by TheISPA | Nov 2, 2018 | Political Monitor
Budget 2018 The Chancellor made the following key announcements in the Budget on the 29th October: The introduction of a new 2% Digital Services Tax on the revenues of businesses engaged in the following activities: search engines, social media platforms and online...
by TheISPA | Oct 26, 2018 | Political Monitor
Broadband The next Broadband subgroup meeting is being arranged for mid-November. The meeting will be used to discuss a range of issues pertinent to ISPA’s broadband agenda and will focus around the ongoing campaign around business rate reform for telecommunications...
by TheISPA | Oct 19, 2018 | Political Monitor
Broadband Parliamentary Questions Mr George Howarth asked the Secretary of State for DCMS several questions relating to broadband. The first was whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure transparency in the proposals for full fibre network...
by TheISPA | Oct 12, 2018 | Political Monitor
Online Safety Ministerial statement on Contingent Liability for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) as the Age Verification Regulator On the 10th October, Margot James laid a Departmental Minute before Parliament, stating that DCMS has received approval...
by TheISPA | Oct 5, 2018 | Political Monitor
Conservative Party Conference Jeremy Wright hints at regulation Following a number of new policy announcements from Labour last week, including the idea of a Digital Bill of Rights, this week it was the Conservatives who outlined several new funding pledges and...
by TheISPA | Sep 28, 2018 | Political Monitor
Labour Party Conference Fringe Events Labour’s Digital Green Paper Shadow Digital Minister, Liam Byrne MP, is driving a new digital green paper, described as the “people’s plan for digital” which will be published in the next 2-3 months. The paper will cover a wide...
