1 in 20 residents now work in sectors
Unprecedented growth in e-Gaming and IT is transforming the Island into a global hub, it's being claimed.
Recent figures from Treasury show as many as one in every twenty residents now works in either or both of the sectors.
Daphne Caine is the MHK responsible for e-Business in the Department of Economic Development.
She says the industries' rapid expansion is a 'success story' - highlighted by a continued shortage of people to fill new jobs.
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