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First-half growth for Harvey Nash as margins slip again
In today’s trading update it looks like the first half of the year got off to a fine start on the top line for UK-based international recruitment, outsourcing and offshoring firm, Harvey Nash, with...
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It's Amor for ex-Government CIO Harley
Scotland’s Amor Group has made the scale of its ambitions in the UK public sector IT market clear with the appointment of Joe Harley CBE, former UK Government and DWP CIO, as a non-exec advisor....
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Michael Page UK revenue slides 10%
After preparing us for the bad news last month (see Tough times persist for Michael Page UK), recruitment player Michael Page has shown just how difficult things are now in the UK market. Revenue in...
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Worldstone finds a comfortable fit in Jersey
JT Group, the parent company of Jersey Telecom, has acquired London-based telecoms managed services and call centre firm Worldstone. Terms were not disclosed. Besides its network services, JT claims...
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CGI UK - Tim Gregory’s big challenge
After reading our commentary on the new CGI/Logica top team (see CGI/Logica – 'Being Brilliant' Broken Apart), you might like to take a look at Nic Fildes' article about new CGI UK President, Tim...
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The news is now in the public domain so we no longer feel constrained about releasing our commentary on the new CGI/Logica top team (see here). So, reporting to CGI President & CEO, Michael E....
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Groupon gets the ultimate discount coupon
I’ve never much liked Groupon (read the Archive or see Fads and work back) As with everything I write about, I did use it and found it totally useless personally. Then I read all the woes that had...
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Tribal: Contrasting divisional performances
In May, Tribal Group sought to renew confidence in the prospects for its business by revealing an increase in its order book – see Tribal: Geographic diversification boosts orders. But today’s H1...
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Weakness in Europe but SDL is still performing
SDL’s interim results reflect a cautious but confident operation that is progressing well on a global level, as illustrated by its ability to deliver 20% growth, of which 8% was organic. However, the...
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Brazilian Tempest brings ethical hacking storm to UK
In my (self-appointed) quest to seek partners for UK software and IT services companies looking to set up business in Brazil, I recently met up with Berta Papp and Alonso Silva, the wife and husband...
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Calyx making ‘significant progress’
We caught a glimpse under the covers at Calyx Group, in today’s trading update from Better Capital (BCap), the Main Market-listed distressed company turnaround funds founded by Jon Moulton. BCap...
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Capita and Balfour Beatty role reversal at North Tyneside
In what must be a first in the UK BPS market, construction and support services giant Balfour Beatty has been selected as preferred supplier to provide North Tyneside Council white collar business...
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Nokia to junk
Even now a headline a few minutes ago saying “S&P cuts Nokia to junk” has the power to shock. The tally of 40,000 jobs cut at Nokia since 2010 is just as shocking. Clearly, working for a mobile...
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Progress Software: radical approach to business revamp
Over the last year or so we have highlighted the dangers of top-heavy technology stacks as a result of providers continually building out their software stacks, normally via acquisitions. A recent...
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Cisco sees bleak outlook for Europe
Cisco chairman and CEO John Chambers painted a gloomy picture of the company’s prospects in Europe, saying that he expects our region ‘to continue to be very challenging over the next several...
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Eligible TechMarketView subscription service clients can download IndustryViews Corporate Activity, our new-look summary of corporate activity in the UK software and IT services market, right here.
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iomart finds Melbourne in Manchester
Acquisitive managed hosting provider, iomart, has added another string to its bow, buying Manchester-based peer, Melbourne, for (max.) £7m cash. This represents about 11x EBITDA and 2.4x sales based...
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Private sector furthers its education
We have noted a couple of interesting developments in the UK higher education sector. Firstly, Pearson, which describes itself as the “world’s leading learning company”, and is the owner of Penguin...
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Reasons to be cheerful
There can’t be a HotViews reader who doesn’t know of my enthusiasm to build a strong tech/ICT sector in the UK. You will also be aware of my ‘campaign’ to get more entry-level IT jobs created in the...
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Unit 4 uncovers Polish accounting irregularities
Shares in mid-market ERP player Unit 4 were down after unearthing financial irregularities within its Polish subsidiary Unit 4 Teta, which it said related to historic transactions that had either not...
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