According to a source at administrators Grant Thornton, customers with outstanding orders from Time and Tiny computers are unlikely to either receive their goods or get their money back. They will become unsecured creditors and as such, will be low down on the ...

 

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Greg Jackson, a wheelchair user from Derby, has become the first person to use the Disability Discrimination Act to prosecute a firm for lack of access. Mr Jackson is unable to access all parts of the Debenhams store in Derby, because of steps ...

 

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London Transport and mobile phone companies have issued warnings about a spam e-mail giving inaccurate safety information. The message says that London Tube passengers can contact emergency services via a satellite signal from their mobiles underground. Mobiles do not work in the London ...

 

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The government has acknowledged that new rules allowing the purchase of property through a pension will be inappropriate for most people. Revenue and Customs, which is in charge of bringing in the new scheme, has said this type of investment, would only ...

 

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Napster, the online music service, has entered into an alliance with satellite pay-radio station XM, to enable its subscribers to buy the music they hear. The joint venture will take advantage of next-generation MP3 players which are able to receive satellite radio stations. ...

 

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At the OpenTech conference in London, Promise TV revealed the prototype of a digital video recorder that can record and index and full week’s worth of digital television programmes. The device is approximately the size of a 1990 VCR. Promise TV plans ...

 

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Sony, the electronics company, recorded a net loss of 7.3bn yen (£37m) for the three months to June, compared with profits of 23.3bn yen last year. The result was attributed to a significant decline in the price of televisions and DVD recorders, slowing ...

 

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BT Group, the telecoms company, recorded a 21% increase in pre-tax profits to £499m, in the first quarter, helped by “new wave” broadband and mobile services, which increased by 48% to £1.38bn. Revenue increased by 5%, buoyed by recent acquisitions Infonet and ...

 

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According to a survey by Nationwide, house prices increased by 0.2% in July and the average house cost £158,348. During the three months to the end of July house prices increased by 0.6%. However, the annual rate of house price inflation fell to ...

 

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In its annual report on corporate environmental behaviour, the Environment Agency warned that companies who persistently break environmental laws could be given anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos). The agency believes that the use of Asbos could more effective in deterring environmental offences than ...

 

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The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says that the number of UK home repossessions has risen for the first time in seven years, in large part due to five rises in in mortgage interest rates since late in 2003. Data shows ...

 

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The UK’s Office of National Statistics reported on Monday that the value of the UK at the end of 2004 was £5.8 trillion, an increase of £404 billion from the previous year. Taking an historical perspective, the report said that the ...

 

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Security company Tipping Point is establishing the ‘Zero Day Initiative’ to pay security researchers for finding bugs in popular programs. Tipping Point said it would share finds with other security firms. Many small security companies exhaustively analyse programs, such as Microsoft Windows, ...

 

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Women who are leading the way in the technology industry, or who are using technology to be successful, are to be recognised in the first Blackberry Women and Technology awards. The awards have been established by Research in Motion (RIM), which produces the ...

 

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Data from digital music research firm, The Leading Question, suggests that people who illegally share music files online also spend four and a half times more on paid-for music downloads than average fans, making them highly valuable customers. According to the study, ...

 

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In an initiative supported by MI5, London's largest businesses have received new security guidelines. A security booklet has been prepared by business support group London First and the National Counter-Terrorism Security Office. The initiative follows the recent bomb attacks in ...

 

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Granville Technology Group, the Lancashire based company that makes Tiny and Time PCs, has been placed into administration and all of its 80 Computer Shop stores have closed. The company has recorded monthly losses of up to £2m since the start of the ...

 

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Microsoft is planning to launch its new Xbox 360 game for the Christmas shopping season. Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360 in May and had already announced plans to launch the console this year in the US ahead of the holiday season, which begins ...

 

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A new search engine Rectifi.org.uk donates 90% of its profit to charity. The remaining 10% is used for running costs. The site gains its profits from sponsored links, where companies pay for a place in the search rankings, and from the commission generated ...

 

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According to a study by The Ernst & Young Item Club, the weakness of the UK economy means that tax rises to support government spending, will have to be deferred until 2007. UK economic growth is expected to fall to 2.1% this year. ...

 

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