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A new online debt-chasing service targeting the construction industry is to be launched this month. The Solutionist Organisation will chase debts for customers and name and shame those that fail to pay up on their website (www.solpr.com).
Airline passengers will be able to access the Internet, send e-mail and use pagers from early next year following successful tests by satellite communication companies Globalstar and Inmarsat. Using connections installed in the backs of seats and existing communication frequencies, data can be transferred without effecting aircraft navigation systems.
Up to 100,000 jobs in 1,000 small businesses are at risk from globalisation and defence cuts, according to a survey by the Society of British Aerospace Companies and management consultants AT Kearney.
The US has passed a bill to make electronic signatures as valid as their pen and paper counterparts, in a bid to encourage a greater use of e-commerce. The E-sign Bill should make it easier for customers to buy services, particularly financial ones, via the Internet.
The government has announced the first round of public finance initiative and public-private partnership deals in progress under Partnerships UK, the body created to help increase private investment in the UK’s public services. Health, education, transport and council projects all feature on the list.
A government campaign to improve public confidence in the construction sector with an industry quality mark has had just one registration, despite almost 400 calls to the hotline requesting information.
Cary Cooper and Valerie Sutherland
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Instead of making purchasing quicker and easier, portal sites just present more restrictions, says John Adamson
The government has scored an own goal with its proposals for the interception of electronic files, according to Jim Norton, author of last year’s Cabinet Office report [email protected].