Developing and valuing your employees is essential for any growing business. Ensuring that teams can work together and that everybody has the right skills to be effective, from operational to leadership level, is an important and ongoing task for businesses. Getting it right will help you retain staff, reducing employee turnover as well as making your business attractive to new talent.
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Investing in the training and development of your workforce can bring a wealth of business benefits, including:
Increased staff motivation, loyalty and retention
Improved customer service
Safer working practices
Increased productivity
Employees with increased skills sets can make a wider contribution to your business.
There are many training providers delivering in the Heart of the South West area as well as some specific business support schemes providing skills advice to businesses and funded training to upskill the workforce.
Get in Touch with us today or see business support services specific to skills and training detailed at the bottom of this page.
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Business support programmes
Skills Launchpad for the Heart of the South West
Devon and Somerset
The Skills Launchpad provides a portal to information and support to help you develop your skills and develop your career. You can find training and support, whether you are an employer or seeking employment.
The SMART SKILLS programme is funded by the European Social Fund and will help businesses across Devon to upskill their staff and advance their business to the next level with a range of no-cost training solutions.
Funded training to help your business progress - Skills Support for the Workforce (SSW) is a programme developed to upskill employees within small and medium-sized businesses in the Heart of the South West LEP area; Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay. They provide recognised accredited qualifications and bespoke training courses to enhance your employees’ skills, increase the competitiveness of your business and boost the local economy. SSW is co-financed by the Education and Skills Funding Agency and the European Social Fund.
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