https://uktech.org/author/richard-powell/ en-gb Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 newsdesk@uktech.org (UKTECH newsdesk) newsdesk@uktech.org https://uktech.org/a/key-report-shows-uk-is-it-underachiever.html https://uktech.org/a/key-report-shows-uk-is-it-underachiever.html Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:24:00 +0000 Richard Powell Political News A Government IT report that was supposed to form the crux of last month's e-summit showed the UK lagging behind competitors. https://uktech.org/a/armed-ebay-user-wanted-to-talk-to-auction-winner.html https://uktech.org/a/armed-ebay-user-wanted-to-talk-to-auction-winner.html Mon, 03 May 2004 18:11:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT A Louisiana man who lost his eBay bid for a collection of uniforms to a fellow bidder loaded up his gun and drove to New York "to talk to him", a US court… https://uktech.org/a/western-work-will-return-if-east-is-overused.html https://uktech.org/a/western-work-will-return-if-east-is-overused.html Fri, 09 Apr 2004 17:08:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Western demand for Indian IT workers shows little sign of easing. https://uktech.org/a/confidence-tricksters-catch-surfers-hook-line-and-sinker.html https://uktech.org/a/confidence-tricksters-catch-surfers-hook-line-and-sinker.html Sun, 04 Apr 2004 12:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT More web users than ever before are succumbing to the exploits of online fraudsters who, as recent examples show, are using ever more devious methods to… https://uktech.org/a/why-arent-you-using-linux.html https://uktech.org/a/why-arent-you-using-linux.html Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:29:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT So you want to run a professional system and have heard about Linux being a free alternative to Microsoft's astronomically-priced software. https://uktech.org/a/phishers-net-60m-from-online-bankers.html https://uktech.org/a/phishers-net-60m-from-online-bankers.html Mon, 01 Mar 2004 18:24:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Online bankers in the UK are warned to be vigilant of e-fraudsters in a fresh police crackdown on the multi-million pound scam of "phishing". https://uktech.org/a/next-gen-contractors-to-beat-old-it.html https://uktech.org/a/next-gen-contractors-to-beat-old-it.html Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:11:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Contractors who re-invent themselves and accept equivalent rates of pay to their Indian outsourcing counterparts' will inherit the future of IT… https://uktech.org/a/whats-the-e-envoy-got-to-do-with-it.html https://uktech.org/a/whats-the-e-envoy-got-to-do-with-it.html Fri, 06 Feb 2004 18:01:00 +0000 Richard Powell Political News Full of good ideas and tall promises at their grandiose introductions, our appointed e-leaders pledge to fight the good fight to boost UK IT for all. https://uktech.org/a/how-it-is-shaping-up-in-2004.html https://uktech.org/a/how-it-is-shaping-up-in-2004.html Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:58:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business With rising demand for IT workers, renewed interest in ambitious projects and stable hardware sales, the beginning of 2004 looks to be the tail end of a… https://uktech.org/a/demand-for-it-contractors-ranks-second.html https://uktech.org/a/demand-for-it-contractors-ranks-second.html Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:55:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents The UK recruitment industry's report on jobs shows IT contractor demand has risen to second out of eight sectors with demand for permanent IT workers well… https://uktech.org/a/offshore-outsourcing-is-turning-on-its-masters.html https://uktech.org/a/offshore-outsourcing-is-turning-on-its-masters.html Wed, 07 Jan 2004 23:30:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business The shift of well-paid technology jobs to India, China and other low-cost offshore centres is beginning to cause Western companies public relations… https://uktech.org/a/counting-the-casualties-of-outsourcing-creep.html https://uktech.org/a/counting-the-casualties-of-outsourcing-creep.html Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:26:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Twenty-eight companies have outsourced more than 50,000 jobs serving UK customers to India over the past two years, with many more lining up to cut costs… https://uktech.org/a/making-big-brother-pay-id-card-opportunities.html https://uktech.org/a/making-big-brother-pay-id-card-opportunities.html Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:06:00 +0000 Richard Powell Political News The UK ID card scheme will include basic personal information, a digital photo and a "biometric" which can include facial recognition, iris scans and… https://uktech.org/a/email-abuse-increases-at-work.html https://uktech.org/a/email-abuse-increases-at-work.html Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:39:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT E-mail and Internet misuse at work has become a big headache for British employers, and UK companies are increasingly disciplining staff for accessing or… https://uktech.org/a/it-contractor-demand-rises-at-fastest-rate-since-1998.html https://uktech.org/a/it-contractor-demand-rises-at-fastest-rate-since-1998.html Sun, 09 Nov 2003 11:45:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents This month's recruitment industry report from REC shows a leap in the rate of demand for IT contractors over October, with agencies crossing their fingers… https://uktech.org/a/it-managers-are-excluded-in-business.html https://uktech.org/a/it-managers-are-excluded-in-business.html Thu, 06 Nov 2003 17:31:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business IT professionals are being denied senior level positions as their skills are seen as too niche by senior management to warrant boardroom status, new… https://uktech.org/a/open-source-of-opportunity.html