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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has postponed the introduction of the E-Commerce Directive until the summer. The directive, agreed in May 2000, will clarify the information that service providers need to give in business-to-business and business-to-consumer trading. The DTI says further consultation is needed.
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The board of London Transport has voted unanimously for the government’s proposed public-private partnership for the London Underground. The vote comes after a second consultancy report, by Ernst & Young, came out in favour of the controversial scheme.
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The £20 billion industrial gases market is being targeted by trading exchange Gasworld, which is set to go live later this year. The site will enable industrial gas suppliers to trade on the Internet. Gasworld has appointed systems integrator Axon to develop the website and supply Internet marketing technology.
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Westminster City Council has been accused of breaking European procurement rules over plans for redevelopment at Pimlico School under a private finance initiative scheme.
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The construction cost of the Scottish parliament building at Holyrood is likely to reach nearly five times the original estimate. A cross-party body is seeking parliamentary approval to raise the ceiling price to £234 million from its current £195 million. It blames inflation and measures necessary to minimise design risks for the rise.
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Rail maintenance and facilities management group Jarvis is making slow progress in negotiating contracts to run London Underground lines, according to Paris Moayedi, its chief executive. Moayedi said the company was facing serious obstacles on a daily basis, despite being the preferred bidder for management of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.
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