Penny Hydraulics

Initially published in 2001, the Skills Gap Report, published in partnership with Deloitte, was a study which indicated a mismatch between the skills of available to working people and the skills that the manufacturing industry required. The reports that followed confirmed that gap and showed an increasing mismatch of skills. Jessica Penny, general manager of sales at Penny Hydraulics, explains why manufacturing companies need to be aware of what the new Apprenticeship Levy and its effect on the recruitment of new staff.