Develop your team
Business Surrey provides support to businesses to help develop and grow your teams. We provide you with quick access to opportunities to help upskill your workforce.
Helping people and companies grow
Access to workforce development schemes, training and education opportunities means businesses in Surrey can upskill their workforce to help people and companies grow.
Investing in workforce development not only helps businesses improve productivity but also helps them recruit, retain, and develop talent.
Business Surrey can help with workforce development by providing Surrey businesses with access to opportunities to upskill their workforce.
We offer support via various initiatives, such as Skills Bootcamps and Green Skills for Trades and Construction, to help you develop your team with skills for the 21st Century.
Here are some of our current opportunities
Why skills matter
Surrey has a strong economy and vibrant business scene. However, businesses can be constrained by difficulties finding workers with the skills they need, leading to slower growth.
The Surrey Skills Plan was put in place to address this and other skills gap needs. The plan forms the strategic basis for delivering skills priorities in Surrey. It was designed to encompass all of Surrey’s businesses, skills providers and people.
The plan envisions a dynamic, demand-led skills system that fine-tunes Surrey’s Leading Edge, recognises the needs of all businesses, and maximises inclusion whilst powering economic growth across the UK.
One of the plan’s key objectives is to help businesses prosper by making our skills system more responsive to immediate, medium, and long-term needs.
Skills Bootcamps and Green Skills form part of the overall Surrey Skills Plan.
To find out more, download the Surrey Skills Plan.
Working with the education sector is a great way for businesses to connect with the next generation, play an active role in increasing diversity, help shape the skills of tomorrow’s workforce, and attract job and apprenticeship applicants.
Surrey Careers Hub nurtures tomorrow’s talent by building links between the education sector and local employers to deliver consistent, high-quality careers programmes for Surrey’s next-generation workforce.
Find out more about Surrey Careers Hub.
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