Report reveals Manchester’s employers need better support to invest in skills and boost low productivity levels
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSenior business leaders are calling for more measures to tackle Manchester’s low productivity levels and boost employer investment in skills.
The CIPD’s new ‘Skills policy in the North: recommendations for levelling up’ highlights the need for a fundamental re-think of skills policy, after bringing together perspectives from regional policymakers, employer representative bodies, further education providers and northern employers.
The report emphasises that the region’s low productivity levels are, in part, due to inadequate leadership and people management capability in too many firms, and consequently weak demand for investment in skills.
While the North has a higher concentration of low-skilled adults (NVQ 2 and below) compared to the national average, research in the report reveals the region – including Manchester - also has a higher amount of low-wage work, skills gaps and poor utilisation of people’s skills in the workplace.
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