Government training fund runs out for plastic manufacturers

Employers in the plastic manufacturing sector are being left without subsidised training after government funding ran out earlier than expected.The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) agreed £50 million of funding as part of the Train to Gain scheme for the sector. But the pot has proved inadequate as a large number of employers opted for subsidised training in the downturn.
 

Language does not simply reflect what is going on in organisational life: it also influences what people think and what they do

Linda Holbeche, director of the Holbeche Partnership and visiting professor of HRM/OD at Cass Business School