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  • Government caps contracts to aid SME suppliers

    The government has taken further steps to ensure that it becomes easier for small firms to sell into the public sector. Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office Minister responsible for driving through changes about the way technology is sourced in governme...  News | 09 Mar 2012

  • Credit card fraud drops as industry fights back

    Credit card fraud numbers have revealed a drop in that type of crime with resellers being praised for their vigilence in fighting criminals. Although the latest figures from the banking and card payments industry show that credit, debit card and onl...  News | 07 Mar 2012

  • SME credit dominates pre-Budget agenda

    The issue of SME credit is already starting to dominate the political agenda even before the Budget sets out the details of plans to help ease the flow of funds to smaller businesses. Business Secretary Vince Cable has revealed that he believes not e...  News | 07 Mar 2012

  • SMEs walking away from seeking credit

    Fewer small businesses are bothering to apply for loans and overdrafts but those that do are often successful revealing a mixed picture in the SME credit landscape. Getting access to funds has been a bugbear for SMEs for the last few years and as a ...  News | 05 Mar 2012

  • Rogue reseller employees in £123k procurement fraud

    Rogue employeesof resellers Bytes Software and Nettitude havebeencollared forcollusion in a £123,000 conspiracy to defraudLincolnshire-basedgrocery co-operativeNisa Today. The conspiracy was orchestrated by Nisa's IT procurement manager Trevor ...  News | 29 Feb 2012

  • Syscap appoints Asset Works to track public sector IT

    Syscap is aiming to prod education and public sector clients sitting on out-of-date technology into investing in kit through a partnership with the Asset Works. The channel finance specialist has appointed the Asset Works to help it deliver verifica...  News | 29 Feb 2012

  • Tech Data hit by strong dollar and weak global economy

    Tech Data has blamed the performance of the dollar against foreign currencies as one of the contributing reasons for a lower year-on-year performance in its fourth fiscal quarter. The distribution giant was also at the mercy of the global economic s...  News | 29 Feb 2012

  • IT firms holding up as enterprise insolvency rates rise

    The number of IT firms falling into insolvency has remained stable at the start of this year compared with how things ended in 2011. The latest monthly figures from Experian show that 35 IT firms hit the wall last month, a 0.04% increase on the same ...  News | 27 Feb 2012

  • CBI unveils Budget wishlist with call for tax reforms

    With the Budget looking on the horizon business groups have started to make their wishes known to the Chancellor as they look to try and get measures included that will support SME growth. The CBI has outlined its wish list including a call for &pou...  News | 22 Feb 2012

  • Northamber reports half year loss as MD Matthews retires

    Northamber has given an indication of how difficult trading has been in distribution revealing that improvements it reported late last year have stalled as the economy weakens. The distributor revealed that not only was its half year sales down for ...  News | 21 Feb 2012

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