skills

Steve Jacobs joins Benjamin Ball Associates

As Benjamin Ball Associates celebrates another bumper crop of new business wins, Steve Jacobs has joined the team as an experienced communications coach and writer. Steve has more than 25 years’ experience in corporate and financial public relations and will be an asset to the team in providing expert advice to their growing client roster.

Steve’s joining has expanded the services...

Government urged to support South West’s future skills

The Heart of the South West LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) is calling on Government to accelerate upskilling the region’s workforce with the skills of the future.

Companies in the Heart of the South West area (Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay) are struggling to recruit in growing areas including data science, cyber, robotics, machine learning and customer service. This ‘skills...

Heart of the South West LEP welcomes two new board members

The Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has welcomed two new Board members for 2023.

The Heart of the South West LEP’s Board works to improve economic development and prosperity in the Heart of the South West area, which covers Devon, Somerset, Plymouth and Torbay, and deliver the area’s Local Industrial Strategy .

The Board also oversees the LEP’s...

Jobs fair to help South West employers tackle talent shortage

Local businesses are invited to attend a free virtual jobs fair on Tuesday 22nd November 2022, 10am - 2pm to connect with local adults who have recently completed a Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamp.

Train4Tomorrow digital and technical Skills Bootcamps, delivered by Devon County Council , provide a solution to the region’s recruitment challenges by training employed, self-employed and...

Local Skills Report sets priorities for the South West

The Heart of the South West Skills Launchpad , part of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership (HotSW LEP), has launched a Local Skills Report, which sets out priorities for the region for 2022 to 2024.

The report recognises that the area's economy is shaped and led by the skills of its residents and businesses, but that the level of those holding a higher-level...

Digital jobs fair connects employers with local talent

The government-funded Train4Tomorrow programme held a Digital Jobs Fair on Wednesday 16 March, giving local employers the opportunity to connect with adults who have recently completed a government-funded bootcamp to gain in-demand skills in the digital sector.

The Train4Tomorrow programme offers adults in Devon, Somerset, Dorset and Cornwall access to fully-funded Skills Bootcamps,...

Person in fron of laptop for Train4Tomorrow Digital Jobs Fair

Digital jobs fair launched to connect Devon employers with local talent

The government-funded Train4Tomorrow programme is running a Digital Jobs Fair on Wednesday 16 March 2022, to connect employers with local adults who have recently completed a digital bootcamp to gain in-demand skills.

The South West is facing a skills shortage. The rapid growth of the digital sector has led to businesses struggling to find the skilled people they need to meet their...

Free training courses to tackle farming and woodland management skills shortages launched in the South West

Technology, and its role in supporting a more sustainable future, is becoming increasingly important across all sectors, including Farming and Woodland Management.

Train4Tomorrow is a government funded programme supporting adults in the South West to develop the in-demand skills required by industry through free training.

In January, Duchy College in Cornwall and Bicton...

Magic skills technical workshop

With over 30 years experience, local strolling magician Mark Leveridge is launching a new magic skills technical workshop in Exeter. Mark, who belongs to the illustrious Magic Circle in London, is also a member of the prestigious Inner Circle, with a Gold Star for high technical performing ability. The first of the new workshops is called ‘Let’s Make Magic’ and is aimed at children aged 11 –...

Devils to face Sheffield

Plymouth Skills Group Devils v Sheffield Window Center Tigers

Premier League, St Boniface Arena, Plymouth. 7.15pm Friday May 15, 2015

PLYMOUTH face a stiff test when they take on Sheffield in the Premier League at the St Boniface Arena on Friday evening (7.15pm), writes Graham Hambly.

The Yorkshire side were one of the early leaders in the table and have already picked...

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