https://uktech.org/a/open-source-of-opportunity.html Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:19:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Open source and its perceived threat to commercial off-the-shelf software is providing contractors who know where to look with a raft of opportunities. https://uktech.org/a/middle-eastern-appeal-for-resting-contractors.html https://uktech.org/a/middle-eastern-appeal-for-resting-contractors.html Tue, 07 Oct 2003 12:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Plying your trade all over the world is a key attraction of IT contracting and one pocket of the planet worth keeping an eye on is the Middle East. https://uktech.org/a/it-demand-strongest-since-1998-says-rec.html https://uktech.org/a/it-demand-strongest-since-1998-says-rec.html Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:39:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents Demand for IT contractors was at its strongest since August 1998 last month, according to REC's most recent Report on Jobs. https://uktech.org/a/outsourcing-crisis-brewing-warns-uk-ceo.html https://uktech.org/a/outsourcing-crisis-brewing-warns-uk-ceo.html Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:21:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Offshore development oversights made several years ago are now rising to the surface with potentially cataclysmic implications, one CEO warns. https://uktech.org/a/online-giants-go-to-war-against-id-thieves.html https://uktech.org/a/online-giants-go-to-war-against-id-thieves.html Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:28:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Global businesses struggling to find an answer to the growing problem of ID theft mounted a united offensive against online fraudsters this week. https://uktech.org/a/irelands-bid-to-rescue-beaten-ict-brits.html https://uktech.org/a/irelands-bid-to-rescue-beaten-ict-brits.html Sun, 31 Aug 2003 18:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business IT entrepreneurs whose companies have been raised to the ground by IR35, investigated for being independent and roped up by red tape are being targeted by… https://uktech.org/a/business-execs-call-it-shots.html https://uktech.org/a/business-execs-call-it-shots.html Sun, 06 Apr 2003 17:50:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Business chiefs are increasing their involvement in the IT decision-making process, confusing operations and crossing wires between departments… https://uktech.org/a/cambridge-is-uk-s-highest-paying-it-region.html https://uktech.org/a/cambridge-is-uk-s-highest-paying-it-region.html Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Cambridge has overtaken London to become the highest paying region in the UK for IT professionals, according to some analysts. https://uktech.org/a/it-students-get-corporate-backing.html https://uktech.org/a/it-students-get-corporate-backing.html Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT In what may become a growing trend this year, students at the University of Sussex are to receive an annual salary for developing IT systems for their… https://uktech.org/a/world-s-largest-it-gathering-hopes-to-spark-growth.html https://uktech.org/a/world-s-largest-it-gathering-hopes-to-spark-growth.html Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:44:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business About six and a half thousand businesses from 69 countries gathered at the world's largest IT exhibition in Germany recently, hoping to reinvigorate the… https://uktech.org/a/snooping-plan-updates-are-not-enough-campaigners-say.html https://uktech.org/a/snooping-plan-updates-are-not-enough-campaigners-say.html Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:12:00 +0000 Richard Powell Political News The Government says snooping plans allowing public bodies unfettered access to citizens' confidential communications have been curbed under new proposals… https://uktech.org/a/new-speed-record-shows-uk-broadband-up.html https://uktech.org/a/new-speed-record-shows-uk-broadband-up.html Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:49:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Scientists at US and Dutch research laboratories have sent and received data equivalent to two DVD films to each other in under a minute, but campaigners… https://uktech.org/a/freelance-it-demand-holding-steady.html https://uktech.org/a/freelance-it-demand-holding-steady.html Sat, 08 Mar 2003 11:52:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Demand for contract and permanent IT workers held steady in February, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's Report on Jobs says. https://uktech.org/a/ditched-telco-leaves-freelancers-empty-handed.html https://uktech.org/a/ditched-telco-leaves-freelancers-empty-handed.html Fri, 07 Mar 2003 07:29:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business The recent liquidation of British telecoms company, Concept Telecom, has left 29 IT freelancers out of contract and out of pocket, receivers have… https://uktech.org/a/another-offshore-outsourcing-boom-could-harm-india.html https://uktech.org/a/another-offshore-outsourcing-boom-could-harm-india.html Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:06:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business IT outsourcing to India will grow by a quarter this year as Western companies seek to cut costs, but this could spell difficulties for the biggest… https://uktech.org/a/job-market-decline-has-ceased-says-jobstats.html https://uktech.org/a/job-market-decline-has-ceased-says-jobstats.html Tue, 04 Mar 2003 15:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Jobstats, the IT market stats site, has reported the decline in the IT job market has reached a halt. https://uktech.org/a/china-could-soon-be-second-in-world-it.html https://uktech.org/a/china-could-soon-be-second-in-world-it.html Mon, 03 Mar 2003 16:42:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business The Chinese IT services