Mind the Gap Furniture Conference

Last week FIRA (the Furniture Industry Research Association) and The Furniture Makers Company launched ‘Mind the Gap’, the results of an industry wide survey sent out to furniture manufacturers and retailers.

The key theme of the survey looking at training and skills in the furniture sector.  Since the 2008 recession, furniture manufacturers and retailers are reporting a degree of optimism. A significant number of companies managed to survive this event, many by retrenching in terms of investment and labour. Now that demand for UK furniture is on the increase, organisations are finding that they don’t have some of the skills sets to take advantage of the recent upturn. 

More than 70 delegates attended the conference to have the opportunity to discuss major issues around training and skills gaps including how we can make furniture manufacturing an attractive careers choice for young people.  To read more click on the link below.

http://www.furnituremakers.org.uk/news/mind-the-gap-conference-tackles-skills-shortage/