COMPANIES based in the suburbs of Glasgow are being offered a helping hand towards staff training.
Half the costs could be paid by council chiefs in East Renfrew-shire, who are piloting a training initiative in a bid to boost the local retail, food and tourism sectors.
The local authority has secured £350,000 from Skills Develop-ment Scotland and officials say the money will be used to meet 50% of customer service training costs.
The initiative is being led by East Renfrew-shire Council's economic development department.
Senior councillor Tony Buchanan said: "Economic develop-ment's remit is to support local busi-nesses and promote tourism. Our support for this initiative is aimed at boosting the area as a whole. This will complement our quality and niche retail and food offering.
"If you own or work for an East Renfrew-shire retail, food or tourism business and would like to find out whether your staff members are eligible for 50% of customer service training costs, please contact lorna.wallace@eastrenfrew shire.gov.uk."
The cash scheme is tailored to small and medium-sized firms.
gordon.thomson@eveningtimes.co.uk
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article