Industry skills gap

Potential skills shortages across the industry are a concern for many of our members. Through initiatives such as Ecotrophelia (p7) and the Student Launchpad, it is something we are helping to address. We are also supporting the Institute of Grocery Distribution´s Feeding Britain´s Future Campaign - an initiative that is being run in conjunction with Job Centre Plus to tackle youth unemployment. During Skills for Work month in September, we will be opening the eyes of a group of unemployed 16 to 24-year-olds to the wide variety of jobs available in food and drink research and encouraging them to explore the roles to which their skills might be best suited. They willl also get to experience first hand what a day working in food research might be like via a hands-on session.