Improving Skills

Introduction

Invest NI's Business Improvement Training Programme (BITP) can help you improve your business performance by providing advisory and financial support for training and development activities.

The programme is aimed at improving company competitiveness through raising the skill levels of your managers and workforce.

How will it help me?

By improving the skills of managers and employees your business can:

• Increase productivity;
• Improve products and services;
• Reduce waste and overheads;
• Increase profit and turnover; and
• Have a more flexible and motivated workforce.
  

How does it work?

The programme provides advisory and financial support for tailored training that is directly linked to key areas of improvement identified through Invest NI's Business Health Check.

Financial support is only available for projects which can demonstrate the potential for significant business improvement.

Am I eligible?

BITP is open to manufacturing and internationally tradable service companies that are located in Northern Ireland and meet Invest NI's client company criteria across all categories (client company criteria is available at www.investni.com/clientcriteria).

The programme is also open to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) companies wishing to establish a manufacturing or internationally tradable service business within Northern Ireland.

Next steps

You should contact your Invest NI Client Executive or Business Advisor for more information. If you ddo not currently have a Business Advisor or if you require contact details please ring the Business Improvement Services team:

T: 028 9069 8100
E: BISinfo@investni.com
W: www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk

What the clients said

"Almac Clinical Services recognise that the investment in our employees' continuing development is a key factor in achieving the company's objective of becoming the number one provider of Clinical Supply Management Services. Without support from Invest NI, the company would not have been able to develop, expand and remain as competitive in the market place."

Adrienne Gilleece,
Almac Clinical Services

"We firmly believe that our business would not have enjoyed its level of success to date without the BITP programme. We have seen a real improvement in the staff, especially at supervisory level. People are operating at new and improved levels which have really allowed us to focus on expansion. All these improvements will put us in a better position to see us through the present economic difficulties."

Sam and Lorna Robinson,
Cloughbane Farm Shop