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IMI welcomes Skills England latest report

Skills England has published its latest report assessing the skills needs across a range of sectors and underlining the value of apprenticeships and continued training. The report, Sector Evidence to […]

Warrantywise warns of EV repair skills shortage

A shortage of EV repair skills is among the most serious skills challenges of the century. This is according to leading automotive expert, Lawrence Whittaker, CEO of Warrantywise. He believes the […]

Autotech Recruit delivers skills gap deep dive

Autotech Recruit has delved deeply into the current skills crisis to identify the extent the challenge and the areas where it is most acute. Its annual recruitment survey, which took […]

New report reveals SMEs in crisis

A new report by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) has highlighted the challenges around innovation, net zero and skills facing small businesses in the vehicle repair sector and beyond. The […]

IMI urges skills investment

The Institute of the Motor Industry has urged the government to improve funding for skills training in today’s Spring Statement. It said the skills crisis was as bad as it’s […]

IMI reveals drastic HGV skills shortage

The Institute of the Motor Industry estimates that just three per cent of HGV technicians are trained to work on high voltage systems. Steve Nash, CEO of the IMI, said: […]

WorldSkills Conference 2021 (hybrid event)

WorldSkills Conference 2021 – The Road Ahead: Skills for a Resilient Future. A year ahead of WorldSkills Shanghai 2022, experts and officials from international organisations and government, leaders of business […]

Industry warned against skills exodus

The automotive industry has been warned against losing talent from the industry for good as a result of redundancies brought about by Covid-19. Glen Callum Associates (GCA) said the danger […]

AutoRaise seeks skills shortage overview

AutoRaise, supported by the NBRA, is reaching out to all vehicle repairers to build the sector’s first ever ‘big picture’ of the skills crisis and are recruiting data partners to […]