“This authoritative new book provides busy company directors with a series of practical strategies for dealing with today’s main IT issues.” So reads the promotional material on the back cover of this book. Strategy, however, has become an over-used word. In relation to this book, “tips and techniques” might have been a more appropriate term to describe the contents.

Supermarket chain Safeway has questioned its exclusion from the latest FTSE4Good list of ethically sound companies, which includes rivals Tesco and Sainsbury’s. FTSE4Good said Safeway was left off because of insufficient environmental targeting or commitment. Safeway argued that its inclusion on the Dow Jones Sustainable World Index demonstrated its commitment.

Changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill do not go far enough, according to the Alliance for Electronic Business (AEB).

High-street clothing retailer Marks & Spencer is set to outsource its Internet shopping services to a major IT provider. It wants to integrate a number of electronic selling channels into one order processing system by the summer of next year.