JLR Expansion – Improving Skills Capacity in the Supply Chain: Engineering (Birmingham)

Overall value: £1.2m Local Growth Fund: £550,000

Lead partner: South and City College Birmingham

Outputs: 73 jobs, 370 skills improved

This centre will establish a dedicated training facility for engineering SME’s in the supply chains of some our major national and local companies, enabling them to obtain a supply of qualified and skilled labour.

This responds directly to the problem of an increasingly aging workforce in the sector, through promoting the uptake of apprenticeships in engineering. This will improve company survival by assisting them to remain competitive and responsive to the needs of their customers.

Funding for this project is available in 2015/16.