Skilled jobs more difficult to fill

The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) have compared two surveys of 6,000 businesses conducted ten years apart, and found that there has been a fifty percent increase in the number of companies who admit to difficulties in finding skilled workers.

David Frost, Director General of the BCC, told a special conference that "Employers tell us all the time that they are frustrated that young people are not equipped with the right skills for the workplace. The system is simply not providing potential employees with the right skills for business and our figures show it has been failing for many years. The skills of our workforce are already lagging behind many of our global competitors. The Government must implement lasting reform or our competitive edge could be seriously harmed. Businesses cannot wait any longer."

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