'Proof-Win' - a means for Gordon Brown to deliver successful public sector IT projects?

The public sector will be one area where incoming UK prime minister Gordon Brown and his team will have their work cut out. The public sector has a culture not conducive to centralized IT project specification and governance, explaining the many projects that have hemorrhaged money and failed to deliver. This must be taken into account if large IT projects' chances of success are to be improved.

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'Universal bank': doubts over government plan

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2009 will see the worst high street growth on record

Pressure on the high street will not ease after Christmas and is set to intensify in 2009. Excluding sales at grocery multiples and over the internet, high street retail spending will shrink by over 4%, the largest drop in over 40 years. Negative growth at a time of increasing costs could potentially wipe GBP3.6 billion off the collective profits of leading retailers in 2009.

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3G infrastructure: share and share alike

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3G mobile phones: 31 million European subscribers in 2005

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3G mobile: no health tradeoff

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3i: a move away from tech might be wise

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A&L/Abbey National: further consolidation may be on the cards

Alliance & Leicester is considered to be a prime target for a takeover bid. Recent reports suggest that Abbey National is one interested predator. This may be the start of a new round of domestic consolidation in the UK retail banking sector. However, the major players are likely to miss out for regulatory reasons.

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Abbey National/Bank of Scotland: they've started, but will they finish?

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Abbey National/Credit Suisse: bailing out insurance

The day after the UK's FSA moved to reassure investors about the safety of the life and pensions sector, two more life insurers were forced to turn to their parents for funding. Although insurance companies claim they can withstand further equity falls, many are likely to be forced into strong measures, including capital injections and redemption penalties - or even closing to new business.

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