How training can help

Dec 4 2007 by Karen McLauchlan, Evening Gazette

WHATEVER the size of your business and whichever sector you operate in, to be successful you need to identify any areas where you’re under-performing and make improvements.

Developing the skills of people working in your business is an important way of doing this - new skills can improve your productivity, competitiveness and profitability.

Comparing the skills you have with the skills you need to achieve your business goals is an important step towards improving your performance.

Training can help to improve skills in the short-term and also help to build staff loyalty and dedication, increasing the emphasis on work-life balance and motivation.

We know that the day-to-day pressures of running and managing a business often mean it’s difficult to find the time to step back and analyse staff training needs.

However, as staff are an incredibly important resource for almost every business, it’s vital to encourage development.

Business Link can work with firms to establish how to improve areas of workforce development by providing access to information and the right help on everything from leadership development to motivation and recruitment.

The new Business Link website enables you to access key information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Businesses can also sign up for email alerts to ensure they remain fully informed on training developments.

With a dedicated team of fully trained skills brokers, we can work with you to save you time and money by helping you to identify training specialists that suit the needs of your business.

Business Link’s substantial team of expert brokers operate across the region in local access points and on a mobile basis.

For further information about the Business Link service, visit www.businesslinknortheast.co.uk