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Skills Development
Training and Development
We offer a comprehensive range of courses and workshops to help you up-skill and develop your staff from the provision of scheduled one day courses, half day interactive workshops and breakfast seminars to in-house bespoke programmes, all delivered by the methods most suited to your needs, and by first class trainers that have been carefully selected for their experience, professionalism and proven track record to help your team succeed.
We understand that training is a large investment both in price and time, which is why it’s crucial to select the right training for your business. With this in mind the training department offers the service of a Training Need Analysis to find out where your business is at, where you want it to be and what we can do to help you and your team to get there. To request a free TNA or to find out more about our bespoke courses please contact the Chamber Training Team
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The Chamber of Commerce along with Business Link North West have allocated funding for Lancashire based companies.
The funding is available for companies that employ
• Up to 7 leaders/key managers in organisations employing between 5 and 249 people with a maximum award of £7000 and
• Up to 6 leaders/key managers in organisations employing between 250 - 999 employees with a maximum award of £6000
The company must not have received any prior funding for training and must be located within Lancashire. The first grant of £500 (of the full £1,000 of grant support available per individual) is fully funded and must benefit the leader/key manager. The remaining grant of £500 must be match funded by the employer. No individual manager can receive more than £1,000 of grant support. The funding is only available for management development activity and does not cover technical, mandatory or IT training. For more information on how to access this grant please contact the training department on 01772 653 000
TO VIEW OUR COMPRHENSIVE TRAINING PROGRAMME OR BOOK ON LINE simply click below.
Training Courses -- Please click on available dates to view/book any of our Training Courses
CENTRAL LANCASHIRE HR FORUM (1 courses)
EXPORT DOCUMENTS AND PROCEDURES (1 courses)
FINANCE 4 NON- FINANCE PEOPLE (1 courses)
FIRST AID APPOINTED PERSON (EMER.... (1 courses)
LETTERS OF CREDIT (1 courses)
FIRST AID AT WORK (1 courses)
MEDIA AWARENESS & PRESS RELEASE (1 courses)
MARKETING & SALES (2 courses)
FINANCE ACCESS FOR WOMEN (1 courses)
IMPROVING SALES THROUGH LANGUAG.... (1 courses)
COMBINED CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN A.... (1 courses)
FREE ACAS ONE 2 ONE'S (2 courses)
7 STEPS TO EFFECTIVE SALES (1 courses)
INTERNET MARKETING & WEBSITES (1 courses)
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Current polls2. In the run up to polling day we are asking visitors to the site to give their responses to some of the big questions of the election 2010 campaign. Which Party do you feel would be best for business?
3. Will a conservative Administration be good for business in Lancashire?
4. Have the measures set out in the budget done enough to help business?
5. Has the measures set out in the budget done enough to help business
6. Has your bank increased the cost of borrowing or arrangement fees in the past two months?
7. Has you business been a victim of vehicle crime (defined as deliberate damage to a company vehicle or theft from a company vehicle) in the past 12 months?
8. Hundreds of members of the Unite Union are due to walk out from 0600 BST on Friday until 0600 the following Tuesday in a dispute over pay. The drivers work for Hoyer UK and Suckling Transport, haulage firms employed by Shell to deliver fuel to its forecourts across the UK. We would greatly appreciate your answer to just one question so we can conduct a snap poll. Faced with a fuel strike on Friday, will your business stockpile on fuel?
9. How serious do you consider the problem of crime against your business?
10. Do you agree with the concept of road pricing where the aim of the charge is to reduce congestion (providing that all income raised is ploughed back into improving the transport infrastructure)?
11. The road fund licence is a flat rate tax paid by all motorists irrespective of the number of miles they may drive each year. Abolishing the road fund licence and increasing the cost of fuel to compensate would benefit low mileage motorists whilst ensuring high mileage motorists pay more in fuel duties. Do you agree with the proposal to abolish the road fund licence and increase the cost of fuel to compensate?
12. 84% of companies responding to a recent Chamber survey stated that the road network was essential to their business. And yet transport failures cost the average business £27K a year. What would be your preferred solution to reduce congestion on our roads? Would you prefer to reduce demand by: Or would you prefer to increase road capacity by:
13. All three major political parties are currently debating the future of the Department for Trade and Industry (DTI). Which of the following three statements do you agree with?
14. Next month the National Minimum Wage will increase from £4.50 to £4.85. Will the increase have:
15. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is consulting on what should go into the 2005 Budget. What should be his main priority?
16. The Government is considering changing the way in which business rates are collected. Which should be done?
17. What should be done to relieve congestion on the M6 between Birmingham and Manchester?
18. Since the new postal arrangements came into force, is your business receiving postal deliveries
19. Is the current postal crisis affecting your business with:
20. Insurance premiums continue to rise at an alarming rate and many businesses find themselves at risk of operating outside the law when they cannot either arrange or afford Occupiers Liability Insurance. Are you continuing to struggle with escalating insurance premiums?
21. The Future of Local Government. Please choose one of the three following options.
22. The European Commission are debating the idea of introducing 'made in the EU' labels’ which may soon be stuck on UK manufactured goods. businesses fear that such a label would damage reputations and would detract from prestige associated with certain regions in the UK. Do you agree with the introduction?
23. Business Crime is a serious and costly issue. Over the last year, have you experienced an increase or decrease in business related crime
