2 Responses

1. try these web sites
   these web sites hold some of the info you require and have links to many other sites – you need to dig a bit.

   http://www.fefc.ac.uk
   http://www.open.gov.uk
   http://www.ufiltd.co.uk
   also try the site for DfEE – not sure of it.
   Have fun

   Antony

2. Training Grants
   Tony,you are quite correct. Gathering
   information on training grants is not always
   as straightforward as it seems….but, your
   local Training and Enterprise Council (TEC)
   (currently being superceded by Learning and
   Skills Councils) are a good starting point as
   a one stop shop. Go to http://www.tec.co.ukto
   find the details for your local TEC. Please
   note that some of these have formal combined
   operations with Chambers of Commerce and have
   become Chambers of Commerce Training and
   Enterprise CCTEs.

   In a similar way, Business Links are set up
   with local offices. These in turn are being
   superceded by the Small Business Service
   (SBS). Their national website is at
   http://www.businesslink.co.uk
   You will often find that Business Link
   operations are locally combined with those of
   your local TEC.

   Anthony’s comments could well prove helpful,
   and the website for the Department for
   Education and Employment is
   http://www.dfee.gov.ukwhilst that for the
   Department of Trade and Industry is
   http://www.dti.gov.uk

   Another group worth contacting is the British
   Association of Open Learning (BAOL) at
   http://www.baol.co.uk

   Regards
   Jon Seaton, Editor,HRZone. http://www.hrzone.co.uk
   mailto:editor@hrzone.co.uk