Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that he will overhaul the current English apprenticeship scheme in order to recruit young people into key sectors, including the green industry.
Electric vehicle (EV) trade group Recharge UK has called on the new UK government to pay attention to green skills and urged the development of of specialised training facilities.
A report commissioned by UK energy provider OVO Energy has shown that fewer than one in ten people report getting any dedicated green skills training at work, which the company says is a major risk to the net zero transition.
The low-carbon heating organisation Daikin UK has partnered with the Green Skill Academy to train green heating tutors at nine Greater Manchester colleges