New programme aims to improve language skills in the South West.

(From Western Daily Press)

Young people across the region are to be given the chance to broaden their horizons in a major initiative to improve language skills in the South West.

Business Language Champions has been launched by the recently set-up Regional Language Network (RLN) South West in an attempt to improve the prospects of young people and companies.

The South West is the first region in the country to pilot the Business Language Champions programme, which will be rolled out nationally following a successful trial.

The RLN South West was set up in the wake of an audit of South West firms which found that an astonishing 20 per cent …