Employers

Bury College is proud of its links with business and industry and its commitment towards enhancing the skills of Bury’s workforce. Numerous successes have been achieved in helping to develop the learning capability of local businesses, industry and employees.

• Bury College Business Solutions works closely with a number of employers and industry groups, offering relevant advice, guidance and training on a wide range of consultancy and training programmes.

• Bury College Apprenticeships deliver the Apprenticeship framework to over 400 employers across Bury, Bolton, Rochdale and Wigan and 500 work-based learning Apprentices.

• Bury College's Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) in Management Skills and Business Services and Early Years Development and Childcare are working closely with local employers to develop new and enhanced Vocational provision focused on meeting the skills needs of industry.

• The Treasury-supported Employer Training Pilot (now Train to Gain) has grown from strength to strength since its start in 2002. ETP funding has enabled many low skilled employees to be trained at NVQ level 2 or on a suitable Essential Workplace Skills programme.

• In partnership with Bury MBC and several other organisations across Bury, Business Solutions has opened the Routeways to Work Multicultural Business Support project. Running until September 2007 the project aims to raise the competitiveness of ethnic minority businesses by providing advice, guidance and training to help existing and new businesses create additional opportunities for employment and sustainability.

For details of further project work please click here