The right route

Steve McGregor, Group Managing Director, DMA Group argues why apprenticeships are the best route to upskilling the workforce
As a sector, we are facing a two-pronged human resourcing challenge. First is a matter of raw numbers. The facilities management and hospitality trades face an acute skills shortage that has only been exacerbated by the COVID pandemic. We suffered some of the most prolonged closures during the lockdown periods, which understandably left employees and colleagues questioning