Train to Gain encourages training providers to respond to the individual training and skills needs of businesses, helping you to establish long-term relationships founded on trust. We have already seen how Employer Training Pilots have delivered success, with examples of results far outstripping businesses’ expectations*.

*Employer Training Pilot Survey, Adult Learning Inspectorate, 2005.

Train to Gain will bring great opportunities for training providers by using Skills Brokers to target businesses that have not engaged with training in the past. We all want to grow the market and to respond to the needs of businesses. Now Train to Gain will give you the chance to offer your training to a huge new market. Employers who traditionally may not have delivered skills training to their employees will now know how to go about getting it and also where help is available.

For businesses that are new to training, Skills Brokers will help to identify training needs, and training providers will then advise on the detail of how this training should be provided.

Train to Gain will not stop employers and training providers that already work together from continuing to do so. If they have a good and established training relationship, they will be free to continue working together just as they have in the past.

Powered by Government through the Learning and Skills Council with an investment of £230 million in the first year (2006/07), Train to Gain will raise skills levels and the quality of training in businesses across England. This investment will rise to £399 million in subsequent years.