Semta launches web tool to help SMEs tackle skills gap
Semta has launched an online benchmarking tool to help SMEs combat profit draining skills shortages.
Business 2 Skills gives manufacturers a list of key workforce training priorities.
Philip Whiteman, chief executive at Semta-the sector skills council, said: "With smaller businesses making up such a huge proportion of the 132,000 employers we support, we designed Business 2 Skills diagnostic so that they can explore skills needs and training options quickly and easily."
Manufacturers receive an industry benchmarked report after completing an online survey according to Semta.
Business 2 Skills can be accessed via www.semta.org.uk.
The intiative follows a Business 2 Skills tool for larger organisations launched in March 2010, Semta said.
