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DEBATE SKILLS By Ged Henderson


Date: 28 April 2026 Time: 08.30-11.00


Venue: Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa


Join decision-makers implementing AI and automation, and those considering their next steps.


Hear from business leaders and specialist practitioners on what is working, what is challenging, and how organisations are adopting new technologies while managing risk.


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Lancashire employers are being urged to invest in the next generation and grow their own talent.


The rallying call comes as figures show the number of 16-18-year-olds starting apprenticeships in the county has fallen by more than 40 per cent.


Businesses are being encouraged to play an active role in developing the county’s future workforce by taking on young workers as apprentices.


Dr Michele Lawty-Jones, director of the Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub, says: “We are seeing a rise in youth unemployment across the country and when we talk to


Throughout the workforce we should be


using apprenticeships and other types of learning to upskill people


young people, they find it hard to get first opportunities in the labour market and it is getting harder.


“Every business has a responsibility to play their part, whether that is by enabling young people through careers work to see what is in


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the labour market or that early investment to take people on in their first job.”


Against that backdrop we brought education providers and employers together at Addison Project on the Hillhouse Business Park at Thornton Cleveleys to discuss Lancashire’s skills challenges.


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