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2024-03-18T12:59:09.00Z
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232910
2024-03-18T12:59:09.00Z
2024-03-18T12:59:09.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Microsoft reseller Bytes says more than 100 undisclosed share trades linked to ex-CEO
<h4>Surprise resignation of chief exec happened after FCA probe began, claims filing</h4> <p>One of Micrsoft's largest cloud and tech licensing resellers, Bytes Technology Group (BTG), today gave the London Stock Exchange an update on the investigation surrounding the abrupt resignation of its CEO and an ongoing probe by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232887
2024-03-15T06:25:07.00Z
2024-03-15T06:25:07.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Claims emerge that Citrix has doubled price of month-to-month partner licenses
<h4>Reaction from channel was 'stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief'</h4> <p>Citrix has allegedly made major changes to its partner program, and one of the consultancies briefed on the new arrangements told <em>The Register</em> that the when the news was delivered to a gathering of the Citrix faithful the result was "stunned silence followed by anger and disbelief."…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232779
2024-03-11T07:32:15.00Z
2024-03-11T07:32:15.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
VMware by Broadcom promises more, cheaper, training, starting around May
<h4>But for now, smaller customers have been cut off from on-demand training content</h4> <p><strong>Exclusive</strong> VMware by Broadcom will soon launch a new training experience that will offer “more training at a fraction of the cost they used to pay.”…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story232449
2024-02-22T12:20:45.00Z
2024-02-22T13:06:18.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Boss at one of Microsoft's largest resellers quits, admits secret share deals
<h4>London Stock Exchange listed Bytes Technology Group 'working to clarify details' after Neil Murphy resigns</h4> <p>Neil Murphy, the boss of Bytes Technology Group – one of Microsoft’s largest cloud and software licensing resellers – has quit with immediate effect, at the same time admitting to making secret stock trades in the company.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231907
2024-01-24T16:50:12.00Z
2024-01-24T16:50:12.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
eBay tells 1,000 employees their days at company are numbered
<h4>9% of workforce getting boot after execs hired too many during pandemic</h4> <p>Tat bazaar eBay is laying off 1,000 employees, or 9 percent of the workforce, claiming that general hiring and overhead costs are outpacing the wider commercial growth of the company.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231864
2024-01-23T06:28:11.00Z
2024-01-23T06:28:11.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
AWS Marketplace adds sales of third-party services
<h4>Cloud-ready software and implementation from your preferred consultants, on one bill</h4> <p>Amazon Web Services has made a bid for even more of the cloud business by allowing third-party services to be sold on its Marketplace.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231807
2024-01-19T05:45:09.00Z
2024-01-20T01:06:10.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Foxconn’s latest Indian foray is a chip packaging JV with HCL Group
<h4>Fending off ransomware at home in Taiwan as it continues diversification into semiconductors</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Taiwan’s contract manufacturer to the stars, Foxconn aka Hon Hai Technology Group , has teamed with India’s HCL Group to create a semiconductor assembly and testing facility in India.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231798
2024-01-18T19:44:42.00Z
2024-01-18T20:19:50.00Z
Dan Robinson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Dan%20Robinson
As Broadcom nukes VMware's channel, the big winner is set to be Nutanix
<h4>A lot of IT depts can't wait to get past their ESX addiction</h4> <p>As the fallout from Broadcom’s takeover of VMware continues to rain down on the industry, rivals of the one-time virtualization giant have the opportunity to swoop on customers thanks to the massive changes happening to its channel.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231780
2024-01-18T06:34:11.00Z
2024-01-18T06:34:11.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
India's big four services giants soar on demand for AI
<h4>Pipelines are full, but hiring has slowed</h4> <p>Indian IT service outfit HCL’s share price hit a record high this week, and scrip for its peers Infosys, TCS and Wipro also spiked, after the four announced quarterly results that revealed strong deal pipeline fueled by demand for AI, along with very slow headcount growth…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231461
2023-12-28T10:01:09.00Z
2023-12-28T19:35:06.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Broadcom to end VMware’s channel program, move partners to its own invite-only offering
<h4>Suppliers don’t know much about what’s going on. Which leaves users in limbo, too</h4> <p>Broadcom has told VMware partners the virtualization champion’s channel program will end in early 2024.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story231456
