Government software supplier Lagan today announced that it was included in the 2009 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Ireland. Placement is based on average percentage revenue growth over five years. Lagan grew 254 per cent during this period to record its highest ever revenue of over £15 million in the last year. The award marked the ninth consecutive time Lagan has been included in this prestigious assessment of company growth.

Two suspected cases of swine flu in Scotland have been confirmed as positive and both individuals are now recovering at Monklands Hospital in Lanarkshire.

The number of young people not able to get the first job is rising and this is often due to the lack of “soft skills” needed to get into the service sector, according to a new report from the Work Foundation.

In the past 20 minutes, ten people have been diagnosed with cancer and five people have died of it in the UK. Since 90% of diagnoses are in people over 50, an ageing population will only aggravate the problem.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has partnered with the think-tank Localis to launch a report arguing for a locally driven regeneration scheme. The report uses several case studies of successful regeneration schemes around the UK.

The EU is to come down hard on credit ratings agencies who gave the top AAA rating to debt that unrivalled in the financial crisis.

The government’s green tax on companies will inevitably mean higher energy bills for consumers, the energy minister Ed Davey has warned.

Singapore Infocom Development Authority (IDA) has chosen Singtel to deliver the private cloud infrastructure for government as well as the public cloud services.  

The Central Applications Office (CAO) of the Republic of Ireland has released figures showing a 28% rise in the number of UK students applying to universities in the Republic.

MPs have attacked the government’s progress with creating a green economy, calling for new regulation to tackle emissions, resource efficiency and waste.