Government looking in the wrong places for IT teaching excellence

Peer-led groups are the way to encourage a new generation of UK tech whizz kids, says Madeline Bennett

Can David Cameron create Silicon Valley in London?

Technology hub growth must be about more than development plans

Multi-tasking 'Net-Generation' employees can be more productive – if we let them

It's time for business leaders to be more open minded about the use of latest technologies in the workplace, advises Chris Miller

IT fails A-level students

The UK's tech innovation and outsourcing landscape is not an enticing one for graduates, says Madeline Bennett

Government should consider monitoring PR efforts more closely

A release on tech workers' hobbies shows the government might be wasting public funds on external PR agencies

International Women's Day highlights inequalities in IT

Women's position in the tech sector is falling, and pay remains unequal

Comment: Three steps to a social media strategy

Monitor, register and engage, says communications adviser Dirk Singer

Being a woman in IT - a blessing or a curse?

Women in IT face a variety of challenges, but the rewards can be great, says Maggie Berry

Silver lining for IT security staff

It's not all doom and gloom in the IT industry, argues Tim Watson of De Montfort University

Tax advisers should seize the day and have their say on the Revenue's new investigatory powers

Hidden within the recent Inland Revenue press release introducing a proposed new power to combat serious fraud is a request for views on a topic of particular interest to all involved in giving tax advice. Should there be process for determining disputes when the Revenue seeks to obtain documents containing tax advice?

Comment - The give and take of taxation

Never let the left hand know what the right is doing seems to be the government's motto. Sir Peter Kemp says it's about time it played by the same rules as business.

Comment - The give and take of taxation.

Never let the left hand know what the right is doing seems to be the government's motto. Sir Peter Kemp says it's about time it played by the same rules as business.

ANALYSIS - It's not all doom and gloom for annuities.

Get to the root of the problem.

On the draft directive on the taxation of savings.

YOUR COMMENTS: IR35: Why has VAT partial exemption issue not played bigger part in debate ?

It seems strange to me, given that many of the IT contractors are based inthe financial markets of the City of London, that the issue of VAT andpartial exemption has not played a greater part in the debate on IR35.

YOUR COMMENTS: Reaction to taxman's offer of 5% discount for Internet tax returns

It strikes me that this proposed discount is highly discriminatory. Itdiscriminates against those who are not familiar with "business" typeapplications on computers, and the millions who do not have a computer forwhatever reason.

VIEW FROM THE HOUSE.

YOUR COMMENTS: Local authorites could learn from the Inland Revenue being forced to buy own name

I know it's 15 or more years ago, but when I did my Company Law and Taxstudies, I seem to remember that there is some provision that prevents theuse of a name of a "sovereign" body without permission.

Taxing times ahead for the government

Gordon Brown has obviously been having lessons from David Blunkett. As any good teacher will tell you, in order to get your message across you have to 'tell them what you're going to say, say it, then tell them you've said it'.

TAX COMMENT - No flowers, please, for Ebenezer Brown.

I noticed the other day that the OECD says that Britain has the fastest rising tax burden in Europe and that we now pay more tax than Germany for the first time in a generation. I read this morning that sending flowers to staff is the latest perk targeted by the Revenue. I wonder if the two are in any way connected.

Is the government having second thoughts about environmental taxation?

The chancellor says he is increasing the environmental effectiveness of the climate change levy by reducing the rate, giving discounts to high energy users and excluding renewable energy sources. These changes will create new, and potentially unfair, borderlines which will disadvantage some businesses against others.