8 September 2008
President of Live Nation UK, Paul Latham, has today spoken of his support for the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills at the PLASA08 show.
PLASA08 is the biggest trade show for live events technology professionals. Paul Latham is chair of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills and believes the new resource for the industry can successfully address employment skills gaps and match the best talent onstage with the best backstage skills. Paul said: “I give the new National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills my full support. My aims for the National Skills Academy are to establish the largest possible network of employers and educators, officially recognised by the Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills. This will in turn bring the most appropriate curricula to the student-base, thereby preparing them for future gainful employment. Within five years I would hope to have established over 4,000 recognised National Skills Academy apprenticeships across all disciplines and have a complementary network of international partnerships that would provide further opportunities for our skilled workforces.”
Paul Latham’s comments were made during the PLASA Awards for Innovation ceremony, which recognises the forward thinking that goes into new technologies serving the entertainment, event and communications industries. On behalf of PLASA, he presented cheques to both the National Student Drama Festival and SABA UKUNSIGNED Performance & Education - organisations that create learning opportunities for young people.
PLASA08 opened on Sunday 7 September at Earls Court in London and runs through to Wednesday 10 September.
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For more information please contact Jessica Benson, PR & Marketing Coordinator on 0207 015 1826 or email jessica.benson@ccskills.org.uk
For more information on the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills visit www.ccskills.org.uk or email NSA@ccskills.org.uk
Creative & Cultural Skills is the sector skills council for the creative and cultural industries. Our remit covers the areas of: advertising, crafts, cultural heritage, design, music, and performing, literary and visual arts.
Licensed by government in July 2005, Creative & Cultural Skills is one of 25 sector skills councils, known collectively as the Skills for Business Network, to oversee the strategic development of the workforce in our industries and deliver realistic solutions to skills needs.
Our remit is UK-wide. Wales is represented by Judith Isherwood, Chief Executive of the Wales Millennium Centre. Scotland is represented by John Stalker, Chief Executive of Festival City Theatres Trust. Northern Ireland is represented by Roisin McDonough, Chief Executive of Arts Council Northern Ireland.
PLASA is the lead professional body for businesses that supply technologies and services to the entertainment, leisure, communication and architectural industries. The Association provides information and advisory services to its growing worldwide membership, leads the development of qualifications for the sector and is dedicated to improving the business practices adopted by the industry. With over 500 members worldwide, it represents one of the largest trade communities in the industry and is an effective lobbyist on industry issues. For more information go to www.plasa.org