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Local skills system and LSIPs must integrate with school careers advice for effective SME support.
Conclusion
Careers advice services can play a central role in filling skills shortages and ensuring that young people enter professions in which they are genuinely interested. In order to be truly effective for small firms, the local skills system, and Local Skills Improvement Plans, must interface with the advice being given to young people at school. (Conclusion, Paragraph 119)
Source
Committee
Business and Trade Committee
Inquiry
Small business strategy
Report
15th Report – Small business strategy
11 Feb 2026
HC 1057
Addressee Bodies
Department for Business and Trade
Timeline
Recommendation age
0.3 yrs
Report published
11 Feb 2026