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IT Career Advice & Guidance
Government extends apprenticeship grant for SMEs
Opportunity for IT organisations to apply for a £1,500 grant read more »
BDUK expects 63% of 2012/13 budget will be spent on rural broadband
The figure is down from 100% of its budget in 2010/11 read more »
DWP has sacked 11 employees for using social media
Some 105 other employees have also faced disciplinary action by the Department read more »
IBM appoints new UK Chief Executive
David Stokes will replace Stephen Leonard, who has held the position since early 2010 read more »
TfL starts £15m technical consultancy procurement
TfL envisages signing up up to 20 suppliers for 11 lots of work read more »
James Dyson slams UK government's obsession with 'web fads'
More emphasis should be put on engineering and science, claims Dyson read more »
Amazon adds 100 new jobs to London digital centre
The tech giant is seeking software engineers, user-interface experts and graphic designers read more »
Network Rail to cut 4,000 jobs and save £250m a year by centralising operations
It plans to spend £337m between 2014 and 2019 on IT read more »
First 100 apprentices hired in new IT industry scheme
National Skills Academy shows the way for SMEs to boost skills read more »
David Cameron increases Start-Up Loan pot to £110m
An additional £30 million has be added to help new business get off the ground read more »
Liam Maxwell appointed government CTO
Maxwell will support a network of Digital Leaders created by the Government Digital Service read more »
Telefónica starts funding round for start-ups
Successful projects will receive help to grow their business, with technical and commercial support read more »
IT project managers buck lower hourly rate trend
UK hourly IT contractor rates have declined overall read more »
RBS CIO warns of losing offshored staff to Google and Facebook
The UK bank has a centre in Delhi where it employs 1,600 technical staff read more »
Big data workers earn 20% more
The research also estimates £2.5 billion has already been spent on big data salaries in the UK read more »
Citigroup culls 1,000 jobs. IT in firing line
Some work to be moved offshore says banking giant read more »
Big Data skills shortage threat to UK economy
More than three quarters say learning on the job and self-teaching are essential read more »
UK workers less 'creative' and more 'motivated' in LinkedIn 2012 buzzwords
LinkedIn users increasingly describe selves as responsible and analytical, rather than dynamic and having communications skills read more »
Maude hails UK Cyber Security Strategy one year after launch
Cabinet Office minister unveils range of new initiatives read more »
Researchers tell traditional universities to ignore e-learning ‘at their peril’
University of Reading is helping to develop a new tool with funding from the EU read more »













