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Sweating IT assets the response from cash strapped councils
Mobile working and redesigning existing methods of working are the most popular responses from local government to the savage cuts they are facing in budgets. According to a survey of local government and social housing service directors carried out... News | 15 Feb 2011
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Channel facing rough ride as reseller insolvencies spike
A spike in insolvencies during Q4 and higher incidence of bad debts hitting distribution last month indicate that the channel could face a rough ride in 2011. Many resellers and distributors cut costs early on in the recession to counter the slowdown... News | 10 Feb 2011
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Government gets banks to pledge £76bn in lending to SMEs
It took longer than planned but the government has finally unveiled the terms of its agreement with the banks to get lending to small businesses flowing again. The outcome of Project Merlin had been expected last month but was stalled as the terms o... News | 09 Feb 2011
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Avnet CEO: We still have an appetite to acquire
Avnet is likely to get acquisitive later in the year, once Bell Microproducts and its other more recent conquests are fully digested, as management bandwidth and not financial limitations are shaping its buy and build strategy. In calendar 2010, Avn... News | 03 Feb 2011
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Arrow points to improving economic climate
Arrow has cast off the shackles of the recession after posting double digit rises in sales and profits for the fourth quarter. Top line growth of 24% saw sales swell to $5.24bn (£3.23bn) for the period ended 31 December as income went up 150% ... News | 02 Feb 2011
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Red flag raised on 8,000 firms with significant financial problems
The impact of public sector cuts has hit IT firms hard with thousands of firms showing signs of financial distress encountering critical problems in the last couple of months of last year. According to figures from Begbies Traynor just shy of 8,000 I... News | 24 Jan 2011
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Small firms still waiting for access to credit to ease
Those SMEs hoping that the government would make moves to ease up lending will have to wait longer for the banks to change their tight-fisted attitude towards small businesses. The topic of credit for small firms has been a hot potato for the last co... News | 24 Jan 2011
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IT budgets flat as belt tightening continues through 2011
IT budgets will not return to pre-recessionary levels this year remaining flat globally as customers look to continue savings money and consolidating their technology operations. According to a global CIO study from Gartner the most optimistic forec... News | 21 Jan 2011
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M&A activity remains solid through 2010
Mergers and acquisition activity in the tech sector recovered last year and finished with the value of deals rising through the course of 2010. Monthly figures from M&A watcher Regent showed that there were 237 acquisitions across Europe last mo... News | 11 Jan 2011
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Insolvency trade body urges tough action on dodgy directors
Insolvency trade body R3 has criticised the government after stats showed that in many cases it was failing to investigate and strike off company directors for misconduct. In 2009/2010, just 1,387 cases of the 7,000 reports on directors' behaviour s... News | 10 Jan 2011