This event outlined the opportunities for businesses to avail of from academic institutions to help grow and develop their own talent and access funding. These included the Help to Grow Programme, Skills focus, Skill up and the NMDDC Labour Market Partnership (LMP) – Upskilling for Growth Programme.

The focus of the LMP programme is to address the skill gaps and associated vacancies of local employers, by supporting employers to upskill staff with a skill/qualification required to fill a skill gap and associated vacancy within the organisation. The output of the programme is to enable career progression for those upskilled while opening entry-level vacancy opportunities for those entering the labour market.

If you would like to find out how we can help you to up-skill your team using our fully funded training programmes, please email: betterbusiness@src.ac.uk

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Carrie Duffy Skills and Employability Manager NMDDC, Amanda Smyth Head of Regeneration and Business Development NMDDC, Mark McGivern Vice President FD Technologies, Danielle McKay Business School UU, Giuseppe Fallone Owner La Dolce Vita Pizzeria, Sean McColgan Clinton Management Centre QUB, Tracy Rice, Vice Chair NMDDC LMP, Jeb Berkeley Business Skills Manager SERC, Sylvia Moorhead Business Skills Manager SRC