Advice, Support and Funding for Businesses
Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber Training is working in partnership with Tow-Trust Towbars Ltd, a manufacturer of towbars and towing accessories, to provide training solutions to upskill their existing workforce and support the company’s future expansion plans.
As one of the largest providers of training and development in Coventry and Warwickshire, Chamber Training has a strong track record in supporting businesses to design the right training solutions.
Elaine Miller, a Director at Tow-Trust Towbars Ltd says: “We continuously examine ways to develop our team’s skill set and the introduction of small changes can have a big impact on our company’s progression. We recently turned to Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber Training and with their advice and support, we were able to access funding for non-accredited training. This has enabled the management team to adopt a strategy for effective time management training, which has proved extremely beneficial.
The first member of the team at Tow-Trust to access the funding for non-accredited training courses was Michael Hill, Office Manager. Commenting on the time management training, which was delivered by Rob McDonald from Chamber Training, Mike said: “After the training sessions with Rob, one of the areas I have organised is my emails as these are one of my main points of contact. I constantly struggle to find historical emails and the training has made a huge difference to how I now work. I now also include time limits when compiling a ‘to do list’ to ensure that the work I set myself each day is achievable.
“One of the other main aspects of the training I focus on is when delegating a job, I always ensure to set a time frame. Rob said if you give someone all day to do a job it takes all day if you say I need that back by 1 pm, it usually gets done by 1pm. I haven’t yet had a chance to produce my time log however this will be something I will do shortly. Some of the above is common sense however it is something I wasn’t doing before the training. I have gained practical, real-life results that are certainly helping me in my daily routine.”
Natalie Lane, Account Manager at Chamber Training commented: “We look forward to our continued business partnership with Tow-Trust and the opportunity to provide the team with further, beneficial training. Through Skills4Growth, eligible businesses are able to access 50% ESF funding towards non-accredited courses and accredited courses from our main suite www.cw-chambertraining.co.uk
“We would urge SMEs to get in touch with us to find out if they are eligible for the funding. Our team will work with you to identify your organisation’s training needs and recommend an appropriate solution, with 50% of the costs being met through Skills4Growth.”
To be eligible for Coventry & Warwickshire Skills4Growth, companies must employ a maximum of 249 people operating in sectors including Business & Professional (including accountancy), Health and Social Care, Digital and Creative Industries, IT Services and Retail and based in Coventry & Warwickshire.
To find out more about Chamber Training’s accredited and non-accredited training courses and if your company is eligible for Skills 4 Growth ESF funding, please contact Chamber Training's Business Development Team on 024 7623 1122 or enquiries@cw-chambertraining.co.uk
Pictured is Michael Hill, Office Manager at Tow-Trust.