Manufacturing skills for the future

Posted on 3 Aug 2012 by Tim Brown

The Liverpool City Region is seeing a revival in its manufacturing sector but the current employment stock is unable to meet the likely demand of industry. David Rawlinson, a Partner at law firm Hill Dickinson, takes a look at the issue.

At a Hill Dickinson event in March, business leaders and representatives from schools, HE and FE organisations said the Merseyside region needs to create 20,000 jobs by 2020 if it is to meet the demand of the region’s large strategic projects. The Manufacturing Skills for the Future event saw over 90 attendees discuss the challenges…

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