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Train to Gain

Train to Gain is the single point of access for businesses such as yours to get the training advice and support you need to succeed.

The Learning and Skills Council’s Train to Gain service provides impartial, independent advice on training to businesses across England. It can help businesses improve their productivity and competitiveness by ensuring that employees have the right skills to do the best job.

Train to Gain gives you access to a skills broker who will carry out a needs analysis of training within your business and help you assess what skills your business has now and what you will need in the future.

Our future. It’s in our hands.

Find out how Train to Gain can benefit your business, call us now on:

0800 015 55 45

Train to Gain News

In this edition read how Train to Gain benefits employers like you and for the latest updates in the Service.

I would like to speak with a skills broker

A skills broker from your area will set up a meeting to discuss your requirements. It's an independent and impartial service, all you have to do is complete this skills broker contact form to arrange a meeting. Skills broker contact form

A Plan for Growth

A Plan for Growth sets outs our ambitions to enhance and expand the Train to Gain Service.  Under new plans announced on 26th November 2007, the Government has committed to spending over £1 billion by 2010/11 on this groundbreaking service to help companies drive up workforce skills.

Download the Executive Summary of A Plan for Growth

Download the full document of A Plan for Growth

Skills Pledge

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The Skills Pledge is a voluntary, public commitment by the leadership of a company or organisation to support all its employees to develop their basic skills, including literacy and numeracy, and work towards relevant, valuable qualifications to at least Level 2. e about the skills pledge and commitment to training.

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Skills shortage - who will keep the lights on?

May 6th - The Institute of Engineering and Technology are hosting an interactive forum to look at the future skills needed for energy supply, Chaired by Chris Earnshaw and with the keynote address by the Skills Minister David Lammy this event aims to review future skills requirements in the energy sector; consider the future skills availability and highlight current positive initiatives, successes and lessons learnt. View event details

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