Grants available for a limited time only!

This is not a free cash hand-out. The Government's aim is to deliver skills not otherwise available to help your business succeed. It is a considerable payment for you to have professional marketing help, that you might not otherwise have invested in. There are targets to meet for handing out the grants, so provided you meet the criteria your application is almost guaranteed to be successful. It won't last forever, so you must take action now if you want it.

Eligibility - Simply say yes to these conditions:

Do you hold a senior position at strategic level of the business?

Does the company employ 5 – 249 people?

The grant isn't for anything that is required by law.

You will start the consultancy within 60 days of it being approved.

The company hasn't had an LSC grant in the past 3 years.



The Funding
 
Up to £1000 available for development of either a Director or Senior Manager of which:

Up to £500.00 for the owner/senior manager/key director without contribution from the employer

A further £500.00 providing the employer matches the contribution. 

How it works
In conjunction with our qualified services  the employer will examine the key areas of responsibility and targets for the manager concerned, then identify key areas in which increased skills or knowledge would have a positive impact. You get a confirmation affidavit from TTG that the funding is approved, then you pay us as a normal commercial arrangement.  When the training has started and you have a receipted invoice, we will arrange for the LSC to pay your grant, which is prompt on 30 days.

The purpose of this course is to coach and mentor you on how to improve your business's profitability, sustainable growth and success, particularly in these tough trading conditions using the best practices of professional corporate marketing.

Course Costs & Details
We offer many courses, but there is one which is designed around your needs, called "Marketing for Profit", designed specifically around the grant, and costs £1500. Standard content includes a pre-attendance assessment, a days visit to your premises to spend with the applicant, a post course assessment, and most importantly for providing a strategy for improved marketing implementation based on the detail disclosed during the training. However we are happy to discuss other provisions within the sum including such matters as using the facility to assist you with micro-marketing elements such as search engine optimisation if this is where you feel you have more demanding needs. The standard training typical delivers a list of what you're doing right, how to improve areas of deficiency, and what you're missing that should be included, along with the techniques, knowledge and expertise that are necessary to accomplish them.

Alternatively a full list of individual alternative courses plus the breadth and depth offered is available here.

in order to make an application please complete the referal form HERE*

When you have completed the form save it as a word document then Email it to us HERE* (Those using an internet explorer based email facility i.e. hotmail etc, please attach the word document to that in your usual manner to david at swiftcrm.net.)

The application is FREE and without obligation. Once we receive your application someone will call you to discuss your eligibility, it's that simple. Please note this item is in Microsoft Office 2003, (and able to be read by MS Office 2007). If you don't have this please call instead.

For any pre application enquiries Telephone : (01509) 891239

Background on the Learning and Skills Council may be obtained here: http://www.lsc.gov.uk