UK Training Industry Press Releases

The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) has urged Scottish government and business to take decisive action to tackle Scotland's low productivity levels if it is to remain globally competitive

ILM has announced its wish to work with the Scottish government, public sector, education and training providers to do more to harness the high levels of skills in the Scottish labour force in order to drive up productivity from its current low levels.

At an event hosted by ILM and Jim Mather, Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, about the productivity gap, debate focussed on how Scottish leaders and managers can drive new innovation and the ability to engage and motivate the labour force.

Despite Scotland outshining the rest of the UK in its overall skills level it lags significantly behind in productivity levels and is low down in the second quartile of OECD countries for economic productivity.