• CMA halts probe as TopCashback, Quidco abandon merger plans

  The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cancelled its investigation into TopCashback’s anticipated acquisition...
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• Scotland to develop single platform for payments across departments

  The Scottish government has constituted a team to develop a single system for receiving payments,...
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• New tricks for the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street

  The Bank of England owns and operates the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service, which...
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• Europe’s Digital Agenda – Week Three

  Welcome to this third edition of Europe’s Digital Agenda weekly summary. In this space we will try to uncover and…
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• Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 framework opens for applications tomorrow

  The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has confirmed that applications to the Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) 3 framework open tomorrow…
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• Whitehall should rethink current budget rules that constrain its ability to innovate through digital technology, paper argues

  The Treasury should empower departmental Accounting Officers to reallocate planned capital expenditure for digital technology to operating spend. And the…
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• Cisco: three quarters of IoT projects are failing

  Vendor’s survey claims 60% of IoT initiatives stall at the proof of concept stage while...
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• Environment Agency picks Fujitsu to deliver key flood warnings

  Under four-year contract worth £4.6m, Fujitsu will develop system to extend Agency's reach to provide...
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• London boroughs back common standards-led data approach

  Kingston and Sutton ICT lead favours more regional, decentralised approach to data sharing, but sees...
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• Harrow plans web forms overhaul with cloud switch

  Authority looking at opportunities to streamline online service offerings to help realise improved operational efficiencies...
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