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Computacenter returns £75m to shareholders
Computacenter is to return £75m to shareholders in a one-off payment but has reassured investors it still has enough funds to invest back into the business News | 24 May 2013
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Credit card fraud on the rise again
Credit card fraud has become the criminals favored method of stealing money News | 22 May 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 20 May 2013
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CBI highlights bank alternatives for SME credit
The CBI has published a guide for small firms that are looking for alternative sources of credit News | 20 May 2013
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Cisco financials better than expected
Networking bellwether beats Wall Street estimates in Q3 as sales and profits both rise News | 15 May 2013
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Northamber warns turnaround will take time
Northamber has issued a trading update warning that the transition from high volume and low margins to a higher margin business will take time News | 15 May 2013
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3i sells Civica to Omers private equity
3i has sold off Civica as it looks to reduce its debts with Omers private equity picking up the business News | 08 May 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 3 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as chosen by MicroScope readers News | 07 May 2013
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Significant number of SMEs braced for growth
The latest SME finance monitor from BDRC Continental indicates that a decent number of expecting growth in the next 12 months News | 01 May 2013
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News | 29 Apr 2013
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Autumn Statement sticks to government trajectory
The Autumn Statement was an exercise from the Chancellor is making sure that he stuck to the economic course he has set out on Feature
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In-depth: A Budget that sticks to the government course
Delivering his third Budget, earlier this week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated: 'We must stick to the course. So there will be no deficit funded giveaways today', writes Jeff Webber. He presented a Budget that is 'fiscally neutral over the fi... Feature
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In-depth: Potential personal exposure of directors
The recent case at the end of 2011 involving Langreen Limited (in Liquidation) revisits the question of the potential personal exposure of directors if their company fails financially. For once, directors have been offered some comfort,writes Paul Ta... Feature
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In-depth: A Statement sticking to plan A
The Chancellor delivered the 2011 Autumn Statement on 29 November. In the Statement he has kept to the course on which he set out last year, with no adjustment to current overall spending and borrowing, writes Jeff Webber. The Statement focuses main... Feature
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In-depth: Keeping an eye on energy bills
With the winter nights drawing in there is another drain on energy with lights, heaters and numerous brewed up hot drinks all adding to the demand on electricity. In just a short period of time, the world has become utterly dependent on technology. O... Feature
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Analysis: CIOs plan to reduce IT spend in the next 12 months
by Linda Endersby A recent survey by UBS shows CIOs nervousness around economic uncertainty has resulted in a trend to lower IT spending forecasts. This is despite the pressure to upgrade hardware as interest in enterprise refresh for long-term ben... Feature
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Analsys: Mixed response to Osborne's Budget
The word was "unavoidable" and the results weretax cuts and the occasion was last week's emergency budget delivered by theChancellor George Osborne. It was never going to be easy clawing back the deficit andthrough a series of media int... Feature
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Analysis: Educators fear IT budget cuts
Although the weather might have hit the numbers, more than 30,000 visitors were expected to walk the floors of London's Olympia at this year's BETT Show over its four-day span. One first-time attendee to the education technology show earlier this mo... Feature
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In depth: Getting the best deal from rent reviews
Rent is usually one of the biggest costs for a business, and for a number of years landlords have had the upper hand as commercial rents have risen ever higher. Despite today’s recessionary market, tenants may still be hit with a request from their ... Feature
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Even Rambo can't help this time
Rambo might have helped released trapped US military personnel on the silver screen but Billy MacInnes thinks he would struggle to liberate American IT cash stuck overseas Opinion
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We need new solutions to ease the credit log jam
With new figures from the FPB showing that many businesses still can't access credit, Billy MacInnes argues that the time has come for new approaches to lending Opinion
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Barclays is listening if you have the right business model
Billy MacInnes applauds Barclays telling the channel it wants to lend but is rather worried about just who would get the thumbs up from the bank Opinion
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The Big Blue bank
Billy MacInnes finds that when the banks fail to provide credit vendors have to plug the gap leading IBM to stump up an extra $4bn for global partners Opinion
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It's not easy to be an SME
However enthusiastically the government extols the virtues of an economy driven by entrepreneurship and SMEs, the fact remains that it’s not easy being a small company, says Billy MacInnes Opinion
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Where does HP go from here?
With more hard times still ahead for HP, Billy MacInnes wonders where the firm's turnaround will come from. Opinion
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NHS Finance Management isn't the envy of the world
There were some complaints about the depiction of the NHS in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. Maybe people were upset that the dancers were all dressed up as nurses and patients. Opinion
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Wandisco shows how flotations can be done
The tech industry has a mixed track record with flotations. Facebook anyone? But as Nick Booth finds out there are some vendors doing it well Opinion
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Would you credit it? The banks are given yet another chance to do their job
The banks have been given another chance to offer credit to cash-strapped SMEs but Billy MacInnes wonders if this will be any better than the other schemes already offered Opinion
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Credit will have to flow if SME growth ambitions come to fruition
The question of credit has always been a contentious one in the channel and in recent years so many small firms have despaired of ever getting money they have not even bothered to apply to the banks. But confidence does seem to be returning and the ... Opinion
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Computacenter returns £75m to shareholders
Computacenter is to return £75m to shareholders in a one-off payment but has reassured investors it still has enough funds to invest back into the business News
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Credit card fraud on the rise again
Credit card fraud has become the criminals favored method of stealing money News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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CBI highlights bank alternatives for SME credit
The CBI has published a guide for small firms that are looking for alternative sources of credit News
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Cisco financials better than expected
Networking bellwether beats Wall Street estimates in Q3 as sales and profits both rise News
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Northamber warns turnaround will take time
Northamber has issued a trading update warning that the transition from high volume and low margins to a higher margin business will take time News
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3i sells Civica to Omers private equity
3i has sold off Civica as it looks to reduce its debts with Omers private equity picking up the business News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 3 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as chosen by MicroScope readers News
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Significant number of SMEs braced for growth
The latest SME finance monitor from BDRC Continental indicates that a decent number of expecting growth in the next 12 months News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers News
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Credit is the lifeblood of the channel, and this section will cover the finance and credit news that matters to those keeping an eye on the bottom line. Budget coverage, the latest business failure rate figures and advice about how to successfully seek credit will all be dealt with. Knowing what is happening with the financial markets and the prospects of tax cuts and reductions in red tape are crucial facts that resellers need to know.