2023-12-27T00:59:15.00Z
2023-12-27T00:59:15.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Infosys loses ten-year, $1.5 billion contract announced just three months ago
<h4>PLUS: Fujitsu Japan spins out servers, storage, and PCs; Japan’s moonshot on track; Samsung reportedly delays Arizona fab opening</h4> <p><strong>Asia In Brief</strong> Infosys has lost a ten-year, $1.5 billion deal it announced just three months ago in September 2023.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230718
2023-11-13T02:15:10.00Z
2023-11-13T02:15:10.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
China’s annual e-tail frenzy broke records – trust us, say government, Alibaba and JD.com
<h4>5.26 billion packages shipped, 639 million on Saturday alone. But nobody's puffing up the cash pile</h4> <p>Alibaba and JD.com have forged a new holiday tradition by discussing anything but the revenue generated by the nation's annual 11.11 "Singles' day" e-tail frenzy.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230293
2023-10-20T07:05:30.00Z
2023-10-20T12:11:17.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Sorry kids, Infosys and Wipro have cancelled graduate recruitment
<h4>India's big four outsourcers scored record deals in Q2, but revenue didn't reflect those successes</h4> <p>Infosys and Wipro have decided to skip hiring graduates this year as part of their "utilization optimization" strategies, after a quarter that brought both record deals amid continued macroeconomic uncertainty for India's big four IT services outfits.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story230130
2023-10-12T03:45:10.00Z
2023-10-12T08:39:23.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Gulf states and 'The Stans' could become new tech hotspot – analyst
<h4>One has the talent, one has the money – both want more tech</h4> <p>The gulf states and former Soviet nations of central Asia are set to become a new hub of tech activity, according to Anatoly Motkin, president of Strategeast – a non-profit that operates in Ukraine, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan, and works to develop their digital economies.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229994
2023-10-05T02:31:08.00Z
2023-10-06T01:24:05.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Microsoft delays debut of IoT security offer due to 'unexpected system challenges'
<h4>Software giant tells partners not to sell it but also happy to take your cash now</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Microsoft has quietly delayed the delivery of a security service it hoped to add to the E5 license of its flagship Microsoft 365 suite.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story229458
2023-09-06T05:45:03.00Z
2023-09-06T05:48:35.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Microsoft tells partners unbundling Teams is a 'compromise' with the EU
<h4>Meanwhile, Zoom boss calls on US authorities to consider adopting Europe's breakout policy</h4> <p>Microsoft has told its partner community that unbundling Teams from its Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites was a compromise – an alteration to the language it used when announcing the change.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story228537
2023-07-06T06:31:10.00Z
2023-07-06T06:31:10.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Two top execs quit Infosys mere months after its president skipped
<h4>CISO and head of HR depart as services market tightens</h4> <p>Two senior execs have quit Indian tech services giant Infosys, with head of HR, Richard Lobo, and chief information security officer Vishal Salvi departing in recent days.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story228252
2023-06-16T05:32:08.00Z
2023-06-16T05:32:08.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Bad times are just starting for India's IT outsourcers, says JP Morgan
<h4>All of FY2024 is going to be a 'washout'</h4> <p>JP Morgan has predicted tough times are around the corner for India's big IT services outfits.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story227841
2023-05-23T04:03:09.00Z
2023-05-23T04:03:09.00Z
Jeff Burt
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Jeff%20Burt
Dell pulls storage, PCs, and compute into Apex ITaaS platform – a little late
<h4>Continues feeding the hybrid cloud monster</h4> <p><strong>Dell World</strong> It took a little over a year, but Dell has followed through (to an extent) on promises it made in 2022 with the introduction of Project Alpine – an effort to make its block, file, and object storage software available in top hyperscale cloud environments.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story227567
2023-05-05T04:02:07.00Z
2023-05-05T04:02:07.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
India's major IT outsourcers slow hiring and fret about deal pipelines
<h4>Two years ago the big four hired 243,000 workers. Last year that fell to 82,000</h4> <p>Having spent 2022 struggling to retain workers in the face of high staff attrition rates, India's top four IT outsourcers have since slowed hiring and are worried their workers may not have enough to do.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story227124
2023-04-07T20:57:43.00Z
2023-04-07T21:13:03.00Z
Jeff Burt
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Jeff%20Burt
