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December 31st 2007 - Denham - Improve your Management Skills and Grow your business in 2008 with "Train to Gain"
Mr Denham made his call to action to highlight how small businesses can take advantage of a huge expansion of Government funded training which will start later in the New Year.
Focusing on small business managers he advised they should resolve to make 2008 the year to improve their leadership skills and boost their competitiveness. Funding for tailor - made management and leadership training provided through the Government's "Train to Gain" service has been from £4million to £30million a year for next three years. By calling the "Train to Gain" helpline, employers get access to an impartial and independent skills broker to help them identify their basic or higher level skills needs. Training from a range of available services can be supplier from;
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local education institutions
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publicly or privately funded training providers
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privately funded training providers
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formal certified training programmes
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coach or mentor to help businesses improve the way they manage staff.
Mr Denham stated :
"Small business managers are the backbone of our economy, making an immense contribution to innovation, boosting regional competitiveness and bringing opportunity and enterprise to local communities.
To really succeed in an increasingly competitive climate, every small business manager needs to get the best from their employees. Despite the time pressures they face, no small business manager can afford to cut corners on training - either for their employees, or themselves.
This is why I have made the provision of leadership and management training, tailored to the individual needs of each business, a priority for 2008. Since its launch in 2006, "Train to Gain" has helped more than 52,000 employers and enabled over 240,000 employees to undertake training. If you manage a small business, I urge you to join in this fantastic work and make your business a winner in the New Year.
From 2008, the overall "Train to Gain" budget will double to over £1billion in 2010/11 ensuring that skills training is available for employees in every company in the country. The increases in funding for management training for small and medium-sized enterprises (those between 10 and 249 employees) will support managers in around 42,000 companies over the next three years."
Skills Minister David Lammy, commented:
"Services aimed at small businesses only work if they are flexible enough to be used when and where employers want them. In expanding "Train to Gain", we've listened closely to the business community to ensure we've met their needs - in particular in designing the enhanced management training service.
I hope that employers will respond by making full use of the opportunity to improve their staff leadership credentials, and to get their staff trained up to deliver real growth in 2008."
Ian Smith, Chairman of the UK's Leadership and Management Advisory Panel, said: This additional Government money to fund the expansion of the "Train to Gain" leadership and management programme is fantastic news. The programme, which has been developed with and for small to medium sized businesses, really does give managers the support they need to run their businesses more effectively, to increase productivity and ultimately to improve economic performance.
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