is not just the future but also the present. here in the uk, the digital sector contributes more than £200 billion a year to the economy. but despite this, leaders say that persistent skills shortages are holding the sector back. the institute of coding is trying to address the digital skills gap, and this week they announced the one millionth learner to have participated in one of their digital skills programmes. live now to professor rachid hourizi, director of the institute of coding. first of all how bad is the skills shortage?- first of all how bad is the skills shortaae? , ., ., skills shortage? good morning, thank ou skills shortage? good morning, thank you for skills shortage? good morning, thank you for having skills shortage? good morning, thank you for having me. - skills shortage? good morning, thank you for having me. i - thank you for having me. i think you have given a very good introduction to it. the answer is depending on the part of the british economy and the a
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