These vary from compulsory qualifications such as Health and Safety to courses that build on skills within the business, including a range of flexible, part-time degree and professional courses, such as Chartered Institue of Marketing or AAT Accountancy qualifications.

If you’re wondering why, as an employer, it’s important to upskill your staff and support them to be the best employee they can be, here are just a few of the benefits:

• Improve the skills of your existing workforce

• Increase staff retention and loyalty

• Enhanced productivity and effectiveness

• More opportunity to hire and promote from within your business

There are a wide range of different loans and funding available to support training in the workplace. One of our expert advisors will be happy to talk you through this.