Skills shortage is a risk to future UK growth

Posted on 12 Jan 2015 by Jonny Williamson

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Stephen Tetlow MBE, chief executive of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, responds to today’s report from EngineeringUK, The State of Engineering 2015, which says satisfying the nation’s demand for new engineering jobs will generate an additional £27bn a year for the UK economy from 2022.

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Stephen Tetlow MBE, chief executive, Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Chief executive of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Stephen Tetlow MBE, commented: “This report shows the UK is facing a cliff-edge. It provides sobering statistics on the drastic shortage of…