Microsoft coughs up some change after allegedly selling software to no-no companies
<h4>Nadella happy to sling code to Russians and Iranians, or nah?</h4> <p>Microsoft will pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations it busted US sanctions by selling software and services to blacklisted companies and individuals in Russia, Iran, and other countries.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story226725
2023-03-16T01:58:14.00Z
2023-03-16T01:58:14.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Microsoft pauses delayed partner ecosystem security update to count its money
<h4>Active Directory privilege de-escalation will run for nine days in May before taking June off</h4> <p>Microsoft's delayed effort to ensure its partners don't enjoy unduly privileged access to their clients' systems will run for just nine days before pausing for a month.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story225658
2023-01-17T07:58:06.00Z
2023-01-17T07:58:06.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
India’s top four outsourcers report rosy revenues, mild macroeconomic misgivings
<h4>Attrition woes subside as workers stop shifting, producing pleasing cost savings</h4> <p>India’s top four IT outsourcers, Wipro, HCL Technologies Infosys, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) all reported reasonably rosy results for their final quarter of 2022. the quarter rounding out 2022, despite global economic uncertainty.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story224110
2022-10-14T07:03:08.00Z
2022-10-19T00:21:21.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Microsoft extends deadline for partners to improve their clients' security with unauthorised Azure AD tweaks
<h4>Partners may be dragging the chain a little – perhaps you'd like to hurry them up?</h4> <p>Microsoft's campaign to improve the security of its customers and partners – by letting the latter set roles in clients' Azure Active Directory implementations without asking permission – has been extended by four months.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story223711
2022-09-26T04:57:58.00Z
2022-09-26T04:57:58.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Alibaba Cloud reveals billion dollar 'ecosystem upgrade'
<h4>It's mostly a channel program with a fancy name, plus more outposts</h4> <p>Alibaba Cloud last week staged its annual gabfest and revealed some tasty new cloud services, as well as a billion dollar "ecosystem upgrade" aimed at finding more customers outside China.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story223588
2022-09-19T04:05:07.00Z
2022-09-19T04:05:07.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Philippines decides outsourcers need incentives to stick around, after all
<h4>Just three months ago senior bureaucrat said 'Tax perks are not that important to investors.' Contortions now in place to keep cash flowing</h4> <p>The Philippines last week decided to extend incentives offered to foreign outsourcers that offer working from home to local employees.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story223348
2022-09-05T06:32:12.00Z
2022-09-05T09:49:38.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Salesperson's tech dream delivered by ill-equipped consultant who charged for the inevitable fix
<h4>‘I had a sharp new suit and a misplaced sense of confidence’ – and made a costly mistake</h4> <p><strong>Who,Me?</strong> Before you shell out big bucks to engage the services of consultants, perhaps consider this week’s instalment of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theregister.com/Tag/Who,%20Me?/">Who, Me?</a> and the adventures of a reader we’ll call “Norman” for the duration of this tale.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story222553
2022-07-25T06:29:05.00Z
2022-07-25T06:29:05.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
India's big four services giants bemoan rising labor costs
<h4>Business is good at TCS, Wipro, Infosys and HCL – but margin pressure and staff attrition are big problems</h4> <p>India's big four outsourcers are worried about rising labor costs and their impact on profits, according to their most recent quarterly financial statements.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story222039
2022-06-29T06:47:10.00Z
2022-06-30T14:08:20.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Microsoft postpones shift to New Commerce Experience subscriptions
<h4>The whiff of rebellion among Cloud Solution Providers is getting stronger</h4> <p>Microsoft has indefinitely postponed the date on which its Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) will be required to sell software and services licences on new terms.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story221735
2022-06-15T05:58:08.00Z
2022-06-15T05:58:08.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Lenovo to form venture with Hong Kong comms conglomerate PCCW
<h4>Gains access to offshoring centers in Malaysia and Philippines</h4> <p>Lenovo has struck an agreement with Hong Kong comms conglomerate PCCW to create a jointly owned services company, advancing its strategy of growth through services.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story221667
2022-06-10T19:31:17.00Z
2022-06-10T19:31:17.00Z
Thomas Claburn
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Thomas%20Claburn
