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ACCESS to finance is still an issue for business - but the skills gap represents an equally contentious problem as firms seek to improve competitiveness and develop niche positions in global markets.
That was one of the issues occupying the minds of nine key figures within the Merseyside business scene in the latest Liverpool Daily Post round table series, this time on the manufacturing sector, sponsored by business advisers and accountants Grant Thornton.See the full content of this document
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Manufacturing. Neil Hodgson Reports
Prof Murray Dalziel, director of the University of Liverpool Management School, highlighted the perceived shortage in relevant skills by insisting: "The UK is at a competitive disadvantage because we haven't invested in the early stages at school."
He also believes the region could do more to retain the skills of around 75,000 studen...See the full content of this document
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