A heartfelt thank you

C&D would like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the companies who have chosen us to deliver training in 2013. This year has seen a record level of training courses delivered in over 50 different subjects from NDTG Demolition Awareness to Stress Management and in over 120 venues around the UK.

This year we have the taken the decision that we will not be sending Christmas Cards or bottles of whisky to say thank you for the orders but we will, as in previous years, be making donations instead to a number of the smaller local charities that do not get national coverage and funding.

On behalf of those charities "Thank you for being a C&D customer in 2013 and we hope to retain you in 2014 and continue to deliver new courses and training methods throughout the next twelve months."

Time running out to claim for training grants

If you intend to claim for training as part of the 2012/2013 Grants Scheme, you really need to get a move on. The closing date is Thursday, October 31st, and you need to be registered with the CITB.

Louise Calam of the NFDC sent through the following guidance:

"All eligible employers who are registered with CITB will have until Thursday, October 31st to put in their claims for training carried out or for the achievement of approved qualifications between August 1st 2012 to July 31st 2013. In addition to the existing grant available, those that have made and had a grant claim accepted during the 2012/2013 Grants Scheme year will be eligible for the Exceptional Training Grant (ETG) – a scheme launched earlier this year to incentivise training.

The ETG, a £30m incentivisation scheme agreed by CITB’s Training Committee, will be based on a percentage of all grants claimed by employers and will be paid automatically to eligible claimants (normal Grants Scheme rules apply) in December 2013. The ETG will also apply to training taken in the 2013/2014 Grants Scheme year and will be paid December 2014."

If you need more information, then please visit the grant page on the CITB website.