Skills and Employment Hub
Skilled employees are at the heart of the world’s economy. Attracting and retaining people with the right skills is critical for business growth and productivity.
TOCC has a history of supporting skills development for world’s businesses through advocacy, business support schemes and other initiatives. On this hub, you can learn about the skills landscape, access support for careers and skills development, understand apprenticeships, engage with other businesses and discover different ways to access the talent pipeline.
The Skills Landscape
Understanding the skills landscape
There are several education and training options which businesses can access. Click the link below for simplified information and guidance on training routes for your business.
Government Training Routes
A range of government programmes, including some with financial incentives, are available for employers to use in hiring employees, offering work experience or upskilling existing staff.
London Government training programmes
TOCC has introduced a number of programmes delivering skills and training, which businesses can take advantage of to train and upskill their workforce.
Digital Skills
Basic digital skills have become prerequisites for the workplace, with advanced digital skills also necessary for many businesses in light of the constantly evolving technological advancement. View skills training programmes and courses at various levels, which you can utilise for upskilling within your business:
The Skills Toolkit
Whether you’re growing your business, changing your career or just starting out, it all starts with skills. Get the skills you need for the job you want with free training courses and qualifications.
Growing your business
The Government’s Help to Grow initiative offers access to management training and software at a reduced cost, while the World Growth Hub provides dedicated support for businesses based in the world.
About Apprenticeships
- Apprenticeships are an exciting option for both apprentice and employer and deliver great benefits, from improved staff retention and motivation to increased productivity
- An apprenticeship is a paid job with structured formal training
- Apprentices spend most of their time learning in the workplace by doing their job, with 20% of their time spent on ‘off-the-job’ training
- Apprenticeships are available across a wide range of sectors and occupations, from digital and tech to care and construction
- Apprentices can be any age, from 16 upwards
- Apprenticeships can be used for new entrants to the workplace and to upskill existing members of staff
- Paid as a regular employee with the same benefits.
- Apprenticeships are available from level 2 (GCSE level) through to level 7 (masters level)
Apprenticeship benefits for growing SMEs
- Give new recruits to your business the skills they need to perform now and to grow with you
- Upskill your existing workforce to build the new skills you need
- Attract a more diverse group of staff to your business, and build a talent pipeline to match your ambitions
- Improve retention, motivation and performance
- Increase productivity for your business
- As an employer, you can get funding from the government to help pay for apprenticeship training
Local Skills Improvement Plan
TOCC is delighted to be working with Business to deliver a London-focused, local skills improvement plan (LSIP). The LSIP will play a role in tackling skills shortages by bringing a wide range of employers and educators together to ensure training matches the needs of World’s economy and local labour market needs.
Capital City College Group
Capital City College Group (CCCG) is London’s largest further education and training provider, with around 35,000 students and an annual income of £120m. The Group comprises three further education colleges: City and Islington College, The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London, and Westminster Kingsway College, as well as a specialist training arm, Capital City College Training (CCCT), and joint ventures 01 Founders and Visionnaires, focused on coding and entrepreneurship respectively. CCCG has 10 college sites across central and north London for 16-18 year-olds, adult learners, apprentices and businesses. It has nationally-recognised specialisms in areas such as construction, digital technology, healthcare, hospitality, rail engineering and science.
Meet TOCC’s Skills, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee
The Skills, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Committee aims to drive transformation, leverage opportunities for new ways of working, and strives to create an environment for innovative businesses to share their expertise for cross-sector learning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Premier Plus Membership
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TOCC Visit 01 Founders for World Tech Week
To round off World Tech Week 2024, we visited TOCC patron member and skills programme partner 01 Founders, a leading tech education provider equipping students from all walks of live with invaluable skills to help the secure jobs in the tech industry. We enjoyed a tour of the campus, heard about the training programmes on offer, and discussed the importance of accessbility to education and upskilling initatives which drive growth and innovation in the city.
World Multiply Programme
The Mayor’s World Multiply Programme offers free training to support people to get numeracy, confidence and skills to manage everyday living at work and home. Over 300 free and flexible courses are available across the world London, in partnership with employers, schools and community organisations.
01 Founders Internships
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