Local London has been leading the development of a Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) for our sub-region, this is an employer-led and data driven plan for better matching training provision to employer skills demands.

Titled ‘Mind the skills gap – An employer-led plan for improving skills and training in Local London’ is our LSIP for our sub-region, comprising the London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Bromley, Enfield, the Royal Borough of Greenwich, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest; this forms one of the four sub-regional annexes to the pan-London LSIP developed by Business LDN.

Throughout early 2023, in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies (IES), we have been engaging with local businesses, employer representative groups, training providers and other stakeholders to understand employers’ skills needs, priorities and how we can address gaps so people have the skills they need for roles now and in the future. This was approved by the Secretary of State for Education in August 2023.

On Thursday 14 September 12:30-2pm we will share our LSIP report ‘Mind the skills gap – An employer-led plan for improving skills and training in Local London’ which outlines the skills priorities and recommendations for addressing skills gaps in our sub-region.

At this event, you will hear from:

• one of our council leaders on the importance of this piece,

• a senior business figure on the skills issues currently facing industry

• IES colleagues on researching employer-needs and their findings

• a local skills provider on how they’re responding to the LSIP, and

• on how we will be progressing this work

• you will also get an opportunity to ask questions.

We hope that you will be able to join us and will find this a useful opportunity to have your questions answered.

Please RSVP via eventbrite.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Local Skills Improvement Plan - Making the Local London plan a reality