UK 'needs micro-business skills council'
<a href="http://www.smallbusiness.co.uk/channels/employing-staff/news/1048976/uk-needs-microbusiness-skills-council.thtml">UK 'needs micro-business skills council'</a>
A designated Small Business Sector Skills Council is needed to help the UK's smallest companies.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) claims that micro-businesses, or those which employ less than five people, are currently excluded from the government's training programmes.
Research by the group shows that 88 per cent of micro-firms had not benefited from the Train to Gain scheme because they are not aware of it or believe they will not qualify, despite a £350 million pot being set aside to help the country's smallest enterprises.
Furthermore, 78 per cent call for the government training programmes to be more flexible and provide education in specialist areas such as health and safety, IT, marketing and other essential business management skills.
Colin Willman, FSB education and skills chairman, says that companies which employ a small number of people should not have to send them out of the workplace to meet their training needs.
'What we really need is dedicated training for the smallest firms, in the form of a new Small Business Sector Skills Council,' he adds.
Last month, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills revealed that £11 million has been invested in creating almost 3,000 new apprenticeships.
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