Category: ComputerWeekly

Foodora tests drone and robot deliveries in Sweden
02
Jan
2025

Foodora tests drone and robot deliveries in Sweden

Foodora Norway, the Oslo-based subsidiary of online quick-commerce (Q-commerce) food delivery brand Foodora Group, has partnered with Nordic communications company…

Sir Alan Bates has ‘serious concerns’ over Post Office scandal compensation budget
02
Jan
2025

Sir Alan Bates has ‘serious concerns’ over Post Office scandal compensation budget

Sir Alan Bates has “serious concerns” that the government’s budget for Post Office scandal compensation will be stretched to cover…

Government boosts Horizon R&D campaign
02
Jan
2025

Government boosts Horizon R&D campaign

The government has started the new year by ramping up its support for Horizon, the European-wide research initiative.  Horizon, which…

Collaborative transport optimisation helps towards decarbonisation goals
31
Dec
2024

Collaborative transport optimisation helps towards decarbonisation goals

University of Cambridge research suggests most of the freight moved around the UK to serve retailers, hospitality and other sectors…

Post Office scandal campaigners awarded OBEs in New Year Honours List
31
Dec
2024

Post Office scandal campaigners awarded OBEs in New Year Honours List

Former subpostmasters and leading campaigners in the Post Office scandal have been honoured for their decades-long fight against the injustices…

What is Dunelm doing for women in tech?
30
Dec
2024

What is Dunelm doing for women in tech?

In September 2024, Dunelm reported a 4.1% jump in annual sales to £1.71bn for the year to 29 June. During…

Top 10 financial services stories of 2024
30
Dec
2024

Top 10 financial services stories of 2024

It seems fintech has been replaced by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as the most-used term in banking IT this year….

Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024
24
Dec
2024

Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024

One thing that the European Union (EU) certainly seems united on is how it can increase its influence in the…

Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria
23
Dec
2024

Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria

Developing new drugs is risky and expensive. Creating a new drug and bringing it to clinical trials can cost billions…

Why Keir Starmer’s plan to rewire Whitehall needs an IT-rethink
20
Dec
2024

Why Keir Starmer’s plan to rewire Whitehall needs an IT-rethink

In my personal experience, there are certain institutional barriers to productive and successful delivery of major projects in government. Indeed…

Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light
20
Dec
2024

Government review of denied datacentre builds sees Iver project get green light

A government review of a local council’s decision to block a US-based company from building a hyperscale datacentre in Iver,…

Interview: How Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success
20
Dec
2024

Interview: How Green Cargo’s IT switched tracks to logistics success

Ingo Paas is what you might call a different sort of CIO. Even by the standards of someone in the…