Merseyside ICT was
formed in November 2003 by David Bold. Its purpose was to represent the ICT
sector on Merseyside. Its activities included
forming and supporting local business
networking groups though to setting up and
hosting fact finding tours into Europe and
the USA.It was particularly successful in
helping key developing companies reach new
customers and markets. It was also very successful in
attracting inward investment to Merseyside
for the ICT sector.
However Merseyside did
not have many large IT companies and it was
difficult to find financial sponsorship to
take the work further forward. Despite interest from IBM and
Microsoft there was not enough impetus to
continue the work. At the close of 2008 the funding came to an end and with it the end
of the sector representation.
In April 2009 the
company launched its trading name of
SkillsGen and commenced the delivery of IT
oriented training, with particular focus on
Microsoft technologies being a Microsoft
Gold Partner and holding the Learning
Competency which enable it to deliver
Official Microsoft Courses - the only training
company on Merseyside so qualified. It also opened
additional premises in Hatton Garden from
which it delivers Software Development and
Network design and support.
It invested the proceeeds from its commercial activity into development of software for the Care Sector and in 2011 launched its first major package of Care Planning Software.
