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| A diverse range of websites catering for everything from wildlife to music came together to celebrate their success in the 7th Hantsweb Awards. |
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| NBTN took its message to Hampshire in November 2009 as part of the county council’s Smart Commute Week, without even travelling there. |
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| Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. |
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| What lies behind this fascinating statistic? 2.8 million are 'under-employed', is this a consequence of 21st Century Smarter Working Practices? Is it a good or a bad thing? |
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| The Financial Times reports that BT is planning to open up its underground cable ducts to allow rival operators to run their own high-speed broadband networks through BT infrastructure. |
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| Businesses will be able to improve their working practices when fibre optic broadband services are widely available, according to an expert. |
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| This interesting article about the Haiti disaster response on www.fastcompany.com takes an in-depth look at several online facilities. |
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| Flexible working will save UK businesses money during disruptions such as severe snow which prevents employees from getting to their regular places of work. There are also longer term major cost benefits of flexible working. |
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| Government data is being opened up at unprecendented levels |
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| This article suggests that Blizzards do not have to cost the UK Economy billions... |
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| 88% of growing companies have a website, compared to only 59% of those businesses which are expecting a decline in sales. |
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| The BBC reports on the launch of a new online tool which can help citizens discover what happens to their taxes. |
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| Digital activists are focusing on data held by local councils in an attempt to put it back into the hands of local citizens reports BBC News. |
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| Silicon.com reports that UK retailers should have a happy Christmas with shoppers predicted to spend £5bn this month, a year-on-year increase of 14%. |
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| BBC News reports that Johnston Press, one of the UK's largest newspaper companies, is to trial charging for access to online content from six of its titles. |
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| Hampshire County Council has won two separate awards in the last month for its efforts to make its IT more environmentally friendly. |
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| Swindon is set to become the first UK town to get free internet access under a public-private partnership brokered by the local council. |
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| Wednesday's Queen's Speech saw the Government set out plans to cut off illegal filesharers, but no mention was made of the £6 broadband tax which Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain, had promised would be made law by January. |
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| Last week's edition of The Bottom Line discussed business clusters, and why businesses tend to bunch up. |
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| The ONLY opportunity a downturn brings is the opportunity to innovate and invest in your own people. Be ready for the recovery and outSMART the competition |
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