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1 Accessibility has never been more important
The news that benefits claimants will soon have to manage their claims online has caused concern among charities, who say there are still too many people without internet access. Being online is increasingly important for those looking for work, as in today’s fast moving jobs market, candidates need to grasp opportunities as soon as they arise. While [...] 		11-Sep-2012
09:07
2 Data shows even more Britons are getting online
New Government statistics show that more than 600,000 Britons used the internet for the first time during the last 12 months. That’s more people than live in Glasgow, but there are still more than 8million who have never gone online, according to the Internet Access Quarterly Update from the Office for National Statistics. The disappointing thing about [...] 		16-May-2012
15:38
3 Announcing the UK’s Digital Hero 2011
Yesterday afternoon we were at the House of Lords for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards ceremony. It was a fitting finale for what has been a fantastic competition packed full of incredible individuals working for equally amazing projects. As well as recognising all twelve regional finalists, each of whom will receive a £5,000 grant for their [...] 		25-Nov-2011
17:41
4 Go ON, Get online with our Broadband Expert tutorials
In support of the ‘Go ON give an hour’ initiative our Chief Executive Dido Harding posted about earlier this week, we will be holding beginner internet sessions at our TalkTalk Customer Experience Centre in London over the coming weeks. The one hour tutorial sessions will be open to anyone who wants an introduction to the internet [...] 		28-Oct-2011
10:31
5 Thirty per cent of life tasks are now conducted online
Thirty per cent of life tasks are now conducted online according to an analysis we’ve just completed. We asked more than 20,000 people about their online habits and found that in homes with a broadband connection almost one third of everything we do – from communication to entertainment to shopping to life management – is now [...] 		27-Oct-2011
11:41
6 Introduce someone to the wonders of the web this weekend
This Sunday the clocks go back. For many that’s just an excuse to have an extra hour in bed, but this year Martha Lane Fox, the UK’s Digital Champion, is calling on us to use that time to help get someone online. Most of us couldn’t imagine life without the internet but there are still [...] 		25-Oct-2011
13:44
7 Investing smartly in broadband’s future
The Government outlined its spending review on Wednesday.  Buried in the detail was spending plans for broadband where they have committed an extra £300m (from the TV licence fee) on top of the £230m already allocated. We wholeheartedly support the investment to get speeds up to a minimum of 2Mbps across the country – Lord Carter’s [...] 		22-Oct-2010
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8 Presenting the Networked Nation Manifesto at Number 10
At 4.50pm yesterday, the Prime Minister strode into the Cabinet Office to be greeted by an unfamiliar sight. Our Race Online 2012 People’s Taskforce were sitting excitedly in the seats ordinarily reserved for secretaries of state and ministers. They told the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) Jeremy [...] 		13-Jul-2010
15:30
9 Joining up our Networked Nation
Yesterday saw the announcement of two Government policy initiatives. In the morning came the publication of the Manifesto for a Networked Nation, a commitment to get the ten million Brits who’ve never used the internet online by 2012. Inevitably this was upstaged by the afternoon announcement, the much anticipated White Paper on health. Most commentators focused on [...] 		13-Jul-2010
09:50
10 How You Can Help Get Everyone Online By 2012
As a core first wave Race Online 2012 partner, TalkTalk’s dedication and commitment to helping achieve a fully networked nation has been amazing. Through a variety of customer facing initiatives, TalkTalk aims to get a staggering 100,000 new users online by 2012. But we also need your help… In early July, we at Race Online 2012 [...] 		08-Jun-2010
08:27
11 We’re committed to Race Online 2012
Race Online 2012 is the digital inclusion campaign led by Martha Lane Fox and supported by the government. Yesterday it announced its prestigious list of commercial partners, of which we are one. Together we will be aiming to get 600,000 people online for the first time by the start of the London Olympics, as part of Race Online's bigger objective of getting four million people online in total by 2012. 		31-Mar-2010
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