
12:15 16th March 2010
An environmental charity is offering free IT support for companies with fewer than 250 staff.
Global Action Plan says it wants small and medium-sized businesses to access the same financial and environmental benefits that have been enjoyed by larger groups from green measures.
"SMEs are a driving force of the UK economy, making up more than half of the UK's GDP and even more of its workforce," said Conrad Healy, an advisor at Global Action Plan.
The charity's programme will provide a minimum of 12 hours of IT support and help companies to identify where savings and improvements can be made.
In other news, the majority of companies in 2010 will opt to invest in upgrading or maintaining existing IT applications instead of implementing new software, according to a new study by Forrester Research.
Holger Kisker, who is a senior analyst at the firm, said that "despite all the hype around new technologies that have hit the market in the past few years, firms are devoting most of their IT spending on already-installed technologies."
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Written by Derek Oldman
