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Employment and skills providers recognised in New Year’s Honours List | 4 Jan 2010
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Training providers call for ‘preferred supplier’ system to safeguard quality | 26 Nov 2009
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Association of Learning Providers press release | 25 Nov 2009
Training providers call for ‘preferred supplier’ system to safeguard quality
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‘Politicians must hold their nerve on open and demand-led skills training’, says Association of Learning Providers on National Skills Strategy | 16 Nov 2009
The trade organisation, which represents vocational learning and training providers, has welcomed the National Skills Strategy published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and urges the frontbenches of all three main political parties to support the principles of demand-led funding and an open supply market in the face of tighter public expenditure.
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Divert government funding to Entry to Employment programme to help NEETs, say training providers | 15 Oct 2009
Many of the rapidly growing number of young unemployed people could see their prospects improve if they had access to the government’s successful Entry to Employment (E2E) programme, say training providers.
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Employers’ recovery hopes hit by government training cash running dry | 24 Sep 2009
Efforts by business to train workers for an economic upturn are being thwarted by an acute shortage of funding in the government’s biggest skills programme
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More capital funding for training providers identifying gaps in e-learning provision | 7 Sep 2009
The Government is encouraging work based learning providers to fill gaps in e-learning content where there is evidence of strong demand among employers’ workforces.
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Workplace e-learning gets further funding boost | 25 Aug 2009
Training providers are being invited to bid for £3 million of funding to help transform the way people learn in the workplace by using technology innovatively.
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Employers wanting to train face disappointment due to funding cuts | 12 May 2009
Firms encouraged to train staff by the government’s multi-million pound ‘It’s in your hands’ advertising campaign face being turned away by training providers because of impending budget cuts.
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Chancellor’s budget fails to confirm immediate help needed for young unemployed | 23 Apr 2009
Britain’s training providers have welcomed measures in the Budget which will specifically help young people being hit by the recession, but remain deeply concerned that no assurances were offered on funding urgently needed now for unemployed youngsters wanting to join a key government training programme.
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