Brexit

Remember the big IBM 360 mainframe rescue job? For now, Brexit has ballsed it up – big iron restorers

Hauliers thin on the ground, apparently

On-Prem29 Oct 2019 | 85

Plan to strip post-Brexit Brits of .EU domains now on hold: Registry waves white flag amid political madness

But the damage is already done

Networks25 Oct 2019 | 105

I see your blue passport and raise you a green number plate: UK mulls rewards scheme for zero-emission vehicles

Well, it's more of a dash really

Bootnotes22 Oct 2019 | 91

We read the Brexit copyright notices so you don't have to… No more IP freely, ta very much

Buried on Friday PM, just before pub o'clock

Legal21 Oct 2019 | 160

Scariest thing about Halloween? HMRC and Defra systems still a risk to post-Brexit borders

Breeding ground for fraud, smuggling and other criminal activity, say auditors

Legal16 Oct 2019 | 22

Boris Brexit bluff binds .eu domains to time-bending itinerary

We will let you know last week if you can keep your domain yesterday

Legal07 Oct 2019 | 285

UK ads watchdog bans Burger King Twitter jibe for condoning chucking milkshakes at politicians

It's not like it was particularly time-sensitive anyway

Bootnotes02 Oct 2019 | 84

We're all doooooomed: Gloomy Brit workforce really isn't coping well with impending Brexit

Cheer up, it might never happen. But it probably will

On-Prem27 Sep 2019 | 254

UK Supreme Court unprorogues Parliament

That is something up with which all 11 judges would not put

Legal24 Sep 2019 | 760

Chinese students in UK ripe target for scammers exploiting visa concerns

Add in Brexit outsourcing mess and it's plain to see why young international scholars get duped

Security19 Sep 2019 |

UK launches online VAT inquiry following fears of Brexit fraudster surge

Come on guys, we're losing £1.5bn per year

On-Prem19 Sep 2019 | 34

UK Home Office primes Brexit spam cannon for a million texts reminding folk to check passports

New validity rules in event of no deal for Brits travelling to EU

Legal16 Sep 2019 | 152

Pushing Verify in Brexit plans more about saving troubled project

Analysis Broken ID system isn't going to track you. No one's using it!

Legal16 Sep 2019 | 37

Watchdog: Hush-hush UK.gov blew £97m on Brexit wonks from six of the usual suspects

Deloitte, PA Consulting, PwC et al making a killing from crisis

Legal12 Sep 2019 | 57

Cloud, internet biz will take a Yellowhammer to the head in 'worst case' no-deal Brexit

Analysis UK govt releases contingency doc and everything thing is [fine/a living nightmare] (delete as appropriate)

SaaS12 Sep 2019 | 192

Hm. Is it wise to assume 'no material disruption' from 'volatile' UK climate, Dixons Carphone?

Mobile biz is a mess, but we're sticking to revenue guidance

Channel05 Sep 2019 | 2

GDP-arrrrrrgggghhh! A no-deal Brexit: So what are you going to do with all that lovely data?

Feature What we know, plus potential ways to make that data flow

Legal05 Sep 2019 | 115

The wheels on the bus go round and... Oh dear. Chancellor Sajid Javid unveils spending review

It's not all about Brexit, y'know

Legal04 Sep 2019 | 116

Ah, this should totally reassure Euro workers: They'll get Brexit EU settled status app on iPhones from October

Apple unlocks NFC chip just in time for Brexit

Personal Tech02 Sep 2019 | 86

Gov flings £10m to help businesses get Brexit-ready with, um... information packs

Just months before 'Brexit day'

On-Prem29 Aug 2019 | 95

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moves to shut Parliament

This will end well

Legal28 Aug 2019 | 636

Home Office told to stop telling EU visa porkies

Government dept finally called out... by Britain's ad watchdog. We guess everyone else was busy

Legal28 Aug 2019 | 97

Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year

Weak pound and China trade war make Blighty attractive proposition – research

On-Prem21 Aug 2019 | 44

Science and engineering hit worst as Euroboffins do a little Brexit of their own from British universities

This is fine

Science12 Aug 2019 | 220

Cambridge Analytica didn't perform work for Leave.EU? Uh, not so fast, says whistleblower

Brittany Kaiser dumps buttload of emails suggesting otherwise

Legal30 Jul 2019 | 134

Freshly outsourced Home Office project: Overseas student visa IT slammed for delays

And the rush hasn’t started yet

On-Prem29 Jul 2019 | 18

It's Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Tech industry speaks its brains on Brexit-monger's victory

In a nutshell: Plz don't shaft us

On-Prem23 Jul 2019 | 208

Brussels changes its mind AGAIN on .EU domains: Euro citizens in post-Brexit Britain can keep them after all

Your periodic reminder that there was maybe a reason so many people voted to leave

Legal20 Jul 2019 | 175

Brexit: Digital border possible for Irish backstop woes, UK MPs told

Don't worry, Fujitsu is on the case

Legal26 Jun 2019 | 291

UK industry calls for delay of IR35 off-payroll tax rules to private sector

Early responses from government consultation not happy with off taxman's plans

Legal17 Jun 2019 | 49

Give my regards to Reigate: Print biz Canon to up sticks in the sticks

EMEA and UK teams to colocate in Uxbridge, local MP shakes fist at stalled Brexit

On-Prem11 Jun 2019 | 35

Let's make laptops from radium. How's that for planned obsolescence?

