Firms in Scotland are committed to bridging the skills gap and investing in training and developing their staff over the next six months.
More Scottish firms intend to invest in up-skilling their workers than all other regions and nations in the UK, as 56% plan to develop their teams.
Research from Lloyds Bank identified that on-the-job training is the region's most popular form of up-skilling new and existing staff (59%), followed by off-the-shelf courses and training materials (32%) and apprenticeships (31%).
