Facebook has two million businesses advertising on its social network, and now plans to improve the uptake by launching learning centres and training programmes to support small companies, brands and marketers.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business has embarked on its first UK-teaching initiative, Stanford-Ignite London, which will search for talented British innovators across science, technology, engineering and mathematics sectors.
At a Digital Youth Council meeting, made up of tech-savvy youngsters aged 9-17 as chosen by Virgin Media Business, Richard Branson has insisted that digital skills are incredibly important for the future of the UK’s economy.
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.
Kuato Studios, included in the 2015 Everline Future 50, is on a quest to spread its “learnification” ideals to change the way society views learning, which has been helped with changes to the UK curriculum to include coding – skills widely considered an importance as children grow up in today’s digital age. The mission is being driven forward by directors with extensive experience in both gaming and educational sectors.
Businesses are planning to create jobs in every region of the UK this year as the recovery continues, but many are concerned that the nation’s growing skills gap, which has the potential to leave many jobs unfilled, has become the number one workforce threat to the long-term health of the economy.
The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all. However, the UK is still lagging behind. There have been numerous discussions about the potential for men to help achieve gender equality, but a First Women Summit debate asked what policies the next UK government should be prioritising in order to support women in business.
The UK’s engineering sector is reportedly at risk of suffering economic damage, but a group of London youngsters have been given a taste of the mechanical market through the art of paper folding.
By David Miller
As every company and job are considered digital today, there’s a responsibility to bridge the divide in UK schools, colleges and universities with a technology ecosystem, preventing the country from stifling potential and failing youngsters.
Charlie Mullins is sceptical about suggestions that ending school uniforms would make schooling more effective.
