Organisations that develop their staff during the downturn will be better placed after the recession. No wonder that a call was made in an open letter Open Letter to UK Employerssigned by Sir Michael Rake (Chairman of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills and BT group plc), Mervyn Davies (Chairman of Standard Chartered), Brendan Barber (General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress), Richard Lambert (Director General of the Confederation of British Industry); and Sir Stuart Rose (Chairman of Business in the Community and Chief Executive of Marks & Spencer).

Train to Gain is the Government service to supports and improve the skills of your employees as a route to improving you business performance.

Until now only organisations with more than 4 employees could access Leaders First Grant. For a limited time only the criteria for funding were eased and the funding is now available for limited companies with 2 or more employees or for other companies with 3 or more employees.

So why not to take this opportunity to develop valuable strategic skills and get yourself on a Prince2 training or Time Management course or simply upgrade your IT skills. Give us a call and we will explain how to enjoy the training while using the funding for the course.

IT Courses and Effective Time Management Training are vital tools to help businesses become more efficient and improve staff morale.

According to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, one in four companies which fail to train their workforce closes down. This compares to a figure of only one in nine for those that do provide staff training. It’s a case of train to gain.

Benefits of training on business revenue.

Still not convinced? Try this… The Sector Skills Development Agency says that employers who invest in training and certification experience a quick return by:

• Improving skill levels by 51%
• Improving productivity by 22%
• Improving customer service by 22%
• Improving employee morale by 20%
• Increasing profitability by 12%

Effective Time Management

Effective Time Management Training Courses can be invaluable in helping your colleagues achieve objectives by encouraging more efficient ways of working. These training courses can help your staff identify the differences between urgent and important tasks and produce a workable strategy for achieving the previously unachievable. Please get in touch if you want to help eradicate the time-consuming pointless chores and concentrate efforts on tasks that deliver results. We host a popular effective time management seminar and a range of IT courses.

So, you have more than one email account relating to your website but you are fed up with having to go to different places to check for new mail? Well Microsoft Outlook has the perfect answer to your email woes, by letting you add new email accounts to it so all you have to do is add your existing email account.

To do this, follow these simple steps:

Step 1: Select the ‘Tools’ tab at the top of the page and scroll down to ‘Account Settings.

Step 2: Click the ‘New…’ tab above the list of email addresses and another box will show up asking you which Service you would like. Select ‘Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP or HTTP’ and click Next.

Step 3: Once you clicked Next, a screen will show asking you to input your email details. Use the password which your Internet Service Provider has given you to gain access to your email in the password section.

Once you have put in your details, click ‘Next’ to let Outlook start configuring your details and set your account up. This could take up to several minutes to complete.

Once this process is complete, your new email account will be checkable through Outlook Express.

Want more tips? Click on Microsoft Outlook Tips and Tricks