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Information for Employers on Higher Education in Hereford and Worcester

The range of Higher level training available for businesses just in Herefordshire and Worcestershire is vast and it can take precious time to find out what's on offer and if that is the right course for your needs.

To make the choices on offer easier to navigate we've created the tables below to help you choose training that is relevant to your organisation.

The table shows some standard business departments (or business activities if you like) across the top. Underneath these are some of the typical problems encountered in each of these areas.

The last row details some of the possible training courses you may want to consider to help slove these issues. This is just some of the higher level training that local businesses, like yours, are sending their employees on every day.

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Business Functions / Departments:

Sales and Marketing

Operations, Purchasing, Design or Production

Management

Finance, HR and Accountancy

Typical organisational issues:

Finding new customers

Poor profitability

Low repeat business from existing customers

Prototyping new products

Improving business processes

Using new design techniques

Business Strategy

Management leadership

Effective management

Staff motivation

Improving Cash flow

Managing absenteeism

Employment law

Possible Training solutions:

Advertising, Marketing or Public Relations

Business Information Technology

Leadership and management

Accounting & Finance

Bespoke training programme

Supply Chain Management

Strategy (e.g.MBA)

Change Management

Market Research

Project Management

Mentoring

Human Resource Management

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Can you identify with one (or more) of the business issues above?

Then Higher level skills training might help you find a solution!

The table below identifies which local training providers deliver which training that will help solve your businesses needs. You can find full contact details in the table below that, if you would like to discuss details of what's included, delivery options and cost. (Funding may be available on some courses)

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Key Contacts

University/HE College	Contact	Address	Email	Telephone/Fax
Hereford College of Art & Design	Brigitte Stockton	Folly Lane, Hereford HR1 1LT	B.Stockton@hca.ac.uk	01432 845343
Hereford College of Technology	Craig Watson/Hayley Alderson	Folly Lane, Hereford HR1 1LT	cwatson@hct.ac.uk	01432 365591
Kidderminster College	Paul Garnault	Market St, Kidderminster, DY10 1LX	pgarnault@kidderminster.ac.uk	01562 820811
New College	Colin Smith	Peakman Street, Redditch, B98 8DW	csmith@ne-worcs.ac.uk	01527 572614
South Worcestershire College	Derek Street	Malvern Campus, Albert Road North, Malvern Worcestershire WR14 2YH	dstreet@sworcs.ac.uk	01684 565351
University of Worcester	Howard Skerry	Henwick Grove, Worcester, WR2 6AJ	h.skerry@worc.ac.uk	07970882328
Warwickshire College	Ted Evershed	Warwick New Rd Leamington Spa, CV32 5JE	tevershed@warkscol.ac.uk	01926 318234
Worcester College of Technology	Steve Poole	Deansway, Worcester WR1 2JF	spoole@wortech.ac.uk	01905 743463

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