| Business Services Team Action Plan | |||||
The
Business Services Team will provide a range of new and continuing
services in the financial year 2005/06. Following the announcement
by Scottish Enterprise that with effect from the first of April
the team will no longer be responsible for promoting Investors
in People within small companies the IiP team have been looking
at alternative ways to continue to support small businesses. It
is hoped that by providing workforce development training, to
enable businesses to grow, the IiP work in progress (£50k)
will be augmented. At present this type of training is provided
by Glasgow Opportunities and Glasgow North, however, a case has
been made to Scottish Enterprise Glasgow for a south side provision.
The IiP team can deliver much of this training as they have both
the skills and experience. Workforce development will cover a
range of disciplines including management, marketing, H. R. and
ICT.
Business start-up although funded through Glasgow Business Services will still be an integral part of the Business Services Team strategy with the Start-up Adviser remaining as part of the team and receiving support from team colleagues. The team will continue to deliver the highly successful business start-up evening classes that have been developed to meet the needs of SIP clients. The team plans to generate some commercial income through the delivery of a range of training programmes for external organisations. The client base of organisations requesting training has been steadily growing with many existing clients requesting further training. In addition income will be generated through the delivery of Business Reviews for Glasgow City Council. Services for 2005/06 For year 2005/06 the main operational projects for the team will focus on: • Completing Investors in People Caseload Partnership Working The Business Services Team will work in partnership with Scottish Enterprise Glasgow to complete the existing Investors in People client portfolio and it is anticipated that this will be finished no later than 31 December 2005. The team will also work in partnership with small businesses to identify and deliver training solutions to enable business to expand and grow and with the Glasgow City Council on the delivery of Business & Employee Development Reviews. These reviews will identify the aspirations of local businesses and the support required to match these. The team will work closely with the Social Economy Team and with other CEDA teams to identify areas for joint working. |
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