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Welsh manufacturers lament skills shortage

13 April 2011
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Welsh manufacturers lament skills shortageSmall and medium-sized manufacturers in Wales are calling on the next assembly government to address the skills shortage in the country which is preventing many of them from taking on new staff.

Bill Ledwood, group managing director of the Unit Berwelco group, told the BBC that his current staff of 80 could be taken up to 100 if there were enough candidates boasting the necessary skills.

"It would be up to 100 (people) right now if we could get the skills. Welders, fabricators, pipefitters, machinists … there's a whole range of skills that we're short of. Getting work really isn't a problem," he stated.

He and other business leaders are calling on the next assembly government to reduce the amount of red tape manufacturers have to deal with and place a greater emphasis on apprenticeships, which will teach young people the skills they need to enter manufacturing and other sectors.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics released in September 2010 showed there were 135,000 people working in manufacturing in Wales.
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