Government to force IT suppliers to provide training

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Skills secretary John Denham announces initiative to use public procurement power to ensure workforce skills improve

Denham wants IT firms to focus on training IT firms that win government contracts will be required to train their employees to a certain level as part of an initiative announced by skills secreta...

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