Digital Preparedness and Upskilling for SMEs
There has never been a more important time for SMEs to reflect on the importance of digital skills and ensuring …
Tag: Digital Skills
Why We Need To Leverage Digital Adoption By Increasing Skills
The pandemic has dramatically accelerated the rate of digital adoption amongst the UK’s small business community. What needs to happen …
The digital skills gap needs closing
By Staff writer
Joachim Horn, founder and CEO of SAM Labs, discusses how and where the new budget seeking to address the digital skills gap should be placed to ensure future generations excel in the workplace.
Minimise risk and boost opportunities by growing your business online
The Amazon Academy event series is returning to help SME owners raise their digital skills game. If you’re looking into exporting and ecommerce, this free event is for you.
Energising the millennial workforce: How to make the most of digital natives
Millennials make up a significant part of the population, and every year more young people with a great affinity for digital technology enter the workforce.
The big recruitment problem in the UK tech industry
By Staff writer
The UK is in the midst of a digital skills crisis, with a recent report suggesting that 12.6m adults lack basic digital skills, while 5.8m have never used the internet at all, which presents a severe recruitment problem.
Exclusive insight on growth of Amazon Academy initiative
With Amazon Academy making its latest outing in Manchester in March, Real Business finds out why the digital heavyweight believes the business events are so useful for growing companies.
General election 2015: Unruly COO Sarah Wood – I’m voting as…
As someone who has taken her business from startup to a global player employing more than 200 people, Sarah Wood is well-placed to tell us what kind of government she would like to come into power.
Apadmi: The digital startup putting money where its mouth is to address the technology skills gap
By Simon Brooke
According to a recent report by digital support and training group Tech City UK, there are over 47,000 digital technology businesses in the UK, with over 50 per cent of these founded less than five years ago – making up a huge portion of the SME market.
Digital skills: Not just about tweeting, it’s about enhancing your business
By Mike Smith
We’re in the middle of a technology revolution. It’s a huge opportunity, and we need to embrace it. Virgin Media Business director Mike Smith explains why.