Karen Price, chief executive officer of e-skills UK, received an Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 2009, e-skills UK was rated 'outstanding' in the process to re-license Sector Skills Councils. In August 2009, e-skills UK developed a £5.6 million scheme with the Open University called Vital, to train school teachers on technology in a form of continuing professional development (CPD). Vital was launched at the annual BETT trade show. In February 2010 e-skills UK, Google and BT Group formed the Getting British Business Online project (GBBO). In the same year, the group reported that the UK IT industry was around 8% of the UK economy, and covered 5.7% of the working population (IT and telecoms). 860,000 persons worked in the IT industry, plus another approximately 680,000 in IT-related positions. The report concluded that "continued adoption and exploitation of IT & Telecoms technologies could generate an additional £35 billion to the UK economy." See also British Computer Society (BCS) Becta References External links National Skills Academy for IT CC4G – Computer Clubs for Girls e-skills passport BigAmbition – aimed at teenagers Getting British Business Online 2003 establishments in the United Kingdom Government agencies established in 2003 Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom Information technology education Organisations based in the City of Westminster Sector Skills Councils