Fiona Kendrick

"“I have had an amazing career over the past 40 years and worked with extraordinary people who share my passion for the food and drink industry,”"

""Now it is time for me to do something else while maintaining my interest in skills and young people. For me, the future is about continuing to be involved in the things I love while finding more time to enjoy my wonderful family and, in particular, my beautiful grandsons.”"

"For us, finding a solution is very, very important,"

"What is very important for us is regulatory standards. Absolutely key is that we have a convergence of that, that we avoid red tape,"

"“Industry must step up and help young people bridge the gap between education and employment,”"

"“We cannot leave this problem to the Government and schools. We need to work together to help young people – and to develop the next generation of skilled employees for the future.”"

"“As a country we walked away from apprenticeships and manufacturing generally. Now it’s very much back on the agenda, but we’ve got a lot of catching up to do to make sure we’re got the right skills.""

"“We have to bring young people in and really equip them, and move them through really fast. But we also have to up-skill – they are going to be the engineers for tomorrow.”"

"“Even out of the recession, we don’t believe that is going to come down massively,”"

"“It was hugely tough but we decided that my career would take the lead, so we put his business on ice and we went,” she says. “I have a great husband, that’s one of the magic ingredients.”"