1. Business views on the unemployment and skills challenge
Dr. Adam Marshall,
Director of Policy and External Affairs, British Chambers of Commerce.

2. How difficult is it for businesses to find the right staff?
Base 5919

3. Proportion of businesses that are very or fairly confident in recruiting individuals with different skill levels/ backgrounds.
Base 5800

4. Businesses that are either very or fairly confident in people with varying skill levels.
Base 5772

5. Business confidence in recruiting someone who has been unemployed for 6 months or longer.
Base 5772

6. Overall employer confidence in the long term unemployed.
Base 5790

7. Confidence in long-term unemployed among businesses with high growth ambitions.

8. Number of part time workers that can not find a full time job.
ONS November 2011

9. Tackling the challenge raised by employers
So what next?
Tackling the challenge
raised by employers

10. Contact Details
Dr. Adam Marshall, Director of Policy and External Affairs
British Chambers of Commerce T