Microsoft forgot to renew the certificate for its Windows Insider subdomain
<h4>Visitors to insider.windows.com met with safety warning - how reassuring</h4> <p>Microsoft has forgotten to renew the certificate for the web page of its Windows Insider software testing program.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story221008
2022-05-06T11:43:47.00Z
2022-05-06T11:43:47.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
European tech businesses cool on China due to coronavirus lockdowns
<h4>Oops. Beijing wants zero COVID, not zero foreign investment</h4> <p>Supply chain issues and other disruptions in China caused by strict COVID-19 lockdown measures have seen 23 percent of European businesses operating in the Middle Kingdom consider moving elsewhere, according to a recent report.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story220552
2022-04-11T13:30:11.00Z
2022-04-12T11:16:39.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Ericsson pulls out of Russia 'indefinitely' to protest war in Ukraine
<h4>Plus: AMD tells El Reg it stopped 'all technical, product support and marketing' in pariah state</h4> <p>Swedish network system maker Ericsson has confirmed it has "indefinitely" halted all shipments to clients in Russia, joining the ever growing list of tech organizations protesting the atrocities in Ukraine.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story219255
2022-01-28T13:45:10.00Z
2022-01-28T13:45:10.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Capita offloads Microsoft licensing biz Trustmarque to private equity for £110m
<h4>Remainder of Capita's Portfolio of unwanted businesses to be expunged by year end, says CEO</h4> <p>Capita is again clearing out another of the previous CEO’s past conquests with confirmation this morning that it is <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.investegate.co.uk/capita-plc/cpi/capita-agrees-to-sell-trustmarque/20220128070000P4070/">offloading</a> software licensing and hardware reseller Trustmarque to One Equity Partners for £111m.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story219166
2022-01-25T03:01:08.00Z
2022-01-25T03:45:59.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Pakistan considers ten-year tax holiday for freelance techies
<h4>Could clean up dispute over who collects tax and when, but unlikely to worry outsourcing rivals</h4> <p>Pakistan’s minister for IT and Telecom, Syed Aminul Haque, has floated the idea of a ten-year tax holiday for freelancers, suggesting the move could improve the nation’s services exports.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story217897
2021-10-28T06:04:14.00Z
2021-10-28T06:04:14.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Renewal chasing as-a-service is now a thing – and vendors love it
<h4>Third parties get some data, use it to send mails as if they were your reseller, and – phew! – you don't get calls from sales people</h4> <p>The next time your vendor or reseller sends a mail reminding you it's time to renew your software licence, subscription, or support contract, the mail could come from a third party you've never met and never will – but which has been trusted with enough info about you to make the sale.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story217655
2021-10-15T11:26:10.00Z
2021-10-15T11:26:10.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Who are shortages good for? The channel! World's biggest distributor forecasts tech price hikes from January
<h4>Things not likely to improve until 2023</h4> <p><strong>Canalys Forum 2021</strong> Technology price rises are about as welcome Windows 11's needy hardware specs but one part of the industry is quietly happy about the inflationary conditions caused by industry-wide component shortages – the channel.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story217537
2021-10-08T08:32:06.00Z
2021-10-08T12:46:01.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
Windows what? PC makers have bigger things on their minds
<h4>Remember those days when OSes were the be-all and end-all?</h4> <p><strong>Canalys Forums</strong> With minds fixed on PC shortages and the next looming round of price hikes, there was nary a mention of Microsoft's freshly laid OS by the biggest vendors and resellers at this year's Canalys Forums EMEA 2021 gabfest.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story217524
2021-10-06T15:25:08.00Z
2021-10-06T20:45:13.00Z
Laura Dobberstein
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Laura%20Dobberstein
Raspberry Pi looks to set up African retail channel to make buying a mini computer there as easy as Pi
<h4>High shipping costs barrier to access for many of continent’s inhabitants</h4> <p>Raspberry Pi said yesterday it would be pushing to get its miniature computers into more shops across Africa, admitting that its presence on the continent was limited to a single approved reseller with commercial ops in a few countries in southern Africa.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story217398
2021-09-29T04:31:04.00Z
2021-09-29T08:57:13.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Japan's NTT Group to allow remote work for all 320,000 staff
<h4>Ditching central offices in favour of over 250 regional facilities for a workforce twice the size of Microsoft's</h4> <p>Japanese tech giant NTT Group will allow its 320,000 staff to work remotely.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story216947
