Business Bolton

Invest in skills and maintain your competitive edge

In these economically challenging times, it's vital that your company continues to invest in skills. As well as increasing productivity in the short-term, employers who don't train are 2.5 times more likely to fail than those who do.

Business Bolton, through the Employment and Skills team, can offer your organisation free and impartial advice on developing your workforce. We can assist you by providing the following services:

• Quality-assured, impartial and independent advice to businesses either based or looking to relocate to Bolton
• Help to identify skills needs at all levels of your business so that you can make the right, informed choices
• Identify and source high quality, vocational skills training including NVQ's and apprenticeships, delivered at a time and place to suit you, from a wide range of colleges and training providers
• Assist in identifying a range of funding to ensure that you can implement you workforce development plans at all levels from apprenticeship through to the boardroom. Funding is available for apprenticeship, skills for life, NVQ Level 2 and 3 and leadership and management development
• Provide a wrap around service which brings together a range of partners to assist you recruit and train staff with the skills to help your business grow

Ways to get in touch

For more information, call Martin Hill on 01204 336072 or email martin.hill@bolton.gov.uk