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Skills Development

4safety can assist with developing a training plan to enhance the skills and knowledge of your people to assist you to become more efficient, help to future proof your business and make you more profit.

In April 2025, Jersey Business released the "Better Business Grants".

The Better Business Grant offers up to 50% matched grant funding for eligible businesses to support various initiatives aimed at improving productivity and skills. With a total of £5.3 million available, this is a fantastic opportunity for Jersey businesses to invest in their future. 

There are 4 main grants available

  1. Productivity Grants
  2. Visitor Economy Development Grants
  3. Skills Grants  
  4. Apprenticeship Grants

Skills, Productivity and Visitor Economy Development grants are all available as: 

  • Major Grants: £5,000 to £75,000 for businesses operating for 18+ months.
  • Minor Grants: £1,000 to £5,000 for businesses operating for 6+ months. 

Check that your business is eligible

Skills development initiatives = Enhance technical, business, digital and leadership skills, leading to improvement in:

  • Process efficiency  
  • Cost reduction
  • Sales and/or profit 

Many organisations, could consider up-skilling their people to make the best use of the equipment they could hire to make them more efficient, reduce the labour time for the task, increase the charge out rate, offer more services and increase the profitability of their business.

Contact 4safety to discuss your businesses challenges and we can assist with developing a package of up-skilling.

Some items include 

Develop internal skills to eliminate the need for outsourcing or consulting services. 

Targeted development: Train individuals to perform specific tasks and services that are in core profit-making areas of the business, increasing profitability per employee hour.

Enhance skills banding: Develop targeted skills that allow employees to be billed to clients at a higher hourly rate, thereby increasing business productivity

Further guidance from Jersey Business is available

 

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