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MORE THAN 300 Copeland residents are now job-ready, thanks to an employment programme.

AN EMPLOYMENT skills programme has helped people on the autism spectrum to prepare for work.

Copeland Council has once again offered unemployed people the chance to find out more about job opportunities in the video gaming industry.

COPELAND Council is on the lookout for tourism and hospitality businesses who would like to help create and employ tailor-made talent. The Copeland Work and Skills Partnership, led by Copeland Borough Council, runs academies to help unemployed residents get the basic skills, experience and confidence needed to get back into work. At a time when many tourism businesses are struggling to recruit, the partnership wants to run an academy specific to the tourism and hospitality sector. Copel...

Training could give unemployed head start 10/04/2021 Unemployed residents are being offered training to give them a head start in the hospitality and tourism sector. The Copeland Work and Skills Partnership, led by Copeland Borough Council, is offering the Welcome Host Gold course. The one-day course trains people in customer services and is considered the ‘gold standard’ in the industry. Chris Pickles, Copeland’s work and skills programme officer, said: “The course covers the core skil...

Wage subsidy scheme supports Copeland businesses A wage subsidy scheme supporting Copeland’s businesses and residents is being hailed a success. Copeland Work and Skills Partnership is incentivising employers to take on new recruits with the support of a wage subsidy. Eighty-two per cent of businesses involved have retained staff originally taken on as part of the 26-week programme that is run exclusively in Copeland. Supported by DWP and Cumbria County Council’s Community Learning an...

A WAGE subsidy scheme supporting Copeland’s businesses and residents is being hailed a success. Copeland Work & Skills Partnership is incentivising employers to take on new recruits with the support of a wage subsidy. Eighty-two per cent of businesses involved have retained staff originally taken on as part of the 26-week programme that is run exclusively in Copeland. Supported by DWP and Cumbria County Council’s Community Learning and Skills team, the scheme - the latest phase of the...

A WAGE subsidy scheme supporting Milloms businesses and residents is being hailed a success.