Industry urged to make most of £3m training hub

Posted on 1 Feb 2017 by Jonny Williamson

The newly appointed managing director of the Marches Centre of Manufacturing & Technology training hub has challenged employers to help him create a ‘Marches Engineering Powerhouse’.

Based in Birdgnorth (Shropshire), the 36,000 sqft Marches Centre of Manufacturing & Technology (MCMT) was unveiled in December 2016 and has the ambitious target of reaching and training ‘2,020 learners by 2020’. Its managing director, Matt Snelson believes that industry has to stop ‘cannibalising’ the skills pool and instead invest in developing the next-generation of…

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