THREE YEAR SKILLS PLAN TO DELIVER WORLD CLASS WORKFORCE IN FASHION AND TEXTILES

12/11/2008

A new ?24.5 million three-year agreement between government and the Fashion and Textiles industries to help beat skill shortages and build a world-class workforce has been announced by Skills Minister, Lord Young.

The deal was agreed by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) and Skillfast-UK, the Sector Skills Council for fashion and textiles, which represent that sector's 79,000 businesses on skills issues.

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