GemmaToulson published Employers commit to tackle construction skills gap

Employers from Nottinghamshire committed to lessening the widening skills gap in construction at an event held by the East Midlands Property Alliance (empa). According to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, there are currently 12,000 vacancies in construction are hard to fill due to a lack of skilled applicants - more than double the number reported in 2013. In a bid to tackle this, more than 120 representatives from public sector organisations across the East Midlands were the...