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New College Swindon has helped staff at an electronics company be even more switched on about leadership - and the company saved time and money by having the training on site, when it suited them.

Kitchen Style

Kingston Maurward College is used to wowing businesses with its flexible approach to training – often in their own workplace at times that suit them – but one kitchen design company preferred to come into college instead to escape from the phones!

Gerber Juice Company Ltd

Bridgwater College is helping Gerber Juice Company ensure it will be all right on the night-shift, because that's when a lot of the training it gives takes place. Apart from keeping skills up to date, the college has helped workers graduate from the shop floor to management by improving their qualifications.

Serco Integrated Services

Filton College has improved health and safety and job satisfaction for 150 cleaning staff employed by Serco at Airbus in Bristol - but one three-year-old will be grateful to the college for life. Thanks to basic literacy training, the three-year-old's father has been able to read bedtime stories to the child for the first time ever.

DAF Trucks

City Of Bristol College is a home from home for DAF Trucks' apprentices. They come from 136 dealerships all over the country to learn at a facility the college has made to resemble a DAF service area, with company uniforms, company hours, and company rules. Very different, and very successful.

Vi-Spring

City College Plymouth is responsible for Vi-Spring's Human Resources Manager Lesley Smith getting a good night's sleep, thanks to a programme of training that's transformed the attitude of staff by giving them a complete understanding of the entire production process for its world-class beds.

Delta Security

Cirencester College helped security firm boss Amanda Roe take on a school-leaver with no experience to be her Administrative Assistant - a role she'd previously only considered graduates for. Thanks to training, young Lucy Seager now has an NVQ and has become the Office Manager!

Rittal-CSM

City College Plymouth has helped Rittal-CSM revolutionise the way it deals with the people who make the metal computer enclosures it's famous for. On-the-spot training at times that suit the factory has improved the appraisals system and given employees a deeper insight into the work they do.

Pritex

Somerset College Of Arts & Technology has helped a sound insulation firm to reduce staff turnover and absence by enabling management to concentrate on managing instead of covering supervisory roles. The training helped clarify the roles of managers and supervisors, and improved confidence throughout the workforce.

Cornwall Glass & Glazing

Truro College has had a dramatic effect on Cornwall Glass & Glazing. In the three years since the college began training its staff, turnover has shot up by 16 per cent, the employees are staying instead of straying, and the order books are so full that the business is running to maximum capacity.