3.17 Significant action is already in hand. Programme for Business has worked with Business Links and their equivalents in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to develop a network of 80 Local Support Centres, giving smaller businesses access to independent advice on the use of digital technologies. The University For Industry will target ICT skills in business as a key priority. I wouldn't have known where to start. Now that the ordering system is set up I just switch it on in the morning and see where our new customers are.
People access the site and place credit card orders from all over the world.
It has also given the company a professional modern image. In addition, the Government plans to invest some 20 million extra over three years. It will complete national coverage of ISI Local Support Centres by Autumn 1999, accompanied by an enhanced promotional campaign. It will back a private-sector initiative to ensure that all advisors to small business, in the public and private sectors, can deliver consistent and integrated advice on IT and business best practice. The Advisor Skills Initiative, being piloted by Microsoft, Intel, Compaq and BT in partnership with DTI, will create a network of quality-accredited SME advisors.