learndirect scotland for business aims to enhance the competitiveness of Scotland's small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
We can guide you through the maze of training opportunities, helping you to get the best from your people, and allow your business to respond quickly to the modern economy’s ever-changing skill needs.
We do this by:
- providing access to expert advisers who will help assess skills needs and identify training solutions
- sourcing training to meet business goals and pressures, with an emphasis on short, “bite-size” chunks
- offering online training that can be done in the workplace, reducing time staff away from the job
- providing you with access to a range of free resources. Click here for more information
We bring together the widest-ever range of information on courses offered by Scotland’s private training providers and colleges and universities, as well as hundreds of new online courses. We also offer access to more than 500 learndirect scotland branded learning centres that make up the new national learning centre network.
Ready-made online training packages are available to any business with desktop PCs and access to the internet.
We work in partnership with other business support services, including Chambers of Commerce, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands & Islands Enterprise and Business Gateway.