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There are agencies and bodies that are charged with identifying future demand for skills. We have Skills Development Scotland, and we have the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council looking at the universities sector and professional or graduate-level demand.
When I first took on my current role, I found that one of the barriers was between some of the developers and Scottish Water. Scottish Water has taken action to change its workforce into one that is more delivery focused, and it has improved a fair bit.