Insight 43 - Magazine - Page 3
Welcome...
Inspire to Aspire
B
usinesses and the hard working
people of this country has
established this small island in
the world.
In 2020 the year of the Covid pandemic,
what was the Hertfordshire Local
Enterprise Partnership and is now
Hertfordshire Futures fully integrated
into the Hertfordshire County Council
created Generation Skills events the first
being held in Stevenage. On the opening
occasion, due to Covid, our event was
held online, but on all occasions since,
the events are being held in person in our
Local Authorities across the entire county.
In 2013, when I was appointed to Chair
the Hertfordshire Skills and Employment
Board, unemployment was much higher
than it has been since and it was clear
that Employers at the time were spoilt for
choice in relation to hiring new Employees.
Today however that situation is quite
different.
In the past few weeks I have attended a
number of Generation events and have
seen the vast numbers of national and
local branded employer’s presenting
their respective organisations to circa
"The country has
a severe shortage
of people with the
technical skills
required to maintain
our country’s ageing
infrastructure"
1000 Students and 250 Parents to provide
inspiration to our young students in
helping them define and aspire to a career
path for themselves.
The country has a severe shortage of
people with the technical skills required
to maintain our country’s ageing
infrastructure as demonstrated at
Heathrow Airport recently with the Sub
Station that caught fire.
Everyone is now committed to the
development of AI for the future and this
will bring greater public access to the
knowledge provided by our professional
services industry and in fact many of
the companies in these industries are
adopting AI to reduce costs and improve
customer services which in turn will
reduce the impact of some of our higher
level qualifications. With that in mind our
University and Colleges across the County
are developing many courses in the areas
of high demand which today represents
the technical opportunities required by
industry.
It was interesting to read some thoughts
of Sir Ian Duncan Smith recently in the
Telegraph newspaper where he expresses
the need for greater career planning
options in schools for our students for the
Country to avoid increased benefit costs.
Having run a successful business for 45
years and been subjected to criticism for
making money to pay ever increasing
taxes, It’s time to recognise the value
that our enterprises deliver to society
and congratulate and promote them for
the mental health benefits they deliver
in providing our British people with a
purpose in life.
I remember listening to a TV interview
with the Chinese Ambassador to London a
couple of years ago where the TV presenter
was wanting to discuss the human rights
of the Uyghur people of China and she
responded with “well what about the
human rights of the British people” and
went on to infer that paying people to sit
at home is not beneficial to their mental
health and it appears her assessment is
proving to be entirely correct.
I call upon all employers in our wonderful
county of Hertfordshire to sign up for our
Generation events starting in Stevenage
on the 15th of May and take up one of
our FREE stands by registering at the link
below.
This is your opportunity to present your
brand to your employees of tomorrow
and to help develop the future of our
wonderful democratic and free nation.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
biz4biz.org/generation-stevenage/
ADRIAN HAWKINS OBE
Chairman - biz4Biz
Chairman - Hertfordshire Futures Board
Chairman - Stevenage Development Board
Chairman - Hertfordshire Skills & Employment Board
biz4Biz.org
3
