Businesses benefit from Train to Gain scheme
04 February 2010
The Train to Gain programme has boosted training spend despite recession.
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By Helen Mayson
More than a third (41%) of employers who used the government funded Train to Gain programme in 2009 say that it helped them to continue providing training despite the recession, according to the latest survey by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
The government plans to invest an additional £1 billion in Train to Gain programme in 2010-2011.
Four out of five employers said that they were likely to recommend Train to Gain to other business leaders as well as use it again themselves, according to a survey by the Learning and Skills Council.
Geoff Russell, chief executive of the LSC, said: “Workplace training has never been more responsive or flexible to the needs of employers and it is gratifying that more employers recognise the benefits of training their staff so they have a skilled workforce, ready for the upturn. The direct benefit to their business productivity and their employees is clear.”
Skills minister Kevin Brennan said the results show that businesses value Train to Gain as a way of offering high quality training opportunities to their staff that they would otherwise not be able to."
The Department for Business (BIS) published Skills for Growth – the National Skills Strategy in November 2009, which set out an ambitious plans to give people and businesses the skills they need to help drive economic growth.