Skills remain a key priority for manufacturers, with a new report by a West Midlands group revealing that training budgets have not been hit by rising inflation.
The current UK skills system focuses on academic skills, these are important but not at the expense of neglecting the skills needed by the majority of employers and most of the workforce to cope .
Those looking at policies to avoid the UK being left behind as a bureaucratically planned Cannery Row, need to identify, publicise and build on what is already happening around the world (as well .