The Client
Food & Drink Manufacturing: Labour Market Insights
The client is a not-for-profit organisation working on behalf of the UK Food and Drink manufacturing sector, helping them to develop, grow and strengthen workforce skills and attract future talent.
They promote industry career opportunities, support firms in their apprenticeship offer and match quality-checked training providers to the precise CPD needs of businesses and their people.
As industry-led experts on skills, they act as an influential advocate to the sector throughout the UK on relevant skills policy.
The organisation had undertaken a Skills & Labour Market Insights project in previous years.
The Brief
lookout was commissioned to undertake research that would provide an up-to-date picture and provide insights into the current sector landscape in respect of a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to:
- Trends in the UK Food & Drink Manufacturing and Processing sector
- Employment
- Workforce Characteristics
- Productivity
- Qualifications
- Occupations
- Recruitment & Skills Issues
- Future Skills Needs
- Training
- Environment & Sustainability
- Technology & Skills
Outcomes
There were a number of deliverables including:
- comprehensive secondary research activity to generate key sector information and insights
- qualitative interviews were conducted with a number of the clients’ members to provide additional depth and insight
- preparation and provision of a number of dashboards to facilitate and summarise findings for key stakeholder groups
- provision of analysis on data gathered by the client through its Apprenticeship Survey
A wide number of sources were accessed, including, but not limited to:
- ONS
- Business Register & Employment Survey
- Labour Force Survey
- Annual Business Survey (GVA)
- UK Employer Skills Survey
- Annual Survey of Hours & Earnings (ASHE)
- Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
- Future Jobs – Dept of Education
- Specialist food/beverage sector media (including focus on sub-sectors) e.g. Food Manufacturing, Food Management.
- Relevant food/beverage sector trade organisations e.g. Food & Drink Federation
- Environment – DEFRA/WRAP reports of relevance, Food policy documents
- Academic reports on food/beverage sector innovations
The final insights report was used to:
- Inform the client’s decision making as an organisation
- Facilitate engagement with its membership, stakeholders and the sector more generally
- Position the client as the Subject Matter Expert and Thought Leader on skills in the food and drink sector
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eugene@lookoutinsights.com