Press Releases

Leading car manufacturers have today launched the Automotive Apprenticeship Matching Service, as a platform to develop the skilled workforce of the future. Each year the Matching Service, developed and funded through the Automotive Industrial Partnership (an industry skills collaboration, supported by government), will help up to 10,000 high quality candidates per annum secure an automotive… Read more »

New Automotive Council report reveals depth of skills shortage facing the sector. Up to 5,000 current vacancies in the automotive industry causing significant impact on business operations.1 Groundbreaking new Automotive Council report sets out skills requirements for UK automotive sector, with engineers most difficult to recruit. UK automotive industry workforce now the most productive in… Read more »

A major training innovation bringing together the supply chain with the UK’s motor manufacturing giants has saved the automotive sector millions of pounds with the potential to save millions more. The Advanced Problem Solving training programme is being delivered and funded by the Automotive Industrial Partnership launched earlier this year, bringing together industry and government… Read more »

Automotive Industrial Partnership On Starting Grid The future of the UK’s automotive industry was lined up on the starting grid at the House of Lords today – to mark a milestone moment in its industrial history. (Thursday March 12). The Automotive Industrial Partnership, which consists of many of the UK’s leading automotive manufacturers aims to… Read more »

Car giants BMW and Jaguar Land Rover have joined forces to drive up managerial skills in the UK’s automotive industry. The ProLead training programme combines existing qualifications and tailors them to provide automotive leaders with in depth management and technical knowledge. It has been developed using best practice from the worldwide operations of UK based… Read more »