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Businesses should 'Love Apprenticeships'
 

Businesses Should ‘Love Apprenticeships’

2/7/2012 4:59 AM EST  -   Lantra
Businesses are urged to ‘Love Apprenticeships’ this year as Lantra, Sector Skills Council for land-based and environmental industries, has created a free website that puts interested employers in touch with learners, helping to bring an Apprentice into their workplace.

Apprenticeships are a great way to breathe new life into a business, as employers get to train apprentices from scratch, to ensure they develop all...

£400 Available for Wales’ Land Girls

8/31/2011 10:11 AM EST  -   Lantra
A £400 training grant is available to women working in Wales’ land-based industries from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Because of the positive impact, Lantra has extended the funding UK-wide, so women...
Funding for the Southeast's farmers, foresters and growers
 

£500,000 for Farmers, Foresters and Growers through LandSkills SE

7/12/2011 6:26 AM EST  -   Lantra
For immediate release

More than half a million pounds has been allocated to help the South East’s farmers, foresters and growers get the training they need to boost their business’ profitability.

From 1 August 2011 until 31 March 2012, £527,000 is available to businesses in this region to get up to 70% off training. Through the end of May 2011, this programme has provided funded training for 2,600 courses to over...
John O'Conner (GM) Ltd awarded Investors in People
 

John O’Conner Grounds Maintenance Awarded Investors in People

7/7/2011 5:06 AM EST  -   Lantra
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release


John O’Conner (GM) Limited, a grounds maintenance business established in 1969, is the first organisation to be awarded Investors in People accreditation by Lantra Sector Skills Council, the land-based and environmental Investors in People Centre.

John O’Conner (GM) Limited holds contracts with local authorities, education establishments, housing associations and businesses in...
Careers in environmental industris
 

PLANTING THE SEEDS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY

4/6/2011 6:35 AM EST  -   Lantra
For Immediate Release

England’s land-based and environmental businesses must cultivate world-class skills in order to thrive and fully support the nation’s supply of food, fuel and water, according to new research, published today (6 April) by Lantra Sector Skills Council.

The land-based and environmental sector touches all our lives wherever we live. The sector feeds our nation and is indispensable for our...
Annabel Foskett
 

MASTERING A CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

4/5/2011 12:18 PM EST  -   Lantra
Support from Lantra’s Women and Work award has not just helped environmentalist Annabel Foskett embark upon a masters degree. It’s also led to a sought-after scholarship and landed her as the Women and Work Environmental Conservation joint-winner of the year.

Since 2006, the Women and Work programme has worked with over 1212 companies in England to support 3,250 women develop their skills and progress their...
Victoria Forsyth
 

VICTORIA’S DRIVE TOWARD SUCCESS

4/4/2011 9:38 AM EST  -   Lantra
For Immediate Release

Everyday that Victoria Forsyth goes to work she’s watched over by a colossal 65ft sculpture called The Dream. The concrete sculpture of a girl with her eyes closed sits on a hill overlooking both the M62 and the Merseyside farm where 21-year-old Victoria also stands out - as a hugely enthusiastic young female famer who has just been named Lantra’s Women and Work Agriculture Learner of the...
From today Lantra will support land-based and enviromental businesses through Investors In People
 

INVESTING IN PEOPLE

4/1/2011 4:40 AM EST  -   Lantra
1 April 2011 For Immediate Release

Lantra, the Sector Skills Council supporting land-based industries, announces today, 1 April, that they have been appointed to accredit the Investors in People programme to English businesses operating within the land-based and environmental sector.

Investors in People is a business improvement tool which links staff development with increased business profitability and levels...
Women dedicated to H&S in agriculture
 

WOMEN TAKING ON ONE OF BRITAIN’S MOST DANGEROUS CAREERS

3/23/2011 11:49 AM EST  -   Lantra
PR1508 23 March 2011
Ten women working in Cornwall and Devon were recently recognised (22 March) for their training and dedication to health and safety in agriculture, one of the most dangerous careers in Britain.

The health and safety training, delivered by Safety Cornwall and funded through Lantra’s Women and Work programme, explored the development of safety policies, safety management systems,...

£1 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER’S FARMERS AND GROWERS…ANY TAKERS?

3/2/2011 5:57 AM EST  -   Lantra
2 March 2011

More than £1 million is available for Yorkshire and Humber’s farmers, foresters and growers to help them improve the competitiveness of their business through skills and business development over the next year.

LandSkills Programme Manager, Julie Hamilton, said: “LandSkills has been vitally important to farmers and growers in Yorkshire and Humber. Over the last two years close to 10,000 LandSkills...