Welcome to your round up of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.
This week, we have statistics relating to the national skills shortage, the adoption of blockchain for property transactions, FinTech M&As, the digital high street and gender imbalance on senior executive teams.
Skills shortage
The fourth annual “Albion Growth Report” found 50% of small businesses with over five employees are planning to grow their employee base in the next two years.
However, finding skilled staff was identified as the number one challenge faced by business owners.
The research was based on interviews with 1,000 SMEs, and revealed the biggest skills gap reported by SMEs is marketing (26%). This is followed by new technology (21%), business planning (17%) and financial management (9%)....