Skills shortage still hampering manufacturers

Posted on 29 Mar 2016 by Victoria Fitzgerald

Productivity and the digital industrial revolution could be threatened because of government failure to address the skills gap, warns a new EEF report out today.

Manufacturers’ plans to drive productivity improvements and to capitalise on Industry 4.0  could be derailed because the UK is struggling to provide the right quantity and quality of skills to meet the sector’s needs. Over the next three years, industry bosses expect a significant increase in the demand for skills, but almost three quarters (72%)…

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