"We filled the vacancy the next day"
Gaming industry 'should receive more support'
Labour Party leadership candidate Ed Balls has condemned the coalition government for failing to support IT applications recruitment in the UK gaming industry.
Mr Balls has called on the government to "rethink axed support for the video games industry".
The minister said that the future of the games industry in Scotland is currently at risk.
He said: "The terrible news this week about Realtime Worlds could be just the start unless the coalition government rethinks its decisions which are costing jobs and risking the recovery."
"While Labour set out plans to support the industry in March, the new government axed it in June."
Mr Balls concluded that dropping support for the IT applications sector was "madness", particularly in the wake of the recent recession.
Recent research from CompTIA has shown that demand from multi-skilled IT workers will increase in the coming years as a combination of management skills and technical ability is sought by companies as the IT recruitment sector picks up.
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Mr Balls has called on the government to "rethink axed support for the video games industry".
The minister said that the future of the games industry in Scotland is currently at risk.
He said: "The terrible news this week about Realtime Worlds could be just the start unless the coalition government rethinks its decisions which are costing jobs and risking the recovery."
"While Labour set out plans to support the industry in March, the new government axed it in June."
Mr Balls concluded that dropping support for the IT applications sector was "madness", particularly in the wake of the recent recession.
Recent research from CompTIA has shown that demand from multi-skilled IT workers will increase in the coming years as a combination of management skills and technical ability is sought by companies as the IT recruitment sector picks up.
Posted by Brian Saah
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