Renewable energy driving opportunities for business in the North East
Our Director Mhairi Brown spoke to Wind Energy Network magazine to discuss how North East businesses can address skills shortages in the renewable energy sector and capitalise on this growing market. With businesses struggling to attract workers to projects in remote areas, it is critically important to take a new approach to hiring by bringing in workers with transferable skill sets and investing in cross-training opportunities or considering the use of contract workers to provide a boost in skills during crucial build stages. It's not just engineering and construction companies that can benefit from the rise of renewables either - the growing interest in the sector represents a fantastic opportunity for manufacturing businesses in the region to take advantage of this emerging new revenue stream as well. "With the government suggesting renewable energy could provide more than 25,000 jobs in the UK, there's a great deal of potential for North East businesses to secure a share of the market."