What the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges have been up to recently
Finance consultancy ABL Business has worked with training provider Brook Corporate Developments to implement ISO9001 and increase efficiency in their workplace. Taking advantage of funding from Higher Performing Workplaces (HPW) in the process and fast-tracking their route to growth. “The work that the funding has helped us to achieve is…
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Businesses of any size in the Leeds City Region can now access 40% funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) towards 168 new accredited courses that have been added to our Grow Skills brochure . This is in addition to the hundreds of courses already available through Higher Performing Workplaces,…
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Helping you to get ‘Back in Business’ Businesses across the Leeds City Region can now benefit from a wide range of funded training options through the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) and our training partners. Training programmes The Higher Performing Workplaces project aims to support businesses to grow through…
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In November members of The Skills Service engagement team set up shop at Morgan Sindall’s exciting new construction project, Leeds Skelton Lake Services. Opening January 2020, Leeds Skelton Lake Services is a ‘new concept’ Motorway Service Area which is now under construction at the M1 Junction 45. Home to a…
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On a sunny Friday afternoon in York, we caught up with Gillian Tinney - Managing Director of the Wine School of Excellence (WSE). Newly contracted to deliver through The Skills Service, WSE is an ‘independent’ wine education company. Passionate about wine, Gillian uses a different approach to most companies involved…
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West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) has successfully secured funding totalling £5.5m under its new Joint Venture agreement. The funding is the first of its kind secured under the new agreement which formally unites Bradford College, Calderdale College, Kirklees College, Leeds College of Building, Leeds City College, Shipley College and…
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Leading medical manufacturer Malosa Medical is reaping the advantages of investing in skills following help from Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP). After approaching the LEP skills service for support and funding towards training costs for their staff, the Calderdale based company were able to invest in a variety of…
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New Ivory, a successful Elland based food manufacturing business
has been given the opportunity to expand thanks to a grant of almost £10,000
from the Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) skills service to train
its staff, as it takes its next steps towards expansion. New Ivory work with some…
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