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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
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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Syscap is aiming to prod education and public sector clients sitting on out-of-date technology into investing in kit through a partnership with the Asset Works.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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Business optimism rises but investment continues to lag
Business owners are feeling more optimistic about the prospects for profits and growth this year, although the shadow of a double dip recession is still hovering. Around a third of business leaders think there is a high risk of recession this year b... News | 21 Feb 2012
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Tech M&A activity dips in volume and value
The year started fairly quietly from the mergers and acquisitions perspective with the absence of any large deals. The latest survey of the M&A market from Regent showed that the there was a 20% drop in the number of deals in January compared to... News | 15 Feb 2012
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Banks fail to deliver promised credit
The high street banks have failed to deliver the level of credit to SMEs that the pledged as part of Project Merlin. The banks were meant to hand out loans totaling £76bn last year but figures from the British Banking Association revealed that... News | 13 Feb 2012
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SMEs in the firing line as banks cut lending
Credit for SMEs is set to become an even bigger headache as the volume of lending from the major banks drops. A warning sounded by Ernst & Young groups SMEs along with those individuals with credit prolems as likely to be the hardest hit as loan... News | 06 Feb 2012