In August 2023, the Secretary of State for Education approved the Local Skills Improvement Plan for Greater Manchester. The Plan is a culmination of survey work, data collection, interview analysis and information gathered from dozens of stakeholders across Greater Manchester, and lays out the current and future skills requirements by sector and Local Authority area, alongside recommendations and actions for delivery. The team at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce worked with businesses, fellow employer representation bodies, Local Authorities, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, skills providers, and many others to develop the plan. You can download the report here, or read the report below: 

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​​​​​In addition to the Local Skills Improvement Plan, we produced several annexes which provide further details about how the Plan was produced:

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Annex A lists the data sources that were used and gathered in order to establish economic context and skills shortages.

Annex B details how the strategic priorities were identified and describes the engagement process with stakeholders.

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In January 2024, the Chamber's LSIP team produced a report that included updated data and refreshed research and analysis about the skills, recruitment and labour market issues affecting businesses across Greater Manchester. The LSIP update report presents the research and findings uncovered since the first stage of the LSIP was completed. 

 

The update report provides updated labour market information on a number of sectors, an analysis of apprenticeship starts in each key training area, an in-depth look at the number of vacancies and most in-demand jobs in all ten Local Authority areas of Greater Manchester, plus much more. Read it below, or download it here. ​

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In August 2024, the Chamber received approval from the Secretary of State to publish its LSIP Progress Report, which details how the LSIP has been embedded into the local skills system and which provision has been put in place, or is in the pipeline, to tackle the skills priorities outlined in the LSIP. The LSIP Progress Report can be downloaded here, or read below.

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