Training Incentives Report [Video]

It’s no secret that Britain has a training problem. Our working adults aged between 25 and 64 hold a third less vocational qualifications than other OECD countries, while UK business investment also sits well below the OECD average. At the same time, we are struggling to overcome a chasmic digital skills gap, with vacancies in the tech sector now equivalent to 13.8% of the country’s entire tech workforce. These are critical issues policymakers, industry and training providers must come together to resolve if we are to unlock productivity and growth.

QA commissioned public policy research agency Public First to investigate businesses’ perceptions of training and the barriers they face when it comes to investing in critical skills. The report “Workplace Training: The Productivity and Growth Accelerator” gets under the skin of these challenges and perceptions, giving businesses a voice to explore what could be done differently and providing practical solutions that we believe might help break through the artificial ceiling we’ve created in …