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We also support farmers and rural businesses producing distinctive, Cumbrian products throughout the county.
 

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News - June 2006

A major new online training service for Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency customers  

Learndirect Business

You now have access to a powerful training solution in just a few clicks . We have teamed-up with learndirectbusiness to offer you access to eCourses – a brand new e-learning service that is specifically designed for small to medium sized businesses. eCourses offers you:

  • Immediate access to over 100 online courses in four key areas:

    • Software and Computing

    • Law, Health and Safety

    • People and Management Skills

    • Planning and Finance

  • Value for money. Competitively priced (starting at £25), eCourses are cost effective and, as training takes place on site, employees avoid wasting time and money travelling to a course.

  • Flexibility is built in. Learn when it suits your business and your colleagues. Training can fit in around your work patterns and personal life, whether you work 9 to 5 or irregular hours.

  • Manage your training . Employers can buy courses for their employees and even monitor their progress!

We think that this is a superb training service as it combines the immediacy and cost advantages of the internet with a wide range of high quality learning material. We were particularly impressed with the courses on legal compliance. This is the ideal way to get up to speed and a real step forward in online training. What’s more there’s no paperwork and no fuss!

Using eCourses is easy - simply follow these steps and you or your staff could be gaining new skills in minutes:  

    • If you buy for yourself, the course will be immediately available in your “my courses” page

    • If you buy for other people, you simply assign access by giving them an “enrolment key” – and they can start learning straight away.

Not sure? You can even try course samples for free!

Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency is one of a small number of business-serving organisations that are acting as Agents for learndirectbusiness. For more information on our new service, visit www.learndirect-business.com/cumbriaruralenterpriseagency or www.crea.co.ukor contact us on 01539 726624

Includes courses on : IIP, Negotiation, P&L Accounts, Excel, Leadership, DDA, Customer Care, Flexible Working, FrontPage, Budgets, Food Hygiene, Access, CPR, Marketing, Presentation Skills, Budgets, RSI, Planning Change, Delegation, Recruitment, Freedom of Information, Balance Sheets, Team Building, Manual Handling and 100+ more!

 

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