Skills Shortage

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UK SMES facing costly skills gap as war for talent endures

Skills Shortage

19 October 2019

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31 January 2019

Skills gaps crisis widens as employers fail to develop entire workforce

The findings go on to show that while 81 percent of workers believe the skills they need to do their job will change over the...

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1 August 2018

Skills shortage costing businesses £6.3 billion

The majority of organisations in the UK (91 percent) struggled to find workers with the right skills over the past 12 months. The Open University...

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15 June 2018

Fears over skills shortage in Cumbria heighten

A survey carried out HR professionals has uncovered a significant concern about Cumbria’s skills shortage and the problems of recruiting staff. Asked what they believed...

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14 April 2018

Skills shortage forcing inflated wages

Almost half of north west tech and digital businesses have had to increase wages above typical levels in order to remain competitive, according to research...

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7 January 2018

Struggle to find skilled people continues

Regardless of their hiring expectations, 7 in 10 business leaders think they will struggle to find talent with the skills they need next year. In...

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13 September 2017

A third of UK firms looking to globalise IT

Businesses to invest in global infrastructure to combat skills shortage. With nearly six in ten (59 percent) organisations committed to pursuing digitalisation over the next year,...

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Employers risk fuelling UK skills crisis

Skills Shortage

10 September 2017

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1 September 2017

Labour market issues ease slightly

Regional dynamics of the global labour market: skills in demand and tomorrow’s workforce’ is based on an analysis of professional employment markets across 33 global...

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14 June 2017

Shortage of 350,000 cybersecurity professionals by 2022

European firms want to grow their cybersecurity teams by at least 15% in the next 12 months, further showing the need for a response to...

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26 April 2017

UK’s skills crisis laid bare UK bottom of international class

England and Northern Ireland together rank in the bottom four OECD countries for literacy and numeracy among 16-24 year olds; Employers train less and invest...

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Schools essential to closing skills gap

Skills Shortage

18 March 2017

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