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Technology job prospects have never been better, according to the latest survey by KPMG/Markit. The latest tech sector business monitor found that company recruitment plans  “jumped to a survey-record high and tech companies signaled greater confidence about future workloads”. The survey found that growth in the second quarter of the year marked three years of sustained business activity growth across the UK ...

The market transparent conductive film which is used in the production of displays, solar cells and touch screens, will reach $1.2bn in 2025 at the film level (ITO-on-glass, LCD and OLED displays are excluded), writes Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, head of consulting, IDTechEx. Displays and solar cells need light to enter at least one side of the device. At the same ...

July saw a significant increase in the number job vacancies advertised within the manufacturing industry, according to recruitment software provider Recruitive. The number of manufacturing jobs advertised via Recruitive’s multi-posting software increased by a 23% in July compared to June, which follows a steady month on month increase for over 2 years. The average number of candidate’s applying for each ...

The global market for IT products and services in dollar terms is  predicted to shrink by 5.5% this year, according to the latest forecast on IT spending by Gartner. Prospects for the global IT market have worsened in the last three months, but this is largely due to strengthening value of the dollar, says Gartner. In constant-currency terms, the IT ...

Technology job-seekers are recognising their value and placing more importance on salary than ever before, according to research from recruiter Randstad Technologies. A market survey found that the proportion of technology workers saying that pay is the biggest factor in choosing a job has risen in the last three years to 22%. The survey of 10,728 UK-based workers found that ...

The market for M2M cellular modules and wireless terminals is predicted to grow dramatically over the next three years. By the end of 2019 the market for cellular M2M modules is expected to reach $2.2bn, according to a new report by Beecham Research. The numbers of modules and wireless terminal is predicted to more than double in the same period. ...

China Mobile has more subscribers than anyone else, reports Ovum, followed by Vodafone and Bharti Airtel. As China Mobile, with 633 million proportionate subscriptions at end-1Q15, and China Unicom, with 299 million, only operate in China, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel are the largest and second largest international mobile operating groups in the world, respectively, because they both operate in multiple ...

Handset sales are expected to grow from 1.88 billion to 2.16 billion units between 2014 and 2020, at a CAGR of 2.4% reports Ovum. Smartphones will comprise 95% of global handset sales by 2020, up from 65% in 2014, and will first exceed 2 billion unit sales in 2020. “The fact that almost all handsets to be sold in 2020 ...

Just over 40% of British adults have been affected by data breaches. In other words, had their personal information compromised by an organisation, putting them at risk of identity theft or identity fraud. Of these 64% are concerned that it could happen to them again in the future – so says information services firm Experian, after a survey of 2,000 ...

0ne in five people regularly throw old and used electrical items and 43% do not recycle electricals because they do not know how, according to a survey conducted for WEEE producer compliance scheme Repic. It also suggests 57% wanted to find out more, rising to 60% for young people. The UK-wide survey of 1,000 people found that 1 in 10 ...