Listening to Learners 2025
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Key Learnings from VocTech Market Activity Q4 2024
Tyton Partners and Ufi Ventures Release Q4 2024 VocTech Market Report: Tax Increases, Workforce Policy Reforms, and Investor Sentiment in a Shifting Economy
Ufi Ventures and Tyton Partners continue their collaborative exploration of investment opportunities in the future of workforce development with their Q4 2024 VocTech Market Activity Report, which provides an in-depth analysis of macroeconomic shifts, employment policy changes, and investment trends shaping vocational education and workforce development.
This edition offers a detailed analysis of VocTech market activity from October to December 2024, assessing ongoing economic pressures, policy reforms, and shifting investor confidence while providing insights into how these factors are reshaping the VocTech landscape.
- The UK budget raised taxes; in the short term, at least, the new burdens on business are negatively affecting hiring plans and morale. Schools received more money.
- The Employment Rights Bill has been introduced to Parliament, and the Get Britain Working White Paper has been launched. These are significant reforms to the UK’s employment regulations; changes to provision for young people and to apprenticeships are likely the most important for the VocTech investment community.
- Political turmoil across Europe and the election of Donald Trump are both likely to have a materially negative effect on the green transition and associated jobs and investments.
- Demographics are becoming a hot topic. Europe – including the UK – is getting older, and this could have a major effect on productivity and living standards. Immigration as an answer will remain controversial.
- Deal sizes and volumes are at historically low levels, but some deals are still being made; anecdotally, many are more optimistic about 2025.