NW Manufacturing: Skills in focus

CONCERNS over skills shortages in the manufacturing sector are well-known, with a major problem being a lack of new blood entering industry.

There is a widely-held perception that manufacturing is dirty, low paid and unglamorous.

John Morris, chief executive of Sale-based JAM Recruitment, which specialises in engineering and manufacturing recruitment, said: “The government, and to an extent industry, is doing too little to educate young people at a grass roots level about the benefits of choosing a caree... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...