Nearly nine in ten (89%) business professionals who volunteer their time in schools and colleges say business involvement in education is a good way to close skills gaps.
The survey comes as the latest recruitment report from the British Chamber of Commerce says nearly four in ten firms (79%) trying to recruit are struggling to find people with the right skills.
These business professionals also say the connection between education and employers is a good way to boost the economy - 89 per cent say a close relationship between business and education is a way to improve economic growth.
The new survey, by The Careers & Enterprise Company, polls the views of 1,149 business professionals – called Enterprise Advisers (EAs) - who work closely with schools and colleges across the country helping develop high quality careers education programmes. Nearly 4,000 EAs are now working with the education sector nationally.
