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Ok Computer: The Rise of Coding in The Toy Industry
May 8, 2017Aardvark Swift's marketing executive, Joey Relton discusses the UK's worrying skills shortage and how coding toys might just help provide the answer to this problem Teaching children how to code through play isn’t a new or ...
Tags: Toy Industry, coding toys
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Gold Industry in Denial on Debt, Losses, and Needs to Explore More: Randgold
Dec 2, 2015The gold industry is not doing enough to combat debt and rising losses and not investing enough in exploration, Randgold CEO Mark Bristow said Tuesday. "A number of major companies in the industry today are simply not viable," Bristow ...
Tags: gold industry, Mines
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SME Continue to Face a Myriad of Challenges in The Current Business Environment
May 29, 2015Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) continue to face a myriad of challenges in the current business environment, and this is unlikely to change in the near future. Disruptive technologies and innovation are accelerating the need for ...
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The Global IT Market Will Require 20 Per Cent More Skilled Big Data Analytics Roles
Nov 6, 2013The global IT market will require 20 per cent more skilled big data analytics roles than it currently has within the next five years, Les Rechan, general manager of IBM business analytics, has warned. Speaking at IBM's Information On ...
Tags: IBM, Computer Products, software
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CSC UK Is a Government- and Industry-Backed Initiative
Oct 30, 2013The Cyber Security Challenge UK (CSC UK), a series of national events designed to encourage talented professionals to join the UK IT security industry, is a government- and industry-backed initiative that has enabled 40 participants to ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Europe's Economy Is in The Doldrums
Oct 29, 2013Europe's economy is in the doldrums. Yet companies are still looking to the future with a positive mindset. 76% of survey respondents expect a return to robust economic growth in 2015. But the prospects for European competitiveness are not ...
Tags: Competitive Edge, Europe's economy
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The BBC Is Launching a New Initiative
Oct 11, 2013The BBC is launching a new initiative that aims to "bring digital technology and computer coding to even more homes, businesses and schools" over the coming years, in a bid to plug the UK's digital skills gap. Government and industry are ...
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The U.S. Skills Is Far Less of a Problem Than Many People Believe in The Short Term
Sep 26, 2013The U.S. skills shortage will be far less of a problem than many people believe in the short term, and it is unlikely to prevent a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing in the next few years, according to a report by The Boston Consulting Group ...
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The Rapid Rise in Adoption Will Lead to a Major Shortage of IT Professionals
Sep 22, 2013The rapid rise in adoption of cloud technology will lead to a major shortage of IT professionals with the right mix of skills that companies require to architect, deploy, build and manage software in the could, a cloud computing expert has ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Cloud Computing
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Chuka Umunna MP Spent Around Two Hours at Duo UK as He Gained First-Hand Experience
Aug 30, 2013Chuka Umunna MP spent around two hours at Duo UK as he gained first-hand experience of how British manufacturers are coping in the current economic conditions as well exploring how the rising cost of living is affecting employees. Other ...
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The U.S. Skills Will Be Far Less of a Problem Than Many People Believe in The Short Term
Aug 29, 2013The U.S. skills shortage will be far less of a problem than many people believe in the short term, and it is unlikely to prevent a resurgence in U.S. manufacturing in the next few years, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting ...
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JCQ Has Released Its Reports on Attainment with ICT Once Again Falling Outside The Top Ten
Aug 16, 2013With A-level results appearing up and down the country, the JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) has released its reports on attainment, as well as numbers of pupils entering for examinations, with ICT once again falling outside the top ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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DCA Has Launched a Bootcamp to Lure Unemployed Graduates to Work in The Industry
Aug 16, 2013In a bid to plug a "major skills gap" in the datacentre industry, the professional association Data Centre Alliance (DCA) has launched a bootcamp to lure unemployed graduates to work in the industry. The DCA claims that the data centre ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Data
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Results From a Recent Survey Suggest That The Industrial Sector Is Generally Optimistic
Jun 26, 2013Results from a recent survey suggest that the industrial sector is generally optimistic about its growth prospects for the coming year, but sees an array of regulatory and policy-related issues as threats to its continued recovery. These ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
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One of The Most Politically Charged Phrases in IT These Days Is "Skills Shortage"
May 22, 2013One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series of industry-sponsored amendments to the immigration bill. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software