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Participants also discussed the important role to play to help the sector realize its potential.

The Working Group heard from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Chairman Jim Moseley, the role of skills provides an overview of the the FDF shared with government departments increased by 20% to 2020 vision.

He stressed that the the proactive industry quadrupling the number of apprentices in the industry since the summer of 2011 working with the National Skills Academy to launch the first food and beverage engineering degree from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.

John Stevenson MP of the All-Party Parliamentary Food and Drink Manufacturing Group Chairman said:

The right mix of skills to the UK food and drink manufacturing growth as a whole is a major contribution to the UK economy which is great who have successfully increased the number of their young apprentice, who had been tailored with the FDF create a new food and beverage industry requirements engineering degree and businesses the opportunity to meet. "

The FDF Chairman Jim Mosley said:

"In 2011, we committed to cooperate with the government to provide a 20% increase in 2020 in the food and beverage manufacturing. Improve our efficiency, stay ahead of the competitive advantages of our product and process innovation, and to promote economic growth through exports, will help us achieve our goals, but the key factor will be to recruit the most talented young people supported by the employer-led skills development we have in this journey, the number of apprentices in the food turned quadrupled, we now focus apprentice on the next phase of our commitment and our new food engineering degree in September 2014, began to drink last year.

Jo Swinson, Minister of Commerce, explained:

"More than the food and beverage industry in the past two years the number of apprentices quadruple is a fantastic result in the sector is a key driver of growth and one of the apprentices, will help ensure that we have a pipeline of talent , apply for funding through the government employer's ownership pilot (EOP) is also a great way to ensure that the industry in the future, to gain the skills needed to meet the demand. "