2021-09-06T06:57:05.00Z
2021-10-25T14:59:16.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
BRICS bloc deepens collaboration on ecommerce and selling services across borders
<h4>Good news for consumers, exporters, and outsourcers</h4> <p>The BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – have agreed to smooth the path for ecommerce and trade in services.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story216922
2021-09-03T04:15:05.00Z
2021-09-03T04:15:05.00Z
Simon Sharwood
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Simon%20Sharwood
Busy day in China: Xi Jinping announces tech-sharing, services export push and a bourse for startups
<h4>Also banned telly shows from featuring men with an 'abnormal aesthetic' – basically the kind of chap you'd find in a boy band</h4> <p>China's President Xi Jinping has signaled a push to export services and promised to share locally developed technology with the world.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story216418
2021-07-30T13:30:04.00Z
2021-07-30T13:30:04.00Z
Tim Richardson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tim%20Richardson
Telefónica's cloud limb slurps Cancom's UK&I biz to cash in on Brit enterprise tech market
<h4>There's a tasty NHS contract in there</h4> <p>Telefónica Tech – the cybersecurity and cloud wing of the Spanish-owned telecoms giant – has forked out €398m (£340m) to German outfit Cancom Group's UK and Ireland operations.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story215815
2021-06-30T15:00:40.00Z
2021-06-30T15:00:40.00Z
Tim Richardson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tim%20Richardson
Lockdown-induced gadgetry rush sent Dixons Carphone's online sales skywards – and repaid £73m of furlough wages
<h4>But mobile biz continues to wane</h4> <p>The boss of Dixons Carphone has delivered a bullish assessment of the UK retailer's performance in a year when online tech sales spiked and revenues from its ebbing mobile business continued to slide.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story215595
2021-06-21T13:04:08.00Z
2021-06-21T14:06:40.00Z
Tim Richardson
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Tim%20Richardson
The great fire sale continues as Capita sells government joint venture Axelos for £380m
<h4>It's the longest day of the year</h4> <p>Its work with the UK government has once again proven a boon to troubled outsourcer Capita. The business said today it would sell Axelos – the joint venture set up with the Cabinet Office in 2013 – to assessment and certification outfit PeopleCert for £380m.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story215398
2021-06-10T15:30:11.00Z
2021-06-10T15:30:11.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
UK.gov finally proposes to police rogue umbrella companies but leaves questions unanswered
<h4>Show me the money! say campaigners hoping to stamp out nefarious practices</h4> <p>At the eleventh hour, UK government has detailed plans to regulate umbrella companies, some of which stand accused of dodgy dealings as their use grows among IT contractors after IR35 tax rule changes.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story215371
2021-06-09T19:24:05.00Z
2021-06-09T19:24:05.00Z
Richard Speed
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Richard%20Speed
Microsoft's bricks-and-mortar retail operation set to return from the grave? Not quite
<h4>From July you'll be able to swipe credit card for kit at 'Experience Centers'</h4> <p>Microsoft is set to reopen some of its stores for sales to the general public.…</p> <p><!--#include virtual='/data_centre/_whitepaper_textlinks_top.html' --></p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story215208
2021-06-03T09:16:11.00Z
2021-06-03T22:35:37.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
Massive tech-for-British-schoolkids cash pot up for grabs as UK education buyers prep £140m agreement
<h4>It is Thursday and it's framework-tastic</h4> <p>Pheonix Software, Deloitte and Computeam are among the 17 winners sticking their snouts into a £100m <span class="strike">pork barrel</span> framework for outsourcing in the UK’s education sector.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story215192
2021-06-02T10:03:09.00Z
2021-06-02T21:02:11.00Z
Lindsay Clark
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Lindsay%20Clark
It's the UK contractor tax factor: IR35 outsiders gaining leverage in skills market, survey finds
<h4>New tax rules see a hike in use of umbrella companies - another can of worms</h4> <p>Contractors able to continue working outside the IR35 regulations are gaining leverage in the market and succeeding in punting their scarce skills, according to a survey.…</p>
tag:theregister.com,2005:story214612
2021-04-28T15:19:46.00Z
2021-04-28T15:19:46.00Z
Paul Kunert
https://search.theregister.com/?author=Paul%20Kunert
33 'unsustainably loss-making' Dixons Travel outlets set to be shuttered affecting 400 staff
<h4>Electronics retailer 'confident' workers can be offered opportunities elsewhere in the business</h4> <p>Dixons Carphone is to permanently ground its airport stores that employ 398 staff, amid mounting losses and following the British government's discontinuation of airside tax-free shopping at the start of 2021.…</p>