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Large employers called on to be Class

Large employers committed to developing the skills of their workforce are being urged to come forward and be rewarded for their efforts.

The Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) Train to Gain service is sponsoring the Large Employer category at this year’s Class (Celebration of Learning and Skills Success) Awards and employers who place skills development at the top of their agenda are being encouraged to enter.

Chris Roberts, Regional Director, LSC North East, said: “During these difficult economic times, ensuring that we have the skills we need to compete and succeed has never been so important and this is what these awards all about: recognising and celebrating achievement and success in learning and skills raises awareness about the benefits and encourages others to participate. A highly skilled workforce is good for individuals, employers and the wider economy.”

The CoLaS Awards 2009 recently scooped a top award at the CIPR Pride Award when it won the best event category. The Awards also took the second prize in the public sector category.

To nominate a large employer, with more than 250 employees, who has shown exceptional commitment to training and developing their workforce and embedded training into the organisations culture visit theClass website.

Judges will be looking for employers can show the real benefits of training. The closing date is 20 January 2010.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .