16/07/2001

EUROPEAN FUNDING BOOSTS UK IT BUSINESSES

UK businesses currently receiving European funding for innovative IT projects have urged others to follow their example, by contacting the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) support initiative UKISHELP.

In the month that the European Commission announced details of the latest £250 million available from the Information Society Technologies (IST) Programme, current participants have revealed that the funding represents only one of the good reasons to consider involvement.

The IST Programme is a major European initiative to help promote the development of technologies and applications and to demonstrate their use.

The programme aims to promote industrial competitiveness and improve quality of life in Europe and many UK businesses are ideally place to benefit.

UKISHELP is the DTI’s support initiative that offers advice and a programme of support events especially targeted to those companies with most to gain from involvement. UK organisations are being urged to find out more by visiting the UKISHELP website at www.ukishelp.co.uk (MB)

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