Fashion and Textiles facts and figures
As the voice on skills for the fashion and textiles industry, it is important Skillset has the most up-to-date facts and figures on how the sector shapes up, allowing us to understand what factors are driving skills demand, what current skills needs are and what skills will be required for the future.
Skillset's research team have produced Sector Skills Assessment reports for the UK as a whole, England, Wales and Northern Ireland and Scotland, to look at how the sector is performing in each nation.
Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors in the UK
Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors in England
Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors in Northern Ireland
Sector Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sectors in Wales
Some of our fashion and textiles research reports from 2010 have been summarised to make the information more accessible and digestable.
The summaries below show the skills needs that fashion and textiles businesses are affected by, identify key skill drivers and skills gaps and comment on the impact of skills issues affecting the sector today.
Summary of Strategic Skills Assessment for Fashion and Textiles - England
Summary of Strategic Skills Assessments for Fashion and Textiles - Scotland
Summary of Strategic Skills Assessment for Fashion and Textiles - London
If you would like to know more you can read the full 2010 reports here Strategic Skills Assessments.
The TBR report which has informed our knowledge of the size of the fashion and textiles sector, as referenced in our SSAs, can be read in full here.
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