Aria Technology takes £750k VAT fraud case to Court of Appeal
Senior beak overrules Upper Tribunal judges' refusal
Channel09 Oct 2019 | 4
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You only need to click once, fool: Gaming rig sales up as Trump presses continue on trade tariff tussle
God bless America panic buying
Channel03 Oct 2019 | 13
You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's watch for tech sales VAT weirdness through the channel
Feature Ignorance is no defence, just ask HMRC
Channel01 Oct 2019 | 18
Margin mugs: A bank paid how much for a 2m Ethernet cable? WTF!
El Reg brings you the hall of shame
Channel28 Sep 2019 | 211
HMRC slaps Getronics with winding-up petition: It'll be sorted out today, blurts tech services firm
Hurry up – nearly beer o' clock
Channel25 Sep 2019 | 24
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
Arrow? More like Boomerang, amirite? Computacenter buys back tech disposal biz it disposed of
IT kit recycling arm that 'wasn't core' turns out to be important
Channel13 Aug 2019 | 5
Microsoft blocked TSO Host's email IPs from Hotmail, Outlook inboxes and no one seems to care
Apart from the poor sods paying for the service, that is
Channel09 Aug 2019 | 50
Microsoft tells resellers: 'We listened to you, and we have acted' (PS: Plz keep making us money)
Software-snatcher backs down on licence plans
Channel12 Jul 2019 | 44
Will you be inspired by Inspire? If Microsoft's Slack-for-suits Teams is your cup of tea, perhaps
Inspire Just in time for event kick-off: MS Teams overtakes Slack in daily active users
Channel11 Jul 2019 | 5
Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away: Partner boss explains yanking of free licences
Updated Cloud giant's blunt instrument clobbers loyal resellers too
Channel11 Jul 2019 | 41
Microsoft middlemen rebel against removal of free software licences
No more internal use rights for channel types – you'll have to pay for them yourselves
Channel09 Jul 2019 | 37
Who left a database of emails, credit cards, plain-text passwords, and more open to the web this week? Tech Data, come on down!
Business IT giant that services Apple, Cisco, and others, exposed 264GB of info
Databases06 Jun 2019 | 30
Ready with the 'welcome neighbour' fruitbasket, retailers? Amazon opens Manchester pop-up shop
High street's online killer appears on actual high street, again
Channel03 Jun 2019 | 17
Police ICT Company kills £500m procurement, no longer wants one box shifter to rule them all
Yep, THAT would-be siloed IT smasher, conceived in Theresa May's brainpan 8 years ago...
Channel16 May 2019 | 21
Europe's home PC buyers reach for their collective smartphone, sigh: We don't need a new desktop. This is a computer, right?
UK personal sales drop whopping 17.6%, Windows saves day for biz
Channel16 Apr 2019 | 34
No Court of Appeal for you! Judges uphold Aria PC firm VAT fraud ruling
Plus: A year ago today El Reg changed the law
Channel10 Apr 2019 | 12
Quadsys exec who hacked rival firm's database in 2016 convicted of assault
Community work order slapped on infosec biz MD Paul Cox
Channel01 Apr 2019 | 4
Look what the Softcat dragged in: Revenues grow 21% as UK reseller refuses to blink at Brexit
'We remain confident that we are well prepared for different scenarios,' reckons boss man
Channel19 Mar 2019 | 7
Carphone Warehouse fined £29m for mis-selling mobile insurance to punters who didn't need it
Smartphone retailer at centre of very own PPI scandal after FCA probe
Channel13 Mar 2019 | 51
Product. Reselling. Lives. Computacenter sales fly due to product, not services
Windows 10 workplace and data centre refreshes come good
Channel12 Mar 2019 | 1
Apple reseller Solutions Inc pulls down shutters, calls in administrators
Updated Staff told: 'Do not come to work tomorrow. Do not attempt to re-enter the store for any reason'
Channel20 Feb 2019 | 46
Brit security services firm SecureData sold to France's Orange for an undisclosed sum
UK biz sells to non-UK one that exploits sh!tty exchange rate
Channel01 Feb 2019 | 13
Hard Brexit, soft Brexit, deal or no deal: Doesn't matter – all integrator CGI sees is dollar signs
It's just one big opportunity to make money
Channel31 Jan 2019 | 7
Brexit? Now that it's raining more than ever, know we're OK at Computacenter
We are just a very humble reseller, eller, eller, eh, eh, eh
Channel23 Jan 2019 | 5
DXC Technology bids $2bn for Swiss big cheese Luxoft
Alles ist gut
Channel07 Jan 2019 | 16
Dixons Carphone smarting from £440m loss as it writes down goodwill on mobile biz
No one's buying new friggin' handsets, says retailer
Channel12 Dec 2018 | 54
UKFast mulls putting IPO on ice due to six little letters: BREXIT
'Highly unlikely' amid 'so much uncertainty', says boss
Channel29 Nov 2018 | 32
Black Friday? Yes, tech vendors might be feeling a bit glum looking at numbers for the UK
2018: The year the US-imported shopping promo bonanza goes pffft?
