Hm. Is it wise to assume 'no material disruption' from 'volatile' UK climate,...
Mobile biz is a mess, but we're sticking to revenue guidanceThe gods of mobile sales continue to frown on Dixons Carphone as the loss-making unit reported another quarter of shrinkage.…
View ArticleHMRC slaps Getronics with winding-up petition: It'll be sorted out today,...
Hurry up – nearly beer o' clockHer Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the UK tax collector, has issued a winding-up order against tech services outfit Getronics over unpaid VAT, an issue the company...
View ArticleMargin mugs: A bank paid how much for a 2m Ethernet cable? WTF!
El Reg brings you the hall of shameA bank paid a rapacious reseller more than £40 for a two-metre Ethernet cable that cost just 32 pence at trade price or retailed for £4 on a popular online store, in...
View ArticleYou and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so let's watch for tech sales VAT...
Ignorance is no defence, just ask HMRCFeature Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC) fraud, or Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud more generally, has been evident in tech channels since the early '90s and...
View ArticleYou only need to click once, fool: Gaming rig sales up as Trump presses...
God bless America panic buyingShipments of gaming rigs staged something of a comeback in the second quarter of 2019 as retailers sought to avoid potential trade tariffs on machines bought in China and...
View ArticleAria Technology takes £750k VAT fraud case to Court of Appeal
Senior beak overrules Upper Tribunal judges' refusalAria Technology Ltd, the company that used to run e-tailer Aria PC, is headed for the Court of Appeal in a third attempt to overturn a £750,000 VAT...
View ArticleSwiss wheeze: Microsoft reseller titan SoftwareONE plots IPO on Zurich exchange
If that floats your boatSoftwareONE, one of the world's largest Microsoft resellers, has started pre-booking its shares ahead of an initial public offering on the Swiss stock exchange later this month.…
View ArticleJohn Lennon says hello. Hello, hello... as Cancom buys Novosco for £70m
You know, co-founder of the Belfast-based resellerMunich-based Cancom Group is paying £70m to acquire public-sector reseller Novosco.…
View ArticleGetronics CEO on HMRC winding-up petition: An 'embarrassing' blip with cash...
Corporate expansionism to blame for issues, claims bossmanGetronics' CEO has opened up on its recent and "very, very embarrassing" winding-up petition from HMRC over non-payment of VAT, claiming it was...
View ArticleYay, Intel chip shortages should be over soon! Nope. Strap in, at least...
Chipzilla's keeping mum ...Canalys Channels Forum There's still no light at the end of the tunnel for PC makers as Intel's CPU constraint – a problem that showed up in anger 13 months ago– is on...
View ArticleEverything must go as school IT supplier Gaia Technologies' £5.7m debt burden...
Firm £1m in arrears with single creditor and owes HMRC £886kDocuments filed at Companies House reveal the scale of Gaia Technologies' debt burden, which led a major creditor to push the Bangor-based...
View ArticleOne of Blighty's most-loved charities hands £46m to one of Blighty's...
I'll take the National Trust and Capita for 100, AlexThe National Trust, one of the UK's largest charities and beloved of many a middle-class day-tripper, has handed a £46m contract to everyone's...
View ArticleGetronics confirms – finally – that CEO has quit following HMRC VAT payment...
Ailing services integrator pulls in more cash from backers to pay off debts, rebrands US MSP armCash-strapped IT services integrator Getronics has finally confirmed its split with group CEO Nana...
View ArticleIreland's B.ICONIC snaffles Stormfront to become largest Apple reseller in...
May we suggest a rebrand?B.ICONIC, the parent of one of Ireland's largest Apple Premium Resellers (APRs), is buying Stormfront – the UK Apple retailer that is, rather than the Aryan social network.…
View ArticleDavid Phillips, godfather of UK tech distribution industry, dies aged 74
Northamber founder passes after 'short illness'Obit The Brit tech industry has lost one of its founding fathers, a literal and metaphorical giant who pioneered hardware and software distribution....
View ArticleMmmm... fresh, delicious tenders: Forget G-Cloud, this £6.5bn Technology...
Will no one think of the SMEs? Oh, actually some have made the gradeThe UK's central government is dangling up to £6.5bn under the noses of resellers to supply commodity hardware, software and services...
View ArticleCapita unfurls new consulting arm. Hmm, what shall we call it?
Reg's Logowatch team sad to report UK outsourcing baddie didn't get too creativeCapita is launching a consulting arm called ... err ... Capita Consulting - at least we can get behind the sensible name...
View ArticleAMD takes a bite out of Intel's PC market share across Europe amid...
Mmmm, these scraps are pretty darn meatyIntel is losing ground to AMD in every corner of the European PC industry serviced by the channel, according to official sales stats from distributors.…
View ArticleAria Technology loses Court of Appeal bid over £750k VAT dispute
Firm must pay HMRC's legal costs, rules judgeThe Court of Appeal has thrown out Aria Technology's efforts to squeeze out of a £300k tax bill after HMRC found £750k of the firm's input tax was not...
View ArticleUK.gov lays out COVID-19 guidance as the tech supply chain considers its own
Calm down nowThe British government said today the novel coronavirus will, more likely than not, have a significant impact on the UK and could see up to 20 per cent of people missing work.…
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