Training

Are you making the most of LinkedIn? It’s the preferred network for business professionals. This course will help you understand the platform and help you harness its potential. From personal profiles and pages to following hashtags and learning about the different types of posts. There’s more to LinkedIn than recruitment.

This leadership training course teaches you how to lead your team to greater success, will show you how to motivate and influence your team. Inspiring them to become high-performers within your business.

In today’s fast-paced global market, understanding sanctions and export controls is more crucial than ever. These regulations are essential for maintaining national security, international peace, and economic stability. Our ” Trading in a Sanctioned Environment” course is designed to provide you with the practical knowledge and skills needed to mitigate risks and ensure compliance in your global trade operations.

Since the UK’s departure from the EU in 2021, our trading relationship with the island of Ireland has been constantly evolving. Doing business with Northern Ireland continues to cause confusion for many Lancashire exporters. This half-day training course will demystify the process by providing a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the Windsor Framework.

The comprehensive 3-day Level 3 First Aid at Work (FAW) qualification is essential for designated first aiders in medium to high-risk workplaces or those with larger workforces. This course meets HSE expectations and equips participants with the skills and confidence to respond effectively to a range of workplace emergencies. This course is the most comprehensive first aid course in the UK.

Successful businesses have a defined approach to identifying and submitting quality tenders, and expressions of interest for awards and contracts.

Use the true “power” features and functions to solve complex problems while turning raw date into clear usable information that supports measurable initiatives by working with large worksheets, using logical and date functions ‘nesting’ functions advanced formatting features, styles, auto-format, format painter, sparklines, conditional formatting and data bars, working with data lists and tables, (Sorting, Filtering, Sub-Totals) and using charts in Excel. After this course, you will truly be a "Power" user!

Funded by Lancashire Skills & Employment Hub and the UK Government, the Skills Bootcamp in International Trade is a comprehensive Level 3 course, covering import and export procedures; documentation and compliance; and factors affecting export growth.

Whether you're stepping into your first project or looking to sharpen your foundational skills, Project Management Essentials is the perfect launchpad. This dynamic one-day course is designed specifically for junior or aspiring project managers who want to build confidence, understand core principles, and deliver projects successfully. Instead of lengthy textbooks or complex methodologies, we use practical tools and real-world examples, discussing and using the tools together.  We do not focus on specific project management IT systems, as there are many available – rather, the course content introduces practical, core project management expertise which can be applied to many situations and can help ensure any IT solution is used as an enabler to change, rather than its driver.

This introduction course is aimed at those involved in the administration of international trade to ensure an understanding of rules of origin, product classification and item valuation to meet the demands of international trade in both exporting and importing. Understanding origin, tariffs and valuation is essential for correct calculation of taxation and duties, and mistakes leading to non-payment or underpayment are considered a serious matter by HMRC.