Upskilling to Boost Staff Retention

Upskilling your workforce is a vital part of ensuring the future and viability of your organisation. It’s also one of the most positive steps that you can take to ensure you retain experienced, valuable and contended team members and keep staff morale high. In this article we’ll explore the what, why and how of upskilling,…

Benefits of Apprenticeships for SMEs

In this article we’ll explore and address some of the questions and perceived complexities of taking on an apprentice within your SME. Throughout our years of facilitating training and providing upskilling opportunities we’ve heard the full spectrum of responses to the concept of apprenticeships. From concern over the potential cost and workload implications to outstanding,…

The Benefits of Upskilling Your Team

In uncertain times it may feel counterproductive to spend time and money upskilling an established team. In actual fact, investing in your team right now by upskilling is one of the best things you can do for your business. Especially when a huge variety of diverse skill development opportunities are available FULLY FUNDED through SMART…

#MeetTheTeam – Abi Bunt

Abi Bunt  Business Skills Adviser, SMART SKILLS What is your favourite thing about SMART SKILLS? The benefits it has on SME’s. I love that SMART SKILLS can help businesses access high quality training that they may not have a budget for. What do you like most about working on the SMART SKILLS programme? I’m a…

1000 Strong and Counting

We’re Celebrating! We’re in a celebratory mood this month having reached a huge milestone that we are all immensely proud of. Along with our learning partners, we have now provided fully funded training and development programmes to over 1,000 participants. When we launched in April 2021, in the midst of the COVID crisis, many people…

Upskilling Your Workforce – What, Why and How.

What is upskilling and why is it relevant to my business? Upskilling your workforce is one of the most valuable and productive things you can do to improve your business. But let’s be honest, it can feel overwhelming. Choosing from multiple providers offering a myriad of different courses, arranging cover for staff while they train…