'We must unite to tackle this': Upskilling crisis damaging UK's chances of meeting net zero goals

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'We must unite to tackle this': Upskilling crisis damaging UK's chances of meeting net zero goals

Just 42 per cent of energy sector workers feel that businesses in the sector are ready to meet the UK’s energy targets

An underprepared and underskilled energy workforce could make it impossible for the government to deliver on its target to decarbonise the power grid by 2035. That is the headline finding of new research...

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