Funding for PGC NTO projects

The Print and Graphic Communication NTO has successfully bid for 60,000 of support funding for essential activities between the end of recognition for NTOs and the launch of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs).

The PGC NTO's new programme will include a skills foresight report identifying future skills needs, a Modern Apprenticeship framework implementation programme, and an update of its online training database.

It has also persuaded the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) to carry out a new analysis of employee numbers in the print, printed packaging and photo imaging sectors.

An initial bid for a "Trailblazer" SSC was rejected because the combined sectors were deemed to have "too small a footprint".