New business group launched to boost digital skills

A new business group has been launched with the aim of improving skills within the region's tech sector.

Called the West Midlands Digital Skills Consortium, it comprises a host of businesses and organisations with the aim of boosting knowledge and offering advice and guidance to employers.

Founding members include business body TechWM, West Midlands Combined Authority and tech giant IBM, working under the leadership of digital skills director Victoria Pargetter-Garner from TechWM.

The consortium said the initiative was aiming to address what it called "the urgent need for a skilled tech workforce" in the West Midlands.

It is hoping to bridge the region's digital skills gap and help local businesses and SMEs to thrive in a rapidly evolving economy.

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