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Proskills awarded full licence

Proskills has been awarded its licence to become the new Sector Skills Council for the process and manufacturing sector. The sector includes the coatings, extractives, glass, print and building products and refractories industries.

The licence was presented by Phil Hope, parliamentary under-secretary of state for skills at a launch event held aboard HQS Wellington on the London Embankment, on Monday.

On awarding the licence, Phil Hope said: "I am delighted to be here this afternoon to celebrate the launch of Proskills, the Sector Skills Council which will be taking a leading role in promoting skills and training for the process and manufacturing industries - sectors that form a vital part of the UK economy.

"The Sector Skills Councils are an integral part of the Government’s strategy to improve productivity and help employers compete successfully in an increasingly global market. To achieve this objective, Proskills will be working closely with employers and training providers across the country to ensure that relevant training is available to meet current and future needs."

Stephen Falder, Proskills chairman, marketing director, HMG Paints Ltd., commented: "The skills of a workforce are the most valuable assets of any business. Skills provide competitive advantage, quality and efficiency. A skilled team creates the ability to evolve business to meet new challenges and this in turn creates profit and security for the company and increased opportunity for the employees.

"By working through Proskills we in the process industries have a unique opportunity to influence Government strategy and pull together all the ingredients to make a step change in the skills of our workforce, to the benefit of all."

Terry Watts, CEO of Proskills said: "Raising skill levels, with the resulting improved productivity is, I believe, a pre-requisite for achieving business success today. We know from discussions we have had with employers up and down the country, that there is enormous grass roots support for Proskills and an understanding of the importance of its objectives.

"Proskills’ exciting role now is to work with all the parties involved to create an infrastructure that will deliver the real and substantial improvement in our sector’s skill base that we are all looking for."

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