The burgeoning literature on vocational education and training (VET) has failed to provide an adequate theoretical …

People Skills Scoreboard and Skills Foresight for the clothing sector. Despite the dramatic contraction of the sector at the … shortages. Moreover, irrespective of skills gaps in the existing workforce and evidence that training is associated with … business success, clothing companies remain reluctant to provide adequate training to meet future skills needs, an attitude …

function in raising productivity. It is in this area that the new Skills for Business Network of Sector Skills Councils …, supported by the Sector Skills Development Agency, intends to play a key role and hopes to make a real difference. This article … discusses the productivity challenge within the UK and undertakes a brief assessment of the main skills priorities for this new …