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Technology Manifesto plans to boost UK IT industry
Industry leaders from across the UK have banded together to create a new Technology Manifesto which proposes that the government offer tax incentives along with other benefits to encourage the growth of the IT sector.
Anh Nguyen of ComputerWorldUK reports that the 20-page manifesto outlines proposals to boost the availability of IT skills in the UK, and calls for the government to create 250,000 new jobs in the sector over the next 10 years.
Under the new scheme, graduates of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) would be helped with their personal debt, while the government and private sector companies would be urged to consider graduate recruitment policies when awarding contracts.
The Technology Manifesto is being led by sector trade body Intellect, and is backed by firms including Iris and Kewill. It follows up on a previous manifesto titled Making BrITain Great Again, launched by Microfocus in July 2009.
According to TechMarketView founder Richard Holway, some of the manifesto's proposals could provide a significant boost to the IT industry, if the UK government takes them on board - principally the rollout of high-speed broadband, creating an intelligent transport system and establishing smart grids to improve the delivery of electricity, which he predicts could lead to the creation of 700,000 jobs.
Mr Holway said the manifesto would be sent to all the major political parties, explaining: "John Higgins [director general of Intellect] is going to individually and face-to-face lobby each of the parties with the manifesto."
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