, we are generating an increasingly sophisticated record of what we are like. This digital self is a virtual representation of our lives, which people use as a basis for judgements, in lieu of meeting in person, and which algorithms […]

Negotiating the UK government’s IR35 tax avoidance legislation remains the biggest concern for contractors in 2023, according to survey findings compiled using feedback from 700 freelance workers. The survey is a recurring piece of research, conducted on an annual basis by IR35 insurance provider Qdos, with more than a third of this year’s participants […]