We welcome back Liam Walker of Intelligent Charging Systems (iCS) to the Future Skills podcast to answer some burning questions about the current challenges within the Electric Vehicle (EV) space including the impacts of the cost of living crisis on the sector and what needs to be done to address continued development of the EV charging infrastructure.  

00:00 – 01:25 – Introduction and ICS update  

01:26 - 03:29 -  Cost of Living and its Impact on the EV Market  

03:30 - 08:24 – Internal Combustion Engines vs EVs  

08:25 -  15:01 - The Truth About the UK EV Infrastructure 

15:02  - 21:09-  State of OZEV Grants and Funding 

21:10 -  27:07 - The Ideal EV Future 

27:08 -  30:50  - Renewable Technology and The Future for ICS  

Intelligent Charging Systems -  https://www.intelligentchargingsystem... 

Find out more about Universal Skills' EV Charging Course at - https://universalskillsgroup.co.uk/co... #electricvehicles #evcharging #evmarket #electricvehicle #electricvehiclecharging

In this new installment of The Future Skills Podcast, we go a little more in depth into the background and journeys of our Tutors! This week Charlotte speaks with Carl, one of our Electrical and Dual Fuel tutors - they talk about where Carl started and how he got to where he is now. Carl's journey is inspirational and is definitely a route many starting out could follow. For someone who is still so young, Carl has come a long way and we thought he would make the perfect tutor to grab for the podcast to speak about his life!

In this weeks installment of The Future Skills Podcast, guest hosted by our very own Charlotte Yeoman, is recorded on location at Doncaster Cables - one of our new locations for our EV course. Charlotte is joined by Aaron Walstow, the Director and Works Manager of Doncaster Cables. We talk all things EV, find out more about Aarons background and go into more depth about Doncaster Cables, their location, our future EV courses being held there and talk about their own EV Ultra cable they've manufactured themselves.

In this weeks installment of The Future Skills Podcast, Dan is joined by Maria Fulluck from Merit Skills. Maria has worked in the industry for 8 years, latterly at a senior level with a major training provider directing and managing the winning, implementation and operation of many multi-million pound contracts for utility companies. Maria has managed the day to day operations of a large training business with particular focus towards the Water Industry clients and their needs. Dan speaks with Maria about how she got into the industry and the partnership with Short Term Group.

In this week's installment of The Future Skills Podcast, Dan is joined by Dave Marklew from Siemens. Dave has over forty years within the industry, they both discuss Smart Metering, Apprenticeships, challenges facing the industry and future skills required. 

In this special Future Skills podcast our General Manager Dan Taylor sits down for a chat with CEO of Shorterm Group Steve Gallucci, Director of Training Cheryl Foreman and CFO Patrick Keenan to discuss the recent acquisition of Universal Skills and what exciting opportunities lie ahead for both companies.  

Read the full acquisition article: https://bit.ly/3o5kdWY

Learn more about Shorterm Group: https://www.shortermgroup.com/

Liam Walker from Intelligent Charging Solutions joins the podcast this week, Dan and Liam discuss all things EV, what's coming up in the sector this year, hints and tips for those looking to adopt an electric vehicle and Liam offers an insight into the ICS Electrical Vehicle charger.

In this Future Skills Best Bits Podcast, our very own Mariam Hussein and Katy Garside talk us through their own apprenticeship journeys as well as  what advice they would give to anyone who's considering becoming an apprentice within the SMART industry.

For the end part of our series, The Future Skills Podcast has decided to take out some best bits and gather them into question categories. In this episode, we listen in closer to some of the advice our guests have given to future/current engineers in the SMART industry.