£60m growth fund will address IT skills gap

Sooraj Shah
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The fund aims to support employers taking collective action to overcome skills issues, said business secretary Vince Cable

The government is to plough a £60m growth and innovation fund into the economy, with the IT sector expecting to see at least some of this dedicated to plugging the IT skills gap. The fund aims t...

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