Tag: information technology

Press Releases

UKITA speaking at Gold Standard Apprenticeship launch event on the 30th April 2013

Apr 26, 2013 12:30 BST The UK IT Association will be speaking on the benefits for small and medium-sized IT employers of the Gold Standard Apprenticeship scheme and the benefits for smaller enterprises of recruiting and developing new staff through apprenticeships. Other speakers will explain more about the details of the Gold Standard scheme which is delivered by the National IT Partnership.

Oct 10, 2012 10:34 BST Moves by the government to encourage small IT firms to bid for public sector contracts are driving many away, says trade body UKITA The government's strategy of encouraging small and medium-sized IT businesses to bid for public sector contract is driving some suppliers away, according to UKITA, a trade body that represents small IT firms.

Oct 08, 2012 11:23 BST With just over two weeks left to register for the UKITA EXPO, places are still up for grabs for both member and non-member companies wanting to attend and exhibit at the forthcoming event, being held at the University of Wolverhampton’s Telford Innovation Campus on 24 October.

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News

Mar 01, 2013 14:23 GMT An amazing report just released by Cisco has projected that there will be an amazing fifty billion pieces of technology connected to the internet by 2020, a rise of over 400%.

Feb 26, 2013 11:32 GMT The EU Digital Sector is fighting to keep hold of its brightest young talents as the skills gap widens. The EU has many young people with the appropriate skills, but the inability to match the talent digital youths with the abundance of IT jobs is leading to more and more young IT professionals to look elsewhere for employment.

Feb 25, 2013 16:20 GMT • Industry Morally Obliged to Help Youths Find Work • Launch of Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs and Training • Andrew Corbett, MD of the UK IT Association, Comments

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Blog posts

May 27, 2011 21:20 BST A guest blog on UK Fast Blog by Andrew Corbett from the UKITA. The UK IT ecosystem is fractured. There is a glass ceiling between the IT businesses that are known to and have accessed help from things like RDA growth project funds and the huge number of IT businesses who are not on the radar of the policy makers and funders.

Documents

Calling the Digital Nation - The Invisible SME IT majority

Oct 07, 2011 15:47 BST As a member and board director of the UK IT Association for the past 7 years, I have had the opportunity to observe at close quarters the private sector IT industry at all levels as well as the public sector organisations which seek to help them and improve their performance. I would like to put forward my view that the IT ecosystem in the UK is fractured ... (read full article in the PDF)

UKITA and PIN-SME – The voice of ICT SMEs in Europe

Sep 14, 2011 13:36 BST UKITA is a founding member of PIN-SME, the European Association for SMEs within the ICT sector. Our chairman, Charles Huthwaite, is the UK representative and a vice-president of PIN-SME which currently represents over 50,000 ICT companies in eight countries.

UKITA for small businesses

Sep 14, 2011 13:34 BST UKITA is the trade association for small and medium-sized IT-related businesses throughout the UK. As a small business you are in a great position to benefit from the support and opportunities that UKITA can offer.

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Contacts

Andrew Corbett

Recruiting, informing and delivering services to the members of the UK IT Association (UKITA) - the UK's dedicated trade association for suppliers of IT products and services in the SME sector. Championing quality, professionalism and fair dealing with customers.