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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Daniel O'Boyle

Shortage of skilled workers could be forcing British companies to go to US, tech secretary says

A lack of properly skilled workers could be forcing British companies to go to America, science and technology secretary Michelle Donelan said, as the Government launched a new push to get more people into skills bootcamps.

The UK’s ability to hold onto tech firms came into greater focus last year when chip giant Arm opted to list its shares in New York rather than London. Other British startups, like AI firm DeepMind, have been bought out by American tech giants.

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