Skills
Skills contribute to economic productivity by enabling the provision of marketable goods and services. Maintaining a workforce with relevant skills is important for efficiency and ultimately survival of individual businesses or entire industries. The National Employers Skills Survey 2009 has been analysed in depth and suggests that from the perspective of employers, there are few differences between skills shortages and training in rural and urban areas.
Indicators (see download below):
- Employer views on recruits direct from education.
- Employer views on literacy and numeracy.
- Employer views on hard to fill vacancies.
- Employer views on training.
- Employer views on apprenticeships.
Coverage: England
Rural definition used: Office for National Statistics Rural Urban Definition
Next release date: Ad-hoc publication produced as part of a series of quarterly focus reports.
Enquiries and feedback: Please contact us if you need further information. We’d also like to know what you use this release for, or if you think it could be improved. Please email: rural.statistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk or phone: ++44 (0)1904 455251
