Businesses are being given the opportunity to work alongside the new Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority as members of the Hull and East Yorkshire Skills Board.
The Skills Board will provide the opportunity for the business sector to provide advice on what areas need addressing in the skills agenda, supporting the development of a regional skills system.
It will bring together employers and providers – including the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector – where they will work together to creative innovative solutions to supply and demand challenges, as well as looking to take advantages of future opportunities.
Portfolio holder for children’s services at Hull City Council, Councillor Linda Tock, said: “The Skills Board will be very important in recognising the existing education and training provision in our region, and where we can all go from here.
“It’s down to everyone to work together to ensure that local people can benefit from high-quality post-16 education and training opportunities.
“We want to make sure we get the most of the economic boost devolution brings to our part of the world, but it can also allow for aspirations to be recognised – and this Board will try to help everyone achieve their full potential no matter their background.”
A Chair and a Deputy would be appointed at the group’s second gathering early next year.
