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Fully funded Training Budget worth up to £8,750 available to Warwickshire SMEs

Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce Training is working in partnership with the Warwickshire Skills Hub to make fully funded training more accessible to SMEs across Warwickshire.

The Skills Escalator Fund enables SMEs to receive up to £3,750 worth of training to upskill 5 of their existing employees. With the fund aiming to promote growth and a diversification of skills within the workplace.

Chamber Training are offering an array of highly rated and dynamic training toolkits including:

Business Skills

• Management Skills

• Team Leading Sales and Marketing

Digital Skills

Warwickshire Skills Hub are also offering additional funding for staff aged 50 and over. This 50+ fund aims to evolve knowledge and skills through £1000 worth of funding each for up to 5 employees. This can also be used towards Chamber Training’s Toolkits.

An SME taking advantage of both funds could have access to a fully funded Training Budget worth £8,750.

Vicki Haslam, Business Skills Support Service Team Manager at Warwickshire Skills Hub, says:

“We are delighted to be able to offer funding support to Warwickshire SMEs wishing to develop their workforce. With so much innovation in the county at the moment it is important for businesses to invest in training and development for their workforce. We recognise the challenges faced by SMEs to fund skills development & the fund has been very well received by employers countywide. We have been thrilled to see training partnerships with local providers such as Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber training are embracing the opportunity to meet business demand & support growth”. If you are interested in finding out more information, then email enquiries@cw-chambertraining.co.uk or call 024 76231122.

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