Author: Ed Colman
Technology: the path from education to employment
By Al Kingsley, Business Board Member and Group Managing Director of NetSupport It’s a question that is often contemplated: what will the future workplace look like by the time today’s primary school students get there? I’m a passionate believer and advocate for broadening our learning pathways and creating opportunities for all of us as “lifelong […]
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£2million in grants to businesses from Growth Works to create over 300 jobs
Within weeks of launching, Growth Works has awarded over £2,000,000 to 32 businesses across the region. The grant funding is forecast to create 321 new jobs while stimulating £11.184 million in capital expenditure. Grants have been awarded region-wide and across a wide range of sectors including automotive, electronics, engineering, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, manufacturing, […]
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Growth Works with Skills launches new online platform to support employers, learners and workers
A new digital talent platform has been launched by Growth Works with Skills to help employers, learners and workers across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Growth Works with Skills is an innovative demand-led skills service connecting learners and employers with opportunities that enable growth. The online platform will allow employers to post their job and apprenticeship […]
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Business Board Approve Updated Local Economic Recovery Strategy
The Business Board, the region’s Local Enterprise Partnership, have approved an updated version of the Local Economic Recovery Strategy (LERS) for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough. In early 2020 Government asked Combined Authorities to develop recovery strategies, The Economic Recovery Strategy Group (ERSG) was formed to respond to the Economic and Business Impacts of COVID-19 and to […]
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£40,000 boost for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mid-life MOT trial
The Department for Work and Pensions has today announced a £40,000 funding boost in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to help people take stock of their health, skills and wealth as part of later life planning. With the pandemic impacting people’s lives in different ways, many will already be reviewing their current situation – including those wanting […]
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