Write a commentCollaborating to support the recovery of the retail sector, Southern Regional College and the five other Further Education Colleges in NI, supported by the Department for the Economy’s ‘Retail Recovery’ programme, will kick start bespoke training this month with a series of webinars on support available, accessing finance and people management.
Fully-funded through the Department for the Economy’s Flexible Skills Fund and Skills Focus, the webinar series will be followed, from September, with technical masterclasses and retail skills based training delivered by Belfast Met, Northern Regional College, North West Regional College, South Eastern Regional College, Southern Regional College and South Western Regional College, who are working in partnership with Retail NI to offer a tailored programm
Glyn Roberts, Chief Executive, Retail NI said, “The retail sector has been under huge strain since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020 and has only recently become fully operational again. Normal working practices have not been possible across the sector which is subject to continuous changes in restrictions.”
He added, “The face of retail has changed dramatically, and it is vitally important we support retail skills requirements with a co-ordinated approach from the FE colleges.”
Margaret McNamee, Business Development Executive with SRC said, “This Retail Recovery Programme is a great opportunity for retailers of all sizes to work with their local college and indeed colleges further afield to take advantage of the fully funded help available, as initiatives are running online. Retailers can gain relevant skills for trading online and how to maximise their impact, no matter what size. They can also encourage staff members to upskill in contextualised leadership and management and customer service training."
Visit COLLEGESRETAILRECOVERY for full details. Contact SRC’s Business Support team today on 028 3839 7778 or email betterbusiness@src.ac.uk