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Come on, guys, get a half-life

Bootnotes24 May 2019 | 280

IT bod who does a bit of everything: You might want to specialise if that pay rise proves elusive

Tech salaries up almost 2 per cent in 2018

On-Prem07 May 2019 | 34

.EU wot m8? Brexit smacks fresh registrations of bloc's top-level domain

2018 signups down 130,000, 35,000 naughty sites nuked

Legal16 Apr 2019 | 23

Did someone forget to tell NTT about Brexit? Japanese telco eyes London for global HQ

By the time we sort that mess out it'll be ready to move again

On-Prem16 Apr 2019 | 48

As the UK updates its .eu Brexit advice yet again, an alternative hovers into view

.inc offers to remove domain name hassles with three-month giveaway and a hefty bill

Networks05 Apr 2019 | 83

Google Pay tells Euro users it has ditched UK for Ireland ahead of Brexit

As politicos struggle over deal, firms continue bracing for Britain's departure

On-Prem05 Apr 2019 | 79

Brexit jitters fingered as UK consumer PC sales collapse

Sales into retail sink 25% during Jan and Feb... just breathe everyone, stay calm

On-Prem26 Mar 2019 | 54

Brit Parliament online orifice overwhelmed by Brexit bashers

Updated Conspiracy theories abound as UK petitions website enjoys a Thursday TITSUP*

Legal21 Mar 2019 | 461

Croydon school rolling in toilet roll after Brexit gift deemed unfit for the Queen's Anus Horribilis

Croydon, schools, Brexit, the Queen, poo – hey, it's a royal flush of terrible news items

Bootnotes19 Mar 2019 | 137

2 weeks till Brexit and Defra, at the very least, looks set to be caught with its IT pants down

Manual backup plans will be slow, burdensome and error-prone, sighs report

Legal12 Mar 2019 | 187

IBM hunkers down for no-deal Brexit, warns of disruption to supply chain, data transfers

Big Blue 'in discussions with suppliers to ensure that any vulnerabilities are managed'

On-Prem01 Mar 2019 | 40

Three-quarters of crucial border IT systems at risk of failure? Bah, it's not like Brexit is *looks at watch* err... next month

EVERYTHING IS FINE

On-Prem28 Feb 2019 | 211

Watchdog asks UK.gov to reissue freedom of information guidance after councils are told to STFU about Brexit plans

Updated ICO slams 'neither confirm nor deny' tactics as unlawful

Legal25 Feb 2019 | 87

Treaty of Roam: No-deal Brexit mobile bill shock

As for the Big 4 UK mobile firms, there's a first mover disadvantage

On-Prem07 Feb 2019 | 151

Hey, UK.gov: If you truly spunked £45k on 1,300 Brexit deal print-outs, you're absolute mugs

Thank heavens it doesn't need to be, er, renegotiated ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Bootnotes06 Feb 2019 | 60

UK's ICO slaps £120k fines on Arron Banks' insurance biz and Leave.EU campaign

Commish also promises audit for the firms' data protection practices

Legal01 Feb 2019 | 22

Smaller tech firms just aren't ready for a no-deal Brexit, MPs told

TechUK wonk warns of hiring freezes, contract renegotiations and general uncertainty

Legal31 Jan 2019 | 92

Worried about Brexit food shortages? North Korean haute couture has just the thing

I'll eat my hat if leaving is not a success. Also my pants. And those socks look tasty too

Bootnotes29 Jan 2019 | 166

Post-Brexit plan for .EU tweaked: No dot-EU web domains for Europeans in UK, no appeals, etc

It's not up there with looming food, medicine shortages, but it's still rather annoying

Legal28 Jan 2019 | 162

Gartner: Global trade and politics sure look interesting. Yep. Oh, BTW, world+dog will still spend more on IT in 2019

Despite, er, you know the drill...

On-Prem28 Jan 2019 | 2

Data flows in a no-deal Brexit are a 'significant' concern – MPs

UK.gov warned businesses are not prepared for 'burdensome' contract changes

Legal28 Jan 2019 | 80

Straight outta Blighty: Readers, if you were a tech billionaire, what would you do?

Reader poll Offshore, don't care?

On-Prem24 Jan 2019 | 118

Oracle boss's Brexit Britain trip shutdown due to US government shutdown

Mark Hurd confesses: I didn't take my passport – but usually that's not an issue

Bootnotes17 Jan 2019 | 33

Attention all British .eu owners: Buy dotcom domains and prepare to sue, says UK govt

Brexit just gets better

Legal07 Jan 2019 | 349

The glorious Brexit uncertainty: The only dead cert on data rules for tech biz in 2019

UK's exit from the EU and ePrivacy regs: contingency planning and confusion

Legal02 Jan 2019 | 55