Forth Valley Chamber hosted a Business Dinner with key partners, members and leaders in the region, to discuss key business issues and opportunities. Tim Allan, President of SCC, attended and spoke at the dinner, acting as one of his first engagements since taking on the role.
Michelle McKearnon, Chief Executive, Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce said after the dinner that “there are a number of issues our members are sharing with us, such as dealing with skills shortages and the impact of Brexit on retaining migrant staff. This is an overall concern for the business community and is of particular concern for the hospitality, hotel and tourism industry who are seeing the effects of Brexit & staff retention impacting their businesses already.”
Tim Allan, President of SCC also shared his views and said that “skills shortages are a big issue in Scotland and an area we have to tackle head-on to support businesses to grow. It is important that business has continued access to international talent as a way to deal with skills shortages and add an international dimension to a business but Governments must also support the development of a skilled workforce in Scotland as a long-term strategy.”
