SEGRO report finds skills shortages threaten Europe's next industrial revolution

• A SEGRO report warns skilled-worker shortages could stall AI-driven industrial growth, increasing competition for locations with suitable labor pools and infrastructure.
• Around 40% of site-dependent vacancies were unfilled, compared with 13% for location-flexible roles across six sector comparisons.
• Less than 10% of Europe's blue-collar workforce has the next-generation industrial skills identified by the research.
• Emerging-technology training reached 72% of employees at large companies, versus 17% at small and medium-sized businesses, exposing supply-chain constraints.
• The report recommends retraining existing workers, coordinating local skills planning across sectors and expanding smaller businesses' access to specialist training.

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