Mark Ballard - Portfolio - business + finance legal affairs business + finance technology homepage business + finance 2018.12.14. | | telecoms | Westminster brands 5G phone kiosks a deceit 2018.11.30. | | offshore | Tax haven drives smart city transformation 2018.11.12. | | green finance | Government to acquire smart energy finance vehicle 2018.10.12. | | public finance | 5G street fight 2018.04.06. | | telecoms | UK auction inflates global price of 5G airwaves 2015.08.21. | | accounting | Public kept in dark over UK company records 2015.08.07. | | accounting | Company reports withheld from public scrutiny 2015.02.02. | | major projects | Cuts and computers undermined Universal Credit 2014.10.02. | | business finance | Southwest One earns breather on £50m IBM debt 2014.09.12. | | public accounts | Computerized job cuts hitch up hokey austerity figures 2013.09.20. | | public accounts | Doofus alarm over £10bn NHS IT bill 2013.08.16. | | major projects | 1% of Universal Credit budget spent on SMEs 2013.06.03. | | major projects | Universal Credit will cost taxpayers £12.8bn 2013.02.22. | | forensic accounting | How Somerset strangled Southwest One 2013.02.20. | | public finance | Somerset blocked £60m outsource savings 2013.02.14. | | forensic accounting | Southwest One outsourcing achieves 10% of target savings 2013.02.01. | | public accounts | Auditors bust founding myth of coalition ICT 2012.10.23. | | forensic accounting | CSC struggling to profit from Royal Mail outsource 2012.09.24. | | forensic accounting | Southwest One losses obscured by 'shambolic' accounting 2012.03.30. | | procurement | UK saves 5 quid on Oracle 2012.02.14. | | business finance | IBM bails out struggling South West One venture with £10m loan 2012.01.01. | | outsourcing | CSC paid 0.5% tax on £1.5bn outsource 2011.03.24. | | outsourcing | Computer Sciences Corporation: outsourcing powerhouse (pdf) 2009.10.07. | | economy | Technology revives British industrial might 2009.05.01. | | procurement | Is the Microsoft public sector deal good value for Britain? 2007.05.18. | | mergers & acquisitions | Microsoft squares up to Google with $6bn buy 2007.02.09. | | insolvencies | Watford Electronics left debts of £3.5m 2006.08.09. | | insolvencies | Elonex creditors back administration 2005.05.29. | | fashion | Model agency hits catwalk 2004.10.01. | | retail | Piecing together the ERP jigsaw 2004.09.01. | | management | Sunday Times business supplement: Focus on Strategy (pdf) 2004.08.22. | | travel | Travel duo need a break 2004.05.23. | | manufacturing | Raleigh gets on its bike 2004.02.15. | | food & drinks | A capital wheeze for alcopops 2004.01.08. | | clothing | Hats off to higher sales