Skills for Business at The Gloucestershire Business Show
Skills for Business is a collaboration of leading Gloucestershire Training Providers who have joined forces for the Gloucestershire Business Show.
This is a great opportunity for providers to meet with employers to understand the training needs within the county and to support businesses with learning and development including:
- Improving business performance (efficiency and productivity) by developing skills
- Helping businesses from all sectors develop strategies to overcome skills gaps and shortages
- Promoting the business benefits of work experience and helping young people into employment
- Improving cultural inclusion in the workplace
- Exploring Learning at Work by supporting blended, social, online, micro and project learning
- The promotions of a wide range of training solutions
National Star
At National Star, we draw on real-world experience and expertise to offer cost effective Star Training solutions for staff working in health, social care and education fields.
Our Level 2, 3, 4 and 5 Diplomas will enable your staff to work through both mandatory and optional units, supported by highly qualified trainers who understand the challenges staff face in their roles day to day. Throughout training, they will keep in touch with you through face-to-face meetings at your place of work and regular telephone and email contact.
Because we understand the effectiveness of bespoke training, our courses – including Disability Confidence, Autism, Learning Disability, Equality and Diversity and Supervision – can be mixed and matched to create half or full-day packages tailored to your needs.
Hartpury
Hartpury – Developing a professional approach to industry partnerships, employability enhancement and lifelong career development that serves out students, staff and wider industry needs.
Since its inception two years ago, Hartpury Innovation, Careers and Enterprise (ICE) at Hartpury College has worked closely with Industry to create the very best opportunities to prepare students and adult learners for the new and exciting challenges faced in the working world. The ethos behind Hartpury ICE is to foster initiatives that bring together industry and education thus creating a vibrant environment for personal development and lifelong learning.
Whether it is professional or personal development, Hartpury can promise you excellent service and a great experience.
Vale QMS
Vale Quality Management Services provides specialist quality management consultancy, training and support. We specialise in helping small businesses to interpret the requirements of ISO 9001 and to implement a quality management system that truly meets their needs.
In addition to system implementation, we also offer full ongoing support with internal audits and can facilitate management reviews. We can lead one-off improvement projects or provide a program of coaching to enable your team to manage and improve your quality management system.
Vale QMS is an approved training partner of the CQI and IRCA and offers the full suite of certified foundation level training courses both on site and online via our bespoke e-learning platform.
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Nimble elearning
We are Nimble, a Stonehouse based company, who have developed a unique online tool that is now in use by companies including Costa Coffee, EasyJet and GoApe! to deliver their online training.
All companies have a learning and development requirement and Nimble’s innovative cloud application makes it super easy for customers to build their own engaging online learning courses and release them to their teams.
Nimble users can instantly and effortlessly build their own courses or tailor and customise them from our diverse portfolio of high-quality training courses in a wide range of subject areas. This saves them time and money.
Our product has also sparked new businesses for some entrepreneurs, as they’re now able to ‘set-up-shop’ and monetise their knowledge and reach new audiences. We’re also the only elearning company to offer an unlimited trial period and a pay-as-you go option.
Try Nimble now for free! www.trynimble.com
The Business Kitchen
‘If you spend all your time working IN your business, take some time out to work ON your business – and be amazed at the results.
The Business Kitchen Main Course programme of workshops provides you with the skills, confidence and support to achieve your business goals.
You’ll gain three hours of invaluable training each month – all in a friendly, confidential environment. Time and again our delegates tell us they love the lively, interactive group discussion and target setting that helps them keep focused and motivated.
As one of our success stories says:
“Over the past few months I’ve more than doubled my monthly earnings. And although I’ve always loved my job, I can’t remember a time I felt such enthusiasm for my business.”
G Acceleration
G Acceleration provides a range of business services to support learning and development including:
Learning Skills at Work is a resource based approach to Learning and Development. This solution is for any business where in-house training is the most practical solution.
Learning with Tech is for HE, FE, Training Providers, Trainers, L&D Teams and Subject Experts. We help organisations discover low cost tools to create vibrant content, enhance face-to-face delivery, deliver blended learning and increase delegate engagement.
Skills Excellence is an L&D management service for busy employers. This includes training plans, training records and much more. We specialise in obtaining funding construction training programmes.
Digital at Work is a range of support to help business accelerate the adoption of digital technologies to improve productivity and efficiency.
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Skills for Business Presentations at the Gloucestershire Business Show
These presentations are free to attend and there is no requirement to book, however you do need to register to attend the business show using this link.
Wednesday 17 May 2017
Work Experience – A positive social responsibility or a challenge too far
Skills for Business
The Work Experience session on Day 1 of the GBS will kick off with some employers and students from Hartpury and National Star College talking about their work placement and supported internship experiences – the benefits and challenges from both the employer perspective and that of the students.
This will be followed by a question and answer session, chaired by Davina Jones from NSC and introduced by Stephen Whitbourn at Hartpury, with panellists from both educational establishments who have personal experience of managing, supporting and trouble-shooting issues that work placement providers may have or perceive.
They will be joined on the panel by employers and students who can help allay any fears or concerns you may have.
So do make time at 11.00am on Wednesday 17 May to come and listen and take part in a lively and interesting discussion.
Thursday 18 May 2017
Closing Skills Gaps by Supporting Learning at Work
Skills for Business
The need to develop skills and improve productivity is not going away and this presentation explores why and how businesses should adopt a Learning at Work strategy in addition to traditional training solutions.
The lack of suitable training together with the investment in time and money are often barriers to providing learning and development. Supporting and encouraging Learning at Work is a practical solution and during this session we will explore a range of options including blended, social, online, micro and project learning.
You will hear about:
- Using blended learning to provide a flexible approach to learning and development
- What do you need to consider when taking learning and development content online?
- Continuous, contiguous learning (at work, at sea!) and certification
- Developing skills by capturing and sharing knowledge
The Gloucestershire Business Show coincides with Learning at Work Week a national campaign to promote learn at work. #learningatworkweek