Channel22 Nov 2018 | 82
Brit tech buys frozen, but CGI can't wait to get integrating all those post-Brexit systems
Oh, and Gartner publishes spending prognosis for life after the EU
Channel08 Nov 2018 | 3
UK computer dealer Aria PC loses £750k VAT fraud appeal attempt in THAT case
Yes, the one where El Reg won the open justice verdict...
Channel07 Nov 2018 | 20
Computacenter shares crash by a fifth as sales shrink... Nope, it's not Brexit
That screeching sound might be the wheels coming off tech reselling in Q3
Channel31 Oct 2018 | 3
Softcat warns of Brexit cloud forming over UK tech, vows: If prices rise, we'll pass them on...
...ahem, as is 'normal in our industry'
Channel17 Oct 2018 | 51
The march of Amazon Business has resellers quaking in their booties
Canalys Channels Forum 2018 'To team up with Amazon is like to team up with the devil'
Channel15 Oct 2018 | 50
HP Ink CEO: That $550m Apogee buy was to stop rivals slurping it
Canalys Channels Forum 2018 Oh, and we need A3 sales skillz
Channel12 Oct 2018 | 6
The good news: PC sales went up a little worldwide, say Gartner crystal-ball-gazers
The bad news: PC sales went down a little, says IDC
Channel11 Oct 2018 | 4
Phew! Digital ad revenues to save Amazon's business model – analyst
Canalys Channels Forum 2018 Finally, Jeff Bezos can sleep easy on his cash pillow
Channel10 Oct 2018 | 1
SoftwareONE goes Comparex: When one Microsoft reseller giant buys another
Two Redmond wranglers sitting in a tree...
Channel10 Oct 2018 |
Brit outfit IT Lab snaps up Office 365 and SharePoint pro Content and Code
Tech services firm swallows Microsoft's favoured partner
Channel04 Oct 2018 | 2
Windows 10 transition props up business box revenues in Western Europe
Intel's Grinch that stole Christmas might make for a softer end to the year
OSes02 Oct 2018 | 2
Euro reseller giant Computacenter gobbles US-based FusionStorm
Newbies to join CC staffers in the land of baseball
Channel01 Oct 2018 | 4
Dell EMC plucks Tech Data distie man Tomlin to run UK channels
Updated Latest exec hired to make the direct sales conflict go away
Channel03 Sep 2018 |
Computacenter goes Dutch, picks up Misco's Netherlands biz
Reseller boss wants in on large Euro companies HQ'd there
Channel03 Sep 2018 | 3
There is still gold to be had in the world of Microsoft resellers
Profits up but margins down as Byte Software Services cast a wary eye to the future
Channel23 Aug 2018 | 2
Quantiq slurps asset of Profile Enterprise Solutions
Bit of M&A action in Microsoft Dynamics world
Channel15 Aug 2018 |
Can, can, can you buy it, CANCOM? Brexit's made it cheap(er), man: Firm inks OCSL deal
Pre-Brexit bargain to be used as UK hub
Channel10 Aug 2018 | 8
HP Ink splashes out on Brit print provider Apogee
Acquisition-happy services slinger to become inky tentacle of globocorp
Channel02 Aug 2018 | 12
Atos to hoover up US tech buzzword biz Syntel for $3.4bn
Buy bolsters firm's banking, finance and insurance bits
Channel23 Jul 2018 |
Distie bosses tuck 7-figure settlement into Cisco's top pocket
No sir, you CANNOT import this stuff from outside the EEA again
Channel05 Jul 2018 | 18
CEO of comms tech biz Daisy splits as sale and IPO talks off the table
Neil Muller leaves corner office, chairman takes controls again
Channel25 Jun 2018 | 3
HMRC: Aria PC's £2m MSN Messenger deals bonanza was VAT fraud
UK taxman urges tribunal to throw out reseller's appeal
Channel25 Jun 2018 | 9
BlackBerry CEO: We need help from the channel to grow
Slight hiccup expected as former phone-maker diversifies
Channel21 Jun 2018 | 3
Shiny new Capita boss to UK.gov: I know you are but what am I?
Jon Lewis challenges MPs over KPIs on in-house projects
Channel19 Jun 2018 | 18
Brit reseller Aria PC mounts appeal against £750k taxman VAT fiddle ruling
Full details of case now available after Reg legal victory
Channel21 May 2018 | 22
Recycling tech biz bosses get years for VAT fraud, money laundering
Didn't realise IT was only thing were supposed to refurbish
Channel25 Apr 2018 | 12
Capita reports pre-tax LOSS of £515m for 2017
Sales won't rise until 2020 says new broom...
Channel23 Apr 2018 | 51
McDonald's tells Atos to burger off: Da da da da da, we're lobbing IT ...
... support to a Capgemini call centre (and one in India)
Channel23 Apr 2018 | 45
Brit retailer Currys PC World says sorry for Know How scam
Forced punters to cough extra £40 for pre-configured laptops
Channel16 Mar 2018 | 167
Maplin shutdown sale prices still HIGHER than rivals
UK tat bazaar enters final death spiral
Channel14 Mar 2018 | 192
Capita screw-ups are the pits! Brit ex-miner pensioners billed for thousands in extra tax
Outsourcer blames HMRC's new PAYE portal
Channel12 Mar 2018 | 54
Biting the hand that feeds IT
