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• Breakfast with Logistics takes off in Doncaster

  8 Oct 2013

  Skills for Logistics (SfL) held its latest ‘Breakfast with Logistics’ event at Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster on 8 October. This important growth location offers opportunities for airfreight when the future Inland Port is implemented and will employ 5,000 people.

• Skills for Logistics promotes exciting logistics careers to young people

  24 Sep 2013

  Skills for Logistics, working with partner SWAN CIC, delivered a ‘Made in China’ event to four teams of pupils from Parker E-ACT Academy in Daventry and Campion Secondary School in Northampton.

• OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION GROWTH HAMPERED BY LACK OF SKILLS, RESEARCH FINDS

  23 Sep 2013

  The UK’s growth could be hampered by a lack of new skills to support modern methods of construction, according to a report published today by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

• England should expand provision of postsecondary vocational programmes, says OECD

  23 Sep 2013

  England should expand the provision of postsecondary vocational training in order to meet the changing needs of students and employers, according to a new OECD report.

• Energy & Utility Skills network wins prestigious training initiative of the year award for small business

  23 Sep 2013

  Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) in partnership with QMSA Ltd win Best Training Initiative of the Year Award at the 2013 Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.

• New cross sector partnership fuels business growth and apprenticeship opportunities

  18 Sep 2013

  A consortium of 10 Cornish business sectors has formed a partnership to stimulate industry growth and create hundreds of apprenticeships through the Cornwall Apprenticeship Agency.

• New report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills reveals that IT specialists are the new force powering the UK economy

  12 Sep 2013

  A report published today, “Technology and Skills in the Digital Industries” reveals that the potential of the digital sector to boost economic growth is being hampered by a lack of skills.

• UKCES strengthened by new commissioner appointments

  2 Sep 2013

  The Business Secretary, Vince Cable, today announced the appointment of five new Commissioners at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

• Project Shutdown provides transition training for local industry apprentices

  29 Aug 2013

  A first of its kind training programme took place earlier this month at the CATCH facility in North East Lincolnshire as 33 apprentices from 10 regional companies came together to take part in Project Shutdown.

• Raising standards and challenging perceptions in the automotive sector

  21 Aug 2013

  The automotive retail sector is a substantial generator of wealth for the UK, turning over £146billion and £25billion GVA. However, the sector suffers from poor public perception which makes attracting high calibre talent to the sector difficult. Automotive technology also advances at a rapid pace, creating a need to drive up skills standards in the sector if it is to remain profitable and fit for purpose.