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Lack of skilled staff holding back SME growth
The lack of skills have again been highlighted as a problem holding back growth in the economy. Recent calls from some household names, including Google and Microsoft, to try and address the problems with technology teaching put the skills shortage ... News | 14 Dec 2011
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Watt benefits from senior reshuffle at Avnet
Graeme Watt has been promoted in a senior reshuffle at Avnet which sees the channel veteran extend his role at the distributor beyond its Technology Solutions operation. Watt, who has been president of Avnet Technology Solutions EMEA and maintains t... News | 06 Dec 2011
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Goom confirmed as UK managing director at Dimension Data
Dimension Data has shuffled its senior management team unveiling a fresh face in the managing director chair as well as the solutions and sales director positions. The firm has looked internally for its next managing director promoting Calvin Goom, ... News | 02 Dec 2011
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Business groups call for greater investment in skills
There has been a call for more focus on developing skills, particularly at the SME end of the market, following the Autumn Statement. The Chancellor George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement yesterday outlining a range of measures designed to ki... News | 30 Nov 2011
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Government credit easing fund could reach £40bn
With just a day to go before the Chancellor stands up and delivers the Autumn Statement it's already becoming clear that there should be billions of more pounds worth of credit for SMEs on offer. The credit easing measures that were promised look li... News | 28 Nov 2011
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Small business lending drops
The level of credit that banks are providing to SMEs has declined despite the best efforts of the government to force them to increase the flow of cash to smaller firms. Under the terms of Project Merlin, which the banks agreed back in February, mor... News | 14 Nov 2011
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C2000 hands former LG Electronics mobile boss Brightstar role
Computer 2000 has appointed the former head of LG Electronics UK mobile division to run the Brightstar Europe operation. Jim Michel, takes the position of managing director UK and Ireland at Brightstar, which is a joint venture between the distribut... News | 03 Nov 2011
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Bank profits grow but calls for SME lending continue
The banks are being urged to do more to lend to small businesses with signs that where possible the finance sector is giving finance to those larger firms it deems to be safer bets. The call for more lending came on the day that Barclays unveiled pro... News | 31 Oct 2011
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Business collaboration could drive sustainable living
Businesses could wield a powerful influence over how people in the UK modify their behaviour towards more sustainable behaviour, especially if they collaborate to develop a set of ideas. Research published today (27 October) by Start, a charitable i... News | 27 Oct 2011
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Office page print volumes fall for the first time
Office-based staff have reduced the number of pages they printed for the first time ever in 2011 - but the proportion of pages wasted has remained high at 62%. The results of the Kyocera Environmental Survey 2011 showed a 40% drop in the average ... News | 26 Oct 2011