Apprentices the solution to the UK's skills gap

摘要

Apprentices are the solution to addressing the UK's skills gap, say 82% of UK SMEs in results obtained from the Close Brothers Business Barometer, a quarterly survey that questions over 900 UK and Rol SME owners and senior management across a range of sectors and regions. "Skills shortages have made headline news recently and it's clearly an issue that SMEs feel very strongly about," said Neil Davies, CEO of Close Brothers Asset Finance. "Many businesses are very concerned about where their next cohort of skilled workers is going to come from and the answer, they feel, is more apprenticeships.