Workforce
63 per
cent of companies in Yorkshire and the Humber have staff with language
skills. Management is most likely to have language skills - 28.8
per cent of MDs/management and 16.6 per cent of sales directors
speak a foreign language.
The
four most frequently spoken languages account for 90 per cent skills
among the workforce:
Source:
Adapted from 'Yorkshire Forward Language Skills Capacity Audit 2001'
The origin of employees' language skills is as follows:
Source:
Adapted from Yorkshire Forward language skills capacity audit 2001
