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The UK’s skills gap is narrowing for first time in 10 years, with new figures suggesting it has passed its Peak - in 2025

A UK GOVERNMENT report reveals a 'CRISIS' due to reduction the number of organisations facing skills shortages this year, dropping from 80% to 76%.

However, its UK managing director Michael Stull urged caution when predicting what the findings could mean for productivity and the future of British business, particularly in light of increasing inflation and soaring employer costs following the chancellor’s latest Budget announcement.

He said: “The significant drop in the UK talent shortage could mean we’re over the peak of the skills gap which has intensified over the past decade since its last drop in 2014. Organisations have worked hard during this time to drive positive chang

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The shortage of skilled workers impacts various sectors differently. Before the pandemic, only 4-5% of retail and hospitality employees engaged in reskilling. By September 2021, job ads in these fields jumped to about 150% of pre-pandemic levels, reflecting a significant labor shortage. The travel and tourism industry, heavily affected by the pandemic, has increasingly automated processes, risking job displacement and necessitating new skills not readily available.

In the information and communications sector, there’s a growing need for soft skills like resilience and flexibility, which are often lacking. Similarly, professional services require analytical thinking and innovation but do not prioritize these in training programs. In construction and engineering, one in three job vacancies remains unfilled due to a skills gap. A VDMA survey revealed that 78% of HR managers struggle to find qualified engineering candidates. EngineeringUK reports a shortfall of 59,000 skilled workers annually in core engineering r

More than half of UK businesses are currently experiencing skills shortages, and a survey of almost 500 leaders of medium-sized businesses across England and Scotland found that they all thought the current UK skills shortage could pose a threat to their growth.

However, analysis by the New Economic Foundation (NEF) suggests that the current UK skills policy and the £500m committed to help people back to work after furlough will not be enough to meet the scale of the skills shortage challenge. NEF suggests more upskilling and retraining options will be needed for those facing redundancy due to jobs that are no longer required, replaced by automation or for those businesses seeing decline inactivity. In addition, a huge 80% of employers believe that current graduates are lacking in the skills.

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