Skills Barometer aims to gauge training needs

In-Comm Training has launched its Skills Barometer to help it identify how Brexit and Covid-19 is impacting on firms and their planned investment in training and the talent of the future.

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The 5-minute online survey aims to get an insight into if apprentices are being kept on, if businesses are still training staff who are on furlough, and how future intentions on training and apprenticeship recruitment are shaping up.

The data will then be used to provide a convincing ‘skill’s case’ to help trade bodies talk to government about the support and funding required.

“The last year has been one of the most demanding in living memory, with companies having to contend with the uncertainty and economic pressure created by a joint combination of Brexit and Covid-19,” Gareth Jones, managing director of In-Comm Training said in a statement.

“There is little doubt that the way businesses approach skills and training has changed, and we need to make sure we can help management teams continue to invest in their workforces.”