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E-business standards consortium RosettaNet is targeting small and medium-sized firms with an affordable tailored standards initiative. The Basics Milestone programme aims to link firms with RosettaNet solution providers and trading partners. www.rosettanet.org

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The biking buyers_2

Canada beckons as the first leg of a 29,000-mile global bicycle tour for two interim purchasing managers.

Caroline Barrett and her partner David Artindale, who have been working at Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, left the UK last week on a year-long trip.

PPP row over Tube_2

Ken Livingstone, London mayor, is on a legal collision course with the government over plans to use a public-private partnership (PPP) for London Underground.

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IT not so crucial_2

If you are a director over 45 you are more likely to believe e-commerce and IT are not the most critical issues facing the company, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

The Age of E-tail_2

Alex Birch et al Capstone, £15

Telecoms overhaul_2

The lucrative Government Telecommunications Contract has been overhauled to allow business to be conducted online and in a simplified format. The new agreement allows providers to supply services under the broader headings of application, managed or telecoms services. Only nine of the 27 original IT and telecoms suppliers have been retained, and will be joined by 23 new suppliers.