Taking this with the findings of this study, it seems that government and the training community must also help employers to make these changes. Some employers said that, given rapid economic changes, it is often difficult to plan for the future. There is therefore a need for expert assistance. As shown earlier in this Spotlight, many employers, while expecting government to increase its role in training, seemed less ready to increase their own training responsibilities. There still appears to be a need for greater efforts to encourage employers to take on more responsibility in initiating new training measures, especially those linked to their business plan.
Employers do train and do value it.
Given the advent of the Single European Market in 1992, business competition and the wider benefits of training have to be recognised and acted upon. This means a change in the attitudes of employers and the co-operation of the training community, government and the individual. This Spotlight is a summary of the findings of the Study of Employers and Adult Training. To quote parts of this paper out of context may distort the findings of the full study. Further details of the full study are available from SCRE .