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Employee Skills Development

Portsmouth City Council works closely with a number of strategic partners, such as the Learning & Skills Council and Business Link Wessex, to develop the provision of skills training in the city, along with many delivery partners, such as colleges and training organisations.

We also directly deliver some training initiatives ourselves.  For more details see below:  

Pride in Pompey

Pride in Pompey can help you enhance the quality of your business and boost your competitiveness with a range of flexible training packages to suit your business needs, including:

• Customer Service  
• Business Administration
• IT (beginners to advanced, including Microsoft Office)
• First Aid
• Food Hygiene
• Confidence building
• Time Management
• Skills for life

Many of our training programmes can be delivered on-line (via the internet) or on site to minimise disruption in your workplace.  Your employees may eligible for  FREE training, subject to status.

For more details telephone 023 9229 8288

Southern Entrepreneurs

A project to support small businesses and sole traders through providing a comprehensive range of training and networking opportunities, objective and impartial business advice.

For more details go to Southern Entrepreneurs

Skills Development

Other employee skills development services are available from:

• Portsmouth & South East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Learning & Skills Council South East
• Business Link Wessex
• Highbury College
• Portsmouth College
• RPS Rainer
• Flagship Training
• PETA
• VT Careers
• University of Portsmouth