Hampshire Chamber of Commerce is leading a collaborative LSIP Refresh for 2026, shaped by businesses and strengthened by partners coming together across Hampshire. Our work to understand current and future skills needs is complemented by reaching out to engage key stakeholders, ensuring partner insights and sector expertise are fully integrated. This joined-up approach supports a stronger skills ecosystem and helps turn shared intelligence into meaningful action.
In addition to Hampshire Chamber of Commerce’s own project – working to understand current and future business, technical, and vocational skills needs, – our collaborative work with these key partners across Hampshire, brings vital insights into sector-specific skills challenges:
Maritime Solent is leading an important piece of work on Maritime Skills and Careers Teaching CPD, strengthening the pipeline of talent for our crucial maritime sector.
New Forest Business Partnership is deepening our understanding of the area’s business skills needs, particularly around apprenticeship demand, engagement and take-up.
Silver Trowel is helping to map the skills gap affecting construction businesses.
FSB is focusing on the unique challenges faced by micro-businesses.
Youth Options is providing essential perspectives on young people’s experiences—particularly those not in education, employment or training (NEETs)—in accessing entry-level employment.
Business South is examining skills gaps impacting our larger employers.
Tech Solent is shaping innovative methods for improving our understanding of technical skills needs as articulated by the regional technology community.
Solent Growth Partnership is exploring AI skills needs through an early adoption study.
Treloar’s is undertaking crucial work on closing the disability employment gap in Hampshire, helping us build towards a truly inclusive future for all.
Fareport Training is conducting essential analysis of future soft skills needs and strategic planning, and
Sparsholt College is examining agri-technology skills in sustainable land management.
CHLLNGR is working on a defence project, aligning with the Industrial Strategy’s emphasis and Hampshire’s recognised strengths in this vital sector.
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC) is analysing the skills needs in the Aviation sector.
Creative Network South is reporting on the skills needs within film and related industry sectors.
Cornerstone Consulting is looking the skills needs in the Health and Care sectors.
Together, these partnerships ensure our LSIP reflects the full spectrum of Hampshire’s business community, from our smallest enterprises to our largest employers, across all sectors and demographics.
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About Hampshire Chamber of Commerce
Hampshire Chamber of Commerce is the independent voice of local business across the county and one of the largest regional business networks in the UK. With a strategic vision to ‘unlock Hampshire’s potential’, Hampshire Chamber brings together the combined influence, strength and expertise of the county’s three former major chambers. It works with over 2,000 individual firms spanning all sectors and sizes of business. Member services include training, advice, international trade documentation, events, networking opportunities and lobbying to policymakers on issues affecting business. Hampshire Chamber’s business network is designed to help any employer to grow and thrive irrespective of their stage on the enterprise journey.