Greater Manchester Chamber - Up Front

In this podcast, the GM LSIP team talks to Tracey Wood, Assistant Principal Adult Skills and Employer Engagement at The Trafford and Stockport College Group, about the new 'Leading with Confidence' courses created to bridge skills gaps highlighted in the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan.

Tracey tells us how the courses have been received by employers in the area, and why it's so important for businesses to have their say and engage with local colleges and learning providers.

Tune in to find out more!

Information about the courses run by Stockport and Trafford Colleges can be found here: https://stockport.tscg.ac.uk/ and https://trafford.tscg.ac.uk/

And to find out more about the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan, visit https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/ or contact the team via [email protected].

Just before Christmas, we brought together Chris Fletcher, GM Chamber Policy Director & GM LSIP Contract Director, and Richard Caulfield, Senior Policy Manager at the Greater Manchester Colleges Group, to talk about the LSIP

Chris provided an update on where we are currently with the LSIP, and Richard talked us through the LSIF - what it is, and how this Fund is being used to help bridge the skills priorities (digital, construction, net zero, etc) highlighted by employers in the LSIP.

Take a listen to find out what happens when the LSIP and LSIF combine...

And if you'd like to find out more about the LSIP, visit our website: https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/, or contact the team at the Chamber via [email protected].

Chamber researchers, Toluwanimi Ojutiku and Subrah Krishnan-Harihara, discuss the findings from our research for the Local Skills Improvement Plan that relate to employee training.

Tolu talks about employee training trends across Greater Manchester and the benefits to individuals, businesses and the economy of providing training to employees.

She has written a blog about employee training which delves into some of these findings in more detail. Click here to read it.

And we'd love to hear your views about employee training and your delivery preferences. Our business training survey is now open and can be accessed here.

To read the Local Skills Improvement Plan for Greater Manchester and find out more about the LSIP and our research, visit www.gmlsip.co.uk, and if you'd like to contact the team, email [email protected].

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In this week's podcast, Chamber Deputy Director of Research, Subrah Krishnan-Harihara, talks about some of the findings from our regular business survey - the Quarterly Economic Survey (QES).

The QES has been running for 35 years this year, and is a business confidence survey, asking questions about how businesses are faring in terms of sales and orders, whether they're planning to recruit and what their future plans are.

Subrah highlights some of the findings from the Q3 QES and how they are relevant to the LSIP, helping to provide extra data about businesses' recruitment intentions, the job roles they're recruiting for and their labour and skills requirements.

If you're interested in reading more about the Chamber's Quarterly Economic Survey, follow this link: https://www.gmchamber.co.uk/chamber-research/quarterly-economic-survey/

To find out more about the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) for Greater Manchester, visit our website here. You can read the report, listen to our other podcasts, read our blog and take part in our latest survey.

If you'd like to discuss your recruitment and skills challenges, please contact the team via [email protected].

The Local Skills Improvement Plan team at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce focus on productivity in the latest episode of our podcast.

Chamber researchers Subrah (Deputy Director of Research) and Aadya (Research Intern) discuss the 'productivity puzzle' and its relationship with skills. We touch on training and its impact on productivity and how Greater Manchester lags behind other areas with regards to training and productivity.

We're keen to hear your views on training - what sort of training you receive, which delivery methods you prefer - and our survey is live to capture your views: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMLSIPSPTY

Aadya has also written a number of blogs focusing on productivity and our research so far, which can be read here: https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/blog.

Finally, if you'd like to listen to our other podcasts, read our Local Skills Improvement Plan for Greater Manchester, and find out more about our work, visit the GM LSIP website: www.gmlsip.co.uk.

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In the latest podcast from the Chamber's GM Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) team, Samantha and Subrah discuss the benefits of employee training.

Research conducted when producing the GM LSIP shows that only 60% of businesses provide some sort of training to their employees, but with 68% of businesses struggling to recruit, should more employers look to training and up-skilling their existing teams to help fill the skills gaps?

Listen to the latest podcast to find out more...

For further information about the GM LSIP, our current survey on business training, local area reports focusing on the skills priorities for each borough in GM, and much more, visit www.gmlsip.co.uk.

If you'd like to contact the GM LSIP team at the Chamber, email [email protected].

The latest podcast from the Chamber's Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) team features Chris Fletcher, Policy Director at the Chamber and Contract Director for the the GM LSIP.

Chris talks about the approval of the GM LSIP by the Department for Education, the impact that the LSIP will have on businesses and stage 2 - what happens next now the Plan has been published?

We're currently collecting data about business training experiences, so if you would like to contribute, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMLSIPSPTY

To find out more about the GM LSIP and to read the published report, visit gmlsip.co.uk and if you'd like to contact the team, email [email protected].

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Marc Mcloughlin, Managing Director of Greenarc Vehicles, talks to Simon Cronin, Communications Manager at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, about the benefits of moving your business to electric vehicles and the help and support available.

In this episode of the podcast about the Greater Manchester Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), the Chamber's researchers, Subrah and Aadya, talk about some of the future investment plans in different boroughs of GM.

Through analysing which projects are taking place in each borough, the team can match the skills shortages already apparent with the future investments taking place, and make recommendations to training providers about which skills will be needed where.

Subrah and Aadya discuss some of the Local Authority plans in Greater Manchester and which skills and training would be required for each one.

To find out more about the Greater Manchester LSIP, visit our website: https://www.gmlsip.co.uk, or contact our team via [email protected].

Our employer survey (which currently focuses on green skills gaps) is open until 5th May 2023, so if you are experiencing green skills shortages in your business, please complete it here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMLSIPO22.

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This episode of the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) podcast focuses on the recruitment difficulties businesses within different sectors are experiencing in Greater Manchester. Researchers at the Chamber, Subrah and Samantha, discuss what the results of our employer survey are telling us so far.

Data from the employer survey will feed into the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP), which will include a set of actionable priorities for skills providers in each borough of Greater Manchester so that they can start to tackle recruitment difficulties with relevant training and courses - ultimately giving businesses the skilled workers they need.

So, it's important to tell us about your skills and recruitment challenges. The latest iteration of our employer survey focuses on 'green' skills and asks whether businesses have the green skills they need to fulfil their business objectives. It can be completed by any business in any sector and only takes a few minutes: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/GMLSIPO22

Find out more about the GM LSIP via our website https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/, or email the team via [email protected].

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