Mind the Skills Gap

‘Mind the Skills Gap’ is our employer-led plan for improving skills and training in Local London. Centred on employers’ needs, this is a first step towards tackling employment skills shortages in this part of London. Highlighting the specific needs and priorities of employers in Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Enfield, Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest, ‘Mind the Skills Gap’ also outlines actionable proposals for addressing these gaps.

Compiled by independent research agency, Institute for Employment Studies (IES), Local London’s ‘Mind the Skills Gap’ plan forms one of the four sub-regional annexes to the pan-London Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) developed by Business LDN and approved by the Secretary of State for Education in August 2023.