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Dear Member,

As this edition of our magazine goes to print, young people across Coventry and Warwickshire will be starting their GCSEs and A-Levels and starting on journeys that will shape their careers and lives ahead. As recruitment has become a critical issue for most of our businesses, we’ve never needed enthusiastic, bright and modern thinking cohorts of potential employees more than ever.

Local employers couldn’t be any clearer about what they need from their future workforce. We spoke to nearly 1,000 businesses as part of our data collection for our West Midlands Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIP) - nearly all of them cited recruitment as one of their top priorities. They simply don’t have access to enough recruits with the right skills and the right attitude. As important as qualifications are, businesses say that softer skills around emotional intelligence, commitment, dedication, energy are incredibly important when looking for good candidates.

Where we really need the input of this next generation of workers is in business-critical areas of Net Zero and

Digitalisation. We already know that this generation has a greater passion for sustainability, and better knowledge of the digital agenda, than any before it.

Our challenge will be to convert this passion into skills that businesses need. Because these aren’t standalone qualifications – they need to be embedded into everything we learn and everything a business does. How we reduce our energy costs, how we recruit and train our staff, how we decide on our supply chains or design new products, when and where we invest our pension funds. If we are to transform our economy, we need to transform how we do business and what better place to look for help than with these school, college and university leavers.

Most importantly we need businesses to engage with young people through work placements, apprenticeships, T-Levels and more. Working with schools and colleges, sharing industry knowledge with students and learners and supporting more into the workplace.

This is a big commitment and the smaller the business, the less resources you have to support with this agenda, so we need to use our upcoming LSIP response to come up with creative ideas to help businesses fund this type of activity. We’ll keep you updated.

The first weekend in May will see communities across Coventry & Warwickshire, the UK and the world, celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The historic, national occasions always manage to lift the mood of the nation. They are particularly good for our retail and hospitality sectors as we see more footfall in our city and town centres, our restaurants, bars, pubs and shops as communities, families and friends come together to celebrate.

In June 1953, Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce sent a loyal message to Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her Coronation. Now, in 2023, we once again send our warmest best wishes and congratulations to our new King and Queen on their Coronation.

Kind regards,

Corin Crane Chief Executive

The official publication of the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce

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