The British Hospitality Association's national campaign The Big Hospitality Conversation teamed up with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation to generate over 2,000 job opportunities, work placements and apprenticeships in the hospitality sector for 16-24 year old Haringey residents. 

The BBC recently reported that a campaign backed by McDonalds, the CBI and Barclays had produced some research that put an economic value of £88bn on skills such as communication, initiative, interacting with customers and team working.

Concerns highlighted by Ofsted over the quality of secondary education in Sandwell’s schools, most of which are academies, have sparked a call for action to be taken to raise standards and improve GCSE results.

65% of deaf children in the West Midlands have left secondary school having failed to hit national GCSE benchmarks, according to regional figures released by the Department for Education.