EU open data promotion could benefit UK economy, says CEBR

"The European Union’s moves towards an open data directive, updating the terms of the reuse of public sector information, will create 58,000 jobs in the UK up to 2017 and will add £216bn to the country’s economy, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). Mikael Hagstrom, executive vice-president for the EMEA region of SAS, a statistical software supplier, says the directive will help the EU to tackle Europe’s youth unemployment and stimulate economic growth. To achieve this, he argues it is essential to put the next generation of skills into the workplace ..."