If Clive Sinclair’s genius in consumer electronics was in using ingenious hacks to make cheaper parts do greater things, then his Amstrad competitor Alan Sugar’s was in selling decade-old technology ...

If you were a computer-mad teen in the late 1980s, you were probably in the process of graduating from an 8-bit machine to a 16-bit one, maybe an Amiga, or an Atari ST. For the first time though you ...

The tycoon, who fronts BBC One reality series The Apprentice, bought back the rights to the household brand name for new agency Amstrad Digital. Lord Sugar criticised the 'belligerent' old management ...

The Amstrad CPC has turned 40. If you were ‘there at the time’, we can only apologise for making you feel ancient. Or, you know, spend some time celebrating a British classic – the home micro that ...

Anyone out there with an old forgotten Amstrad computer in their attic – you’re about to have an 8-bit of luck. Because the man who sold it to you might be offering to buy it back. Amstrad founder ...

In 1989, UK computing icon Amstrad was poised for world domination and, if not for a product recall, it could be as big as Apple today, according to Nick Hewer, Countdown presenter and formerly Alan ...

Broadcaster BSkyB has struck a deal to buy television set-top box maker Amstrad for about £125m. Amstrad, which was founded by the star of BBC One's The Apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar, supplies about 30% ...

Lord Sugar is bringing back his famous brand Amstrad with a new digital marketing company led by his grandson. The business mogul, who stars in BBC One's The Apprentice, bought back the rights to the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. British pay-TV company BSkyB on Tuesday agreed to buy Amstrad, the consumer electronics company run by Alan ...

Consumer electronics manufacturer Amstrad announced on Wednesday that it is targeting small businesses, home workers and consumers with the launch of a fixed-line videophone. The E3 Videophone will ...

The Amstrad brand will continue under BSkyB after it agreed to buy the business from media tycoon Sir Alan Sugar for £125m. Amstrad group yesterday (Tuesday) accepted the terms of the Sky takeover bid ...

Amstrad (remember their PCs from the 80s?) has just released a £99 multi-function videophone in the UK. The E3 works as a regular phone until both parties connect via the "Video" button, at which ...