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NEWS RELEASE: £2.9 MILLION INVESTMENT IN LAND-BASED BUSINESSES

11/23/2011 11:17 AM EST  -   Lantra
A £2.9 million investment in the skills and professionalism of land-based and environmental businesses has been announced today (24 November) as part of the Employer and Investment Fund (EIF) Phase 2.
This investment fund will enable Lantra, the Sector Skills Council supporting land-based and environmental industries, create and deliver three projects tailored specifically to industry needs, aimed at increasing...

New Level 2 Fisheries Management Apprenticeship

11/7/2011 5:54 AM EST  -   Lantra
Professionals working in Fisheries Management in England and Wales are urged to participate in a consultation, organised by Lantra, focusing on the proposed development of a new Level 2 Fisheries Management Apprenticeship.

The consultation is available now as an online survey, and will determine the need for the framework. The consultation closes 12 December 2011, and if there is sufficient evidence to progress,...

£400 Available for Wales’ Land Girls

8/31/2011 10:11 AM EST  -   Lantra
A £400 training grant is available to women working in Wales’ land-based industries from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project.

Over the past four years this project has proven successful in England, where it has helped 1,212 businesses and 3,250 women increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Because of the positive impact, Lantra has extended the funding UK-wide, so women...
Lucy Taylor
 

Women and Work 2011-12: Supporting Women’s Skills Across the UK

6/27/2011 5:46 AM EST  -   Lantra
For immediate release

Five hundred women working in land-based industries across the UK will continue to benefit from Lantra’s Women and Work 2011-12 Funding Project, as it has been extended for a fifth year.

Women and Work has already helped 1212 businesses and 3,250 women to increase their skills in industries where women are under-represented. Not only that, for the first time ever, this project is open to...

Time is ticking for Land-based and Aquaculture Learner nominations

11/1/2010 6:17 AM EST  -   Lantra
With only two weeks left, Lantra Sector Skills Council is calling you to nominate your top Scottish Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year.
These special awards aim to recognise and reward those learners who have demonstrated a real commitment to training and professional development – anyone can put forward a candidate: employers, training providers, colleges, schools and universities and can you...
Attendees at Parliament for launch of Food Supply Network
 

MPs targeted by food-supply skills EDM

10/19/2010 4:47 AM EST  -   Lantra
MPs are being asked to sign an Early Day Motion calling upon the Government to address skills shortages in the food sector and recognise the importance of the food supply sector in its policy making.

Andrew George MP and sector skills councils Lantra, Improve Limited and Skillsmart Retail launched the EDM following a parliamentary reception addressing the issue last week.

Nearly 100 MPs, civil servants and...

Skills councils warn MPs of threat to food security

10/11/2010 11:38 AM EST  -   Lantra
Three Sector Skills Councils have joined forces today (12 October) in the Houses of Parliament to alert politicians and civil servants to gaps in the training and qualifications needed to maintain long-term food security.

The event was staged after the three Sector Skills Councils, Lantra, Improve Limited and Skillsmart Retail, all reported worrying skills gaps impacting upon the UK’s ability to feed itself. As a...

Search begins for Scotland’s top Fisheries Management Learners

9/8/2010 2:45 PM EST  -   Lantra
Lantra, the Sector Skills Council for environmental and land-based industries is calling for nominations for its eighth Scottish ‘Lantra Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year’ awards.
Lantra is urging employers, training providers, colleges, universities and schools to nominate employees or students who have shown outstanding commitment to training through their hard work and determination.

Lantra’s...

OPENING DOORS TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES

7/7/2010 9:27 AM EST  -   Lantra
Current economic conditions are tough on businesses everywhere, so to help those working within Wales’ environmental and land-based industries, Lantra Sector Skills Council is throwing open the doors of its Builth Wells office during the Royal Welsh Show (July 19-22).
Industry experts, training providers and staff from the Farming Connect Skills Development Programme are working together so that the show’s...

Interested in the game and wildlife industry?

7/1/2010 8:53 AM EST  -   Lantra
Set impressively in the grounds of Scone Palace, Perth the Scottish Game Fair is taking place from 2 - 4 July 2010.
A three day celebration of the countryside with gundogs, shooting, falconry, fly fishing, educational exhibits, sport, entertainment and good country food and drink, the Scottish Game Fair is regarded as one of the main countryside events of the year, demonstrating the importance of game and other...