Do the UK government’s SME spending figures make sense?

The government this week touted its success at delivering on a policy objective to put 25% of all purchased spend through SMEs - in 2013/14, that amounted to £11.4bn, slightly...
When will government IT teams learn they are not as different as they think

We learned today of another government IT fiasco - millions of pounds being wasted at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on a system for recruiting soldiers and reservists for the...
Does outsourcing work? Does anyone actually know?

So, does outsourcing work? Can anybody actually provide a definitive answer, even after two decades of often knee-jerk outsourcing in organisations of all sizes across the UK?
The biggest focus on this question is underway in the local government sector. Councils in
Government bares its teeth to IT suppliers – at last

The government is certainly baring its teeth towards IT suppliers.
In the past few days, two companies - Cable & Wireless and Capita - have...