Free support to upskill your workforce
Are you a small to medium sized business in Nottingham looking for free support to up-skill your workforce, retain staff or recruit into your teams? Our Employer Services Team at Nottingham College are here to provide consultative support and a suite of free courses and training opportunities through several projects ? including the Skills Access Hub and the Smart and Inclusive Leadership?project.?
We have a vast range of accredited training, short and online courses and apprenticeships available, and we can deliver bespoke solutions too. Depending on your eligibility, many of these training options are free or?subsidised.
Local businesses drive the future...
 During the event at NG2 Business Park, a number of local businesses took an accompanied test-drive in a range of electric vehicles before they then were given the chance to loan an electric van for 30 days to test its performance in their own fleets.?
Far-UK who were at the event said: ?We were blown away during our 20-mins test-drive, the Electric Van Experience was very insightful, educational, and exciting. We learnt so much about the benefits of your EV Scheme, including the 30-days fully-insured EV loan,? and your future plans to create similar opportunities that aims to promote more EV, Green (Renewable) Culture across the city?.
?With the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles brought forward to 2030, we want to support businesses to plan ahead. Electric vehicles are the future, but we understand that making the switch is still a big decision.
?The idea is for firms to experience the benefits of an electric van for themselves before making any commitment. This isn?t available through dealerships or manufacturers, so it?s a unique opportunity and key to addressing the barriers that businesses face with electrifying fleets?.
Councillor Sally Longford,
Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Energy and the Environment, Nottingham City Council.
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Lezli Hall, Property Manager, Castle Cavendish, added;??We took part in EVE and tried out a Toyota Proace 100% electric van. Becoming more economically and environmentally sustainable is important to our business. The Electric Van Experience was helpful to get a feel for how electric vans perform and the type and size of vans we needed and helped us make the decision to invest in an electric van for our property maintenance services. We are looking forward to taking delivery of our own van in the near future.?
The Electric Van Experience is open to private and public sector businesses and organisations to participate at no cost to the business, apart from a nominal administration fee, dependant on the size of the company.
2022/23 is the final year that this scheme will be available so visit the EVE webpage to express your interest now.?
Funded by National Highways and delivered as part of the authority?s Workplace Travel Service, EVE was launched a year ago and enables companies to see how making the switch to electric vans could be the right move financially and environmentally.?
Share your thoughts on making Nottingham carbon neutral
In Nottingham, we have committed to becoming the first carbon neutral city in the UK by 2028. To achieve this ambition, we need as many people, businesses and organisations as possible to get involved by reducing their carbon footprints.
In May and June, the Carbon Neutral Policy Team and Nottingham Trent University are running 90 minute focus groups online to discover your thoughts.
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If you live in Nottingham and have ideas for making the city more sustainable, we?d love to hear from you.
Online sessions - 31 May and 7 June.
Carbon Literacy for SMEs
Monday 6 and 13 June?
If you feel that you need to do something to get you started on your journey to combat climate change and are working for or with an SME, then through this course you will get the knowledge and tools to set you off on the right path. No previous environmental knowledge is needed.
Course programme in detail
By the end of the course, delegates will have:
- Gained an understanding of the basic science of climate change and how climate change will affect us both globally and locally
- Gained an understanding of how climate change will affect SMEs
- Explored the low carbon objectives in the SME sector
- Created an action plan to help reduce the carbon footprint of their workplace
- Explored strategies for influencing others to take action on climate change
This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Community Renewal Fund.
Sustainability for Food Businesses
Thursday 9 June from 9:00am to 12:00pm
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Sustainability for Food Businesses is delivered by a range of senior lecturers from the Food Science and Technology academic team, based in the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences (ARES) at Nottingham Trent University. With a focus on the food and drink sector, the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences will be providing sustainability training to food manufacturers and those working in the wider industry at level 4.
The course is designed to empower learners with the skills and knowledge to improve the sustainability of their business practices, whilst also improving profitability, reducing waste, increasing consumer confidence in their products and increasing market share.
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