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Chamber Training & Development

Over the last financial year, the Covid19 pandemic has presented us all with numerous changes & challenges, forcing us to adapt to new ways of living & working.

Our ability to work from home, stay in touch with with family and friends, attend healthcare appointments and shop for essentials has been vastly dependent on our ability to go digital. Here at the Chamber, our Training and Development department was no different, and we too had to change the ways we operate; shifting from in-person training to an entirely new virtual landscape we hadn’t previously explored.

With this shift towards remote working and virtual learning, there is now a greater emphasis on the importance of training and upskilling staff in this new virtual landscape. Businesses cannot afford to put staff upskilling on hold, as investment in staff is an investment in your business, which is crucial in the current climate. As such, we are continuing to offer virtual training, with the hopes of returning to in-person delivery on the horizon. Along with our open courses, we also appreciate that one-size does not fit all and we are continuing to offer our bespoke training opportunities where specialist courses can be designed and delivered to meet your businesses specific needs. Despite the change of working, there has been much to celebrate over the last year, and while many sectors screeched to an enforced halt, our training department was able to quickly adapt and deliver courses to a number of companies and virtual learners. Over this last financial year, we have continued to host a breadth of courses spanning across Digital marketing, Exporting and Importing, Soft Skills and Management and Leadership skills. Since April 2021, we ran over 45 short courses, delivering specialist training solutions to in excess of 220 delegates from a diverse range of business sectors. This coming year we have a number of exciting developments in the pipeline. We give the warmest of welcomes to our new training partners and members AM Bid who will be joining us this year to deliver sessions meeting your bidding and tender training needs. We also say a fond farewell to our outgoing trainer Anne Farr, who we would like to thank for her partnership and loyalty for over 10 years of training delivery with us here at the Chamber. Anne, we wish you all the best for the future as you explore exciting and new opportunities. We also now welcome, Mervyn Stanley from Cameron Carnegie, joining us as our specialist trainer in the key areas of Sales, Account Management, Business Development and Business growth.

Over this last financial year, we have continued to host a breadth of courses spanning across Digital marketing, Exporting and Importing, Soft Skills and Management and Leadership skills.

The full calendar and schedule of courses for the next 12 months is now published on our website here: edinburghchamber.co.uk/ training-events/. Enquiries can be made via email to: training@edinburghchamber.co.uk or via telephone on 0131 221 2999 Option 4.