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Business Link opens doors to help and funding; as do the Government’s five employer-led Sector Skills Councils – SEMTA (engineering), Cogent (chemicals, nuclear, offshore oil/gas), Proskills (process and manufacturing), Skillfast (textiles) and Improve (food and drink).Meanwhile The National Skills Academy for Manufacturing and The Learning Skills Council continue to direct the nations industry at a time that is ripe for taking advantage of Train to Gain schemes.
NWDA’s innovative LEAD Programme has £5.9milion invested for leadership and management training during 2010.
Dharma Nurse is a business advisor with Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions. She explains how EMS can help your business.
Operations director for Improve, John Nixon, warns there are significant skills needs across the sector to be addressed for a sustainable future.
LEAD delegate Paul Winrow gives us the lowdown on LEAD.
How can LEAD help your business? Course mentor John Haynes talks about turning a good business into a great one.
Kellogg’s top apprentice trainer, Andy Shaw, is an advocate for hands-on training schemes whether through local sources or national initiatives.
January 2010: Director of the Centre for Performance-led HR at Lancaster University Management School, Paul Sparrow believes innovation is crucial to business success.
Barclays’ commercial director, James Cliffe, tells ThisIsManufacturing what banks need to know before money changes hands.
Where do you go for industry specific skills and training advice? Here we outline the key organisations working on your behalf to deliver the best research, advice and support they...
John Oliver OBE tells ThisIsManufacturing.co.uk how engaging the workforce will transform any organisation.
Investing in skills and training pays off says Lynn Tomkins from Semta skills council.
Why is LEAD the new buzz-word for success among Northwest SME’s?
Are apprenticeships really a viable solution to economic growth and a boost to the ever-dwindling skills gap? Thisismanufacturing.co.uk asks Employer Services Director for the Nort...
Employers small and large are currently being primed to take on apprentices by the Governments National Apprenticeship Service (NAS).
Running a small business can feel like more than full-time occupation. Once a company is up and running, everyday demands make it hard for managers to consider the bigger picture -...
Scratch a manager and chances are you’ll find someone who believes the old adage - if you need a job doing properly, you’re better off doing it yourself - under the surface.