market will grow 18 per cent this year on 2002, according to research group, Dataquest Gartner. https://uktech.org/a/senator-overwhelmed-by-it-support-for-outsourcing-ban.html https://uktech.org/a/senator-overwhelmed-by-it-support-for-outsourcing-ban.html Tue, 11 Feb 2003 14:40:00 +0000 Richard Powell Political News A New Jersey Senator backing a Bill to halt the export of US public sector jobs has received support from thousands of jobless IT professionals. https://uktech.org/a/e-commerce-weathering-downturn.html https://uktech.org/a/e-commerce-weathering-downturn.html Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:23:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Recent payment card data shows European consumer confidence in the Internet has remained buoyant in the economic downturn. https://uktech.org/a/freelance-it-climbs-further-ahead-of-other-sectors.html https://uktech.org/a/freelance-it-climbs-further-ahead-of-other-sectors.html Thu, 06 Feb 2003 16:14:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business This month's REC Report on Jobs shows the freelance IT sector has climbed to take second place out of eight sectors. https://uktech.org/a/doublespeak-surveillance-at-twice-ww2-levels.html https://uktech.org/a/doublespeak-surveillance-at-twice-ww2-levels.html Thu, 06 Feb 2003 11:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT Figures released by privacy pressure group, Statewatch, claim Government surveillance of UK citizens' communications are double levels recorded during… https://uktech.org/a/what-s-happened-to-the-freelancer-premium.html https://uktech.org/a/what-s-happened-to-the-freelancer-premium.html Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:17:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Why are freelancers being paid the same as employees when they offer complete working flexibility? https://uktech.org/a/it-freelancing-perils-highlighted-by-women.html https://uktech.org/a/it-freelancing-perils-highlighted-by-women.html Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:37:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The regulatory difficulties associated with supplying IT services to clients as a freelancer were highlighted during a question and answer session at the… https://uktech.org/a/europe-must-be-friendlier-to-entrepreneurs.html https://uktech.org/a/europe-must-be-friendlier-to-entrepreneurs.html Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:16:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business The European Commission (EC) has told Member States they should do more to help entrepreneurs and reduce barriers to growth. https://uktech.org/a/get-your-daggers-out-agencies-told.html https://uktech.org/a/get-your-daggers-out-agencies-told.html Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents Agencies were told to get their daggers out and take a slice out of rivals' businesses at a recent ATSCo members' meeting. https://uktech.org/a/the-koreans-are-coming.html https://uktech.org/a/the-koreans-are-coming.html Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:15:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business South Korean IT industry representatives said they are set to attract hundreds of Western IT outsourcing contracts over 2003, at a recent conference in… https://uktech.org/a/revenue-denies-selling-taxpayers-info.html https://uktech.org/a/revenue-denies-selling-taxpayers-info.html Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:29:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business The Inland Revenue has denied reports its staff are abusing access to taxpayers' records. https://uktech.org/a/the-low-down-part-3-agencies-outlook-for-2003.html https://uktech.org/a/the-low-down-part-3-agencies-outlook-for-2003.html Tue, 14 Jan 2003 15:37:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents In the final part of our series examining recruitment agencies' opinions of the current IT freelance market, UKTECH finds that war with Iraq, a housing… https://uktech.org/a/education-gets-it-boost.html https://uktech.org/a/education-gets-it-boost.html Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:14:00 +0000 Richard Powell IT The Government is hoping to boost flagging figures of young people entering the IT sector by announcing a new package of ICT measures for schools and… https://uktech.org/a/revenue-chief-warns-of-ruthless-crackdown.html https://uktech.org/a/revenue-chief-warns-of-ruthless-crackdown.html Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:14:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Inland Revenue Chairman, Nick Montagu, has announced a "ruthless" crackdown on 'artificial tax avoidance' schemes. https://uktech.org/a/it-demand-leapfrogs-other-sectors.html https://uktech.org/a/it-demand-leapfrogs-other-sectors.html Thu, 09 Jan 2003 15:04:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business Demand for freelance and permanent IT workers leapt ahead of rival industry sectors last month, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation… https://uktech.org/a/the-agency-low-down-part-2-rates-and-margins.html https://uktech.org/a/the-agency-low-down-part-2-rates-and-margins.html Thu, 09 Jan 2003 07:00:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents In part two of our three-part series examining IT agencies' placement prospects in 2003, UKTECH investigates the state of rates and margins... https://uktech.org/a/the-agency-low-down-part-1-where-the-work-is.html https://uktech.org/a/the-agency-low-down-part-1-where-the-work-is.html Wed, 08 Jan 2003 10:48:00 +0000 Richard Powell Agents UKTECH interviewed a number of UK-based IT agencies to find out where the work is, what the state of rates and margins are and when the recovery will… https://uktech.org/a/2002-stories-that-shaped-the-year.html https://uktech.org/a/2002-stories-that-shaped-the-year.html Fri, 03 Jan 2003 17:06:00 +0000 Richard Powell Business A review of the main news from the freelancing sector in 2002, including IR35; Fast Track Visas; the market; and broadband...