Business West Local Skills Improvement Plan Priority Findings

Business West, as the Employer Representative Body delivering the Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) in the Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire and West of England regions, enclose our summarised prioritised findings of our work in relation to the following sectors so far from 2022-2024: 

  • Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering
  • Agriculture, Agri-Tech and Land Management
  • Automotive, Transport and Logistics
  • Construction
  • Creative Industries
  • Digital Industries
  • Health, Social Care and Life Sciences


Below are summaries of the outputs of the LSIPs so far, and business engagement, co design and validation work continues apace. The top three boxes show our most recent Stage Two Findings Update from 2024 and further down shows our priority findings from 2022-2023. We also release a formal 20-page progress update report, published at the end of June each year will form a more complete summary of our progress in the LSIP, so we look forward to being able to share this then. 

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