ONE-IN-THREE FIRMS PROVIDE ZERO TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

The study, conducted by the innovation funding specialists, looked into how many UK businesses are offering workers dedicated time to work on upskilling, training and research and development, and how much time UK workers are investing in further education and new skills. Shockingly, the results found that nearly a third (30 percent) of workplaces don’t offer employees the opportunity to learn new skills or invest time in development, and that almost one in ten (9 percent) workers last invested time in learning new skills for the workplace five years ago.