Half of UK SMEs face major skills ‘crisis’

Posted on 11 Jul 2017 by Jonny Williamson

Hiring, retaining and training will be the greatest challenge for 47% of UK SMEs over the next 12 months, considered more serious than either Brexit or political turmoil.

14 million employees are expected to retire over the next seven years, with just seven million people of working age entering the market. Longer-term, the country’s endemic skills issue is going to be compounded by the 14 million employees expected to retire over the next seven years, with just seven million…

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