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News Release from: Proskills
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 November 2005
Print's Leaders Challenge Government
Over Training
Over 150 MPs, peers and representatives from industry organisations heard industry leaders challenge the UK Government to deliver on its promises to improve training.
Over 150 MPs, peers and representatives from industry organisations heard industry leaders challenge the UK Government to deliver on its promises to improve training Terry Watts, Proskills' chief executive officer, explained: "By working with Proskills to identify necessary skills, employers are pushing at an open door
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 12 Nov 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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I've never encountered a training funding body that doesn't want to do the best job it can." He urged employers to get involved and seize the opportunities Proskills offers to work with government and develop the skills that UK business urgently needs.
Key speakers at the House of Commons meeting, which sponsored by Proskills, the Sector Skills Council for five key process industry sectors, including print - included Gerry Sutcliffe MP, Minister for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs, Tony Burke, assistant secretary general of Amicus and Michael Johnson, the British Printing Industries Federation's (BPIF) chief executive.
Gerry Sutcliffe told the meeting how much he owed to his five years in the printing industry, saying that the experience had been invaluable on his road to becoming a minister.
Tony Burke and Michael Johnson both called upon the Government to support their joint efforts, with Michael Johnson concluding: "We need to engage with Proskills.
We need to engage with Government.
We need to engage with each other to ensure that the training that we are getting in this industry is the best that it can be.".
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