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Entry level jobs
I was, of course, delighted to read this morning that EY were to take on 700 graduates, 500 undergraduates and 150 sixth formers over the next month. Clearly many of these will be tech-related too. See...
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Tale of two smartphones
The two main bits of news today from SmartPhoneLand could not be more different.First, Apple announced that it had sold 9m of the new iPhone 5c and 5s over the weekend. A record, beating last year's...
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1Spatial moves on GIS and acquisitions
Geographic information systems (GIS) is clearly the way forward for 1Spatial and it continues to push resources this way, which is just as well as H113 results show its traditional business units,...
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Dillistone delivers in H1, promises more for H2
Recruitment software provider Dillistone Group who has been diligently acquiring in the fragmented recruitment software space had a respectable H113 with revenue up 6% to £3.81m and operating profits...
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Long way to go for blur
I really do enjoy my spirited conversations with Philip Letts, CEO of online marketing services exchange blur Group. His faith in his business model is unshakable (it would be a worry if it wasn’t!)...
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Netcall rings up strong year
Customer engagement software player Netcall closed off a strong year, after a buoyant H1 (see Netcall still sitting comfortably), with revenue up 10% to £16.1m, and organic growth doubling from 3% to...
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ReThink rethinks meaning of life
… and the new ‘meaning of life’ for AIM-listed IT recruitment-cum-consultancy firm ReThink Group (RTG) will be as a ‘Talent Management-led services business’. If you are interested, you should read the...
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Clear Books goes DIY crowdfunding
A couple of days ago the prospectus opened for punters like you and me to invest £8.94 per share in UK accounting software SaaS start-up Clear Books. What seems to be a little atypical about this...
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Digital Barriers signs 'seminal' contract
Digital Barriers, provider of advanced surveillance technologies to the security and defence sectors, has secured an important contract for its Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) offering with ‘a major...
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HCL ousts CGI in local government deal
In a joint procurement, the London Boroughs of Haringey and Waltham Forest have awarded a SAP managed services contract to India-based solution provider, HCL, replacing the incumbent of 10 years,...
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Intercede: investments paying off
It seems that heavy investment by Intercede, the identity management software provider, is really paying off. Having moved from profit to loss, at the operating and pre-tax levels, in its last...
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LBBs bend the ear of Government!
CEOs at a number of TechMarketView Little British Battler (LBB) companies got the unique opportunity to bend the ear of Government last night when they dined with Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude...
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Microsoft provides the magic for Outsourcery
Outsourcery, the pure play cloud platform service provider, joined AIM in May with the company raising £10 million. Half-year results today showed revenue up 23.5% to £2.1 million, with recurring...
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Pharma market recovery boosts Instem's H1
Instem, the provider of IT applications to the early development healthcare market, clawed back ground in H113 following a disappointing H112 and FY12 (see the HotViews archive here) but owes a lot to...
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Quindell moves down market into car repairs
After buying various higher margin businesses in software, legal services and business process services over the past eighteen months (see here and work back), Quindell Portfolio is now moving down the...
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Ubisense opens the kimono
I was somewhat bemused when AIM-listed, Cambridge-based ‘real-time location intelligence’ products and services company Ubisense appeared to become less ‘transparent’ when it reported half-time results...
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UK public sector SITS market trends & forecasts data
The data sheet (containing forecast data and charts) to accompany the PublicSectorViews UK public sector SITS market trends & forecasts 2013 report is now available to download for...
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Game changing period at WANdisco
It’s a big day for WANdisco as it announces a ‘game changing’ partnership with open source Hadoop provider Hortonworks, starts a 2m share placement process to raise funds to further accelerate its...
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Quindell goes into Canadian rehab
After yesterday’s move into the UK car repair business (see Quindell moves down market into car repairs), today we learn Quindell Portfolio is going into the Canadian rehabilitation market, taking a...
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SciSys H1: Mixed fortunes
SciSys Chairman Mike Love, describes the market in which the company operates as “stubbornly challenging”. And while Group revenues were up 9% over H1, to £21.4 million, the top-line performance...
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