This episode of the podcast from the Chamber's Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) team focuses on the skills shortages affecting the electrical trades. We are joined by the chief operating officer at the Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA), Andrew Eldred; the operations director at 24-7 Group, Matt Longworth; and the Chamber's deputy director of research, Subrah Krishnan-Harihara.

We discuss some of the main skills shortages affecting businesses in the electrical and technical engineering industries, and, as there is only 1 electrician for every 368 people in Greater Manchester*, we hear about some of the problems and possible solutions to getting more apprentices and skilled individuals into the industry.

Subrah talks about what businesses in Greater Manchester can do if they are affected by skills shortages, and why it's so important to get a dialogue going between employers and skills providers.

Tune in and let us know your thoughts!

You can contact the Chamber's LSIP team via gmlsip@gmchamber.co.uk, and read our published reports on skills shortages here: https://www.gmlsip.co.uk/.

More information about the Electrical Contractors' Association can be found at https://www.eca.co.uk/

To read the ECA's Charter to Recharge Electrical Skills, click here.

Finally, you can find out more about Matt's company and the work they do via https://24-7group.co.uk/.

*Source: Electrical Contractors' Association.