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Calling local businesses: help shape skills training

On 12 November we hosted a Skills and Employment Summit to champion the integration of skills and workforce development across our sub-region.

Across the sub-region great progress has been made to join up employers’ needs and local skills provision, but the dialogue must continue. We are looking for businesses and employers to shape our new Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) to ensure that skills and training provision continues to meet local businesses’ needs.

Have your say in our survey (closing date: 30 January 2026).

We are really keen to gather feedback from a wide range of businesses from micro to large please share this survey with your networks.

Have your say in our survey

Forogh Rahmani, Director of Local London, said: “Boosting skills and employment is at the heart of our new Vision for Growth.

Since researching and publishing our current Local Skills Improvement Plan we have made great strides towards aligning skills and training with real-world needs of local businesses. Across the sub-region there is far greater collaboration than there was, and the Local London Skills Providers Network is a brilliant example of this.

The workplace is changing at pace, and our LSIP must keep up. That’s why we’re asking employers from across the sub-region to contribute their views and guide our work to ensure it reflects their priorities.”

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Watch our video to find out more about skills and employment in the sub-region and how you can shape future training.

Get involved and fill vacancies

Our Connect to Work and Trailblazers programmes, funded by government, present opportunities for businesses and health sector colleagues to play an active role in helping local people find and stay in work.

For more information, contact llconnecttowork@redbridge.gov.uk

More ways to get involved – supporting young people

Our Careers Hub team work with over 218 mainstream and specialist schools in our sub-region. From offering work experience, to sharing your experiences with young people as a volunteer ‘Enterprise Advisor’ or taking part in careers fairs, you can play crucial role in inspiring and broadening the horizons of young people.

For more information, contact: careershub.east@redbridge.gov.uk

More support for employers

Our Work Connections website has a growing library of resources to help employers find and recruit talent, become more inclusive employers and much more. Visit workconnections.london

Our thanks to the brilliant speakers in our film:

  • Forogh Rahmani - Director, Local London.
  • Mark Hilton - Policy Delivery Director, BusinessLDN.
  • Phillip Doyle - Senior Policy Manager, Local London.
  • Matt Robinson - CEO, GetZero.
  • Asfa Sohail - Deputy CEO and Group Principal, LSEC and Co-Chair of the Local London Skills Providers Network.
  • Cathy Duncan - LSIP Engagement Officer, Local London.

📌 Discover more about our Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP): local.london/lsip

If you would like to be part of shaping the future of skills complete our LSIP survey.

Interested in finding out more? Please contact us, we'd love to hear from you.