If Gordon Brown is relying on the UK’s technology skills to get us out of recession, he’s out of luck. The latest World Economic Forum report on networked economies puts the UK 15th, a drop of three places from last year. And well below Iceland and the rest of the Nordic economies who dominate the top 10.

While plans are afoot to get primary school children blogging and tweeting are a step in the right direction it is really time to invest in training existing staff and ensuring they have the resources if we are to come out of the recession in a competitive position