Take up of new broadband subscriptions has now risen to almost 30,000 per week, and the UK now has over 1.4 million broadband users.

Having to feed the taxman in real-time will see the smallest firms get bitten – CIOT.

Osborne’s bid for frozen salaries has seen IT contractors left out in the cold.

At least two of the state's primary IT suppliers face a ban from new contracts.