There is a skills shortage in many sectors of UK business, right across the board and yet there are certain industries that are experiencing a boom in the form of sustained and significant expansion, even in the face of the current economic difficulties Industries such as plumbing, construction, oil and gas, midwifery, finance, teaching, nursing, public relations, customer services and IT are all continuing to grow

IT is now an integral part of almost every aspect of modern life It is an astonishing fact that around 21 million people in the UK use IT at work each day, while the IT industry itself is responsible for the design, development, manufacture, selling, installation and maintenance of computer-based information systems in everything from laptops to power-stations