The State Opening is the main annual ceremonial event of the parliamentary calendar (and you can read more about the actual ceremony on Parliament’s website). At the beginning of each parliamentary year, the Queen comes to Parliament to call MPs and…
The principle of Net Neutrality is important. The concept of net neutrality refers to the way in which internet service providers (ISPs), for example BT, Virgin and Sky, may influence the traffic that flows through their services. Internet “traffic” or…
In the Chancellor’s fourth budget George Osborne announced a number measures that look set to benefit tech startups. Key announcements particularly relevant for digital entrepreneurs and startup businesses included; From April 2014 businesses and charities will have a £2,000 Employment Allowance…
We want to hear from you on what you’d like to see George Osborne announce in tomorrow’s budget. Is business red tape too big a burden? Do you need better broadband? Would you like it to be easier to hire…
Today the Working Group on text and data mining will be holding a second meeting in Brussels as part of the Licences for Europe “stakeholder dialogue”. The aim of the Licences for Europe process, according to the European Commission is…
As subscribers to our weekly briefing will have seen, the European Commission launched a new ‘stakeholder dialogue’ recently. While ‘Licences for Europe’ appears to be about discussing issues around copyright law in Europe, the discussions in each of the working…
Leading UK think tank report states that Government broadband policy should focus on “empowering” consumers and business not speed. Policy Exchange today released a report regarding the future of broadband policy in which it argues for an end to current…
This morning Vince Cable announced the publication of the Government’s response to the many copyright consultations that have been taking place since August 2011 when the Government declared their support for the recommendations proposed by Professor Hargreaves in his Independent…
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Yesterday a cross-party committee of both houses appointed to scrutinise the draft Communications Data Bill released in June, published its report which concluded that significant changes need to be made to the Bill. The draft Bill aims to “to maintain…
Yesterday, Ofcom, in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Office, released a report that provides an insight into the online behaviours and attitudes across the UK. The report takes a look at the UK’s attitudes toward the ISP warning letters that…
