EVENTS Identifying the skills of the future


Equipping the East Midlands’ workforce with future skills needed for digital-era jobs that don’t yet exist is top of the agenda for the Chamber’s next major event series. Skills & People Week, taking


place on the week commencing Monday 14 June, will explore how the region can address the challenges businesses continue to face in relation to accessing people with the right skills. Featuring a series of online


workshops, seminars and a centrepiece summit, the week’s activities will focus on how to create an environment where policymakers, employers, educators and individuals can work together to ensure everyone can respond to the seismic shift taking place in the local jobs market. Chamber chief executive Scott


Knowles said: “With the economy emerging from the impact of the past 12 months, the Chamber’s People & Skills Week 2021 will explore which skills are required to support recovery and growth, to what extent they exist in the region, and how we can work collectively to deliver skills for the economy beyond the recovery.” The week will be anchored by


CONFIRMED WORKSHOPS INCLUDE:


• 14 June, 10-11: Building skills for net zero (Construction Industry Training Board)


• 15 June, 2-3: Employer guide to traineeships (Education & Skills Funding Agency)


• 17 June, 10-11: How to reset recruitment to attract future generations in a post-pandemic world (Access Generation)


• 17 June, 2-3: Employer guide to T Levels (Strategic Development Network and Derby College Group)


• 18 June, 10-11: HS2 supply chain readiness, skills, employment and education (HS2 Ltd)


Education and Employers charity, Morningside Pharmaceuticals, Loughborough College, RDS Global and ER Recruitment. People & Skills Week is held in


the People and Skills Summit 2021: The Skills Landscape Beyond Recovery on Wednesday 16 June. It will include speakers from


education providers and Government giving policy updates about the future of further education, as well as a panel discussion featuring leaders from the Chamber, Access Training, the


partnership with Loughborough College, Morningside Pharmaceuticals and RDS Global. RDS Global CEO Andy Flinn said


the event was strategically aligned to his company’s goals of developing transferrable skills. “This allows us to continue on


with the development of our academy, placement and apprenticeship programmes that we have in the company, which is primarily focused on retaining and


Invest Midlands line-up announced


Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng will make a keynote address at the Invest Midlands conference on 26 May. He will outline his ambition


Understanding the benefits of CSR


Business leaders can find out how to further activities that bring community and social benefits – while maximising the commercial benefits of doing so – at an upcoming Chamber event. Titled the Corporate Social Responsibility Summit:


Where Good Business Makes Good Sense, the two-hour session later this month features speakers from companies including Futures Housing Group, Morningside Pharmaceuticals, Capital One and TTK Confectionery. They will speak about topics including the different


routes available for businesses wanting to engage with communities, how CSR activities can support the achievement of wider business goals, and the link between responsible business and successful procurement. At the event, the Chamber will unveil unique research


about CSR among East Midlands businesses and launch a campaign encouraging more businesses to do more with communities – and in a more impactful way.


Chamber chief executive Scott Knowles said: “As the


East Midlands economy continues its recovery from the impact of Covid-19, the importance of ‘growing back better’ carries additional significance. “Research from the Chamber suggests that while the


number of businesses engaged in community activity is nearing two-thirds of our membership, there is still confusion over how to do this in a way that can maximise the impact for both the community and the business. “This event is designed to support them in


understanding the benefits of engaging with their communities, and the practical steps to take when implementing activities.”


The Chamber’s Corporate Social Responsibility Summit takes place on Friday 28 May from 10am to 12pm and is free to attend. To register, visit bit.ly/CSRSummit21


for the Midlands and look towards its post-pandemic future as an engine for growth. Other speakers at The


Business Desk’s virtual event, in which the Chamber is a channel partner, include Midlands Engine chairman Sir John Peace and leaders from East Midlands Airport, British Business Bank, Network Rail, Midlands Connect and MAKE UK.


Alan Barratt, the founder


and CEO of sports nutrition firm Grenade, will take part in an interview on how he built and sold the company to multinational giant Mondelez, while topics for discussion include “big ideas to change the Midlands” and “selling the Midlands to the world”.


To book a ticket, visit www.investmidlands.uk


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further enhancing the talent pool in the local business community,” he said.


Morningside Pharmaceuticals chairman Dr Nik Kotecha OBE is a keen advocate of preparing young people for the world of work and promoting education to disadvantaged communities. He added: “The so called ‘skills


gap’ is a challenge in the East Midlands, which is why we’re pleased to be sponsoring this event because it is focusing on ways that the business community can support and develop our future workforce, which is essential for the continued economic and social prosperity of our region.”


For more information about People & Skills Week 2021, visit bit.ly/SkillsWeek21


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