Make 2020 a year of business transformation with the support of an apprentice
15th January 2020
The start of a new year is a perfect time to reflect on the needs of your business and the projects needed to initiate growth.
Small businesses seeking to reach the next level of growth are faced with a perennial challenge: how to grow the business without significantly committing budget to employing new staff?
But that’s not the only challenge. Businesses - particularly those that are enjoying rapid growth - develop organically rather than in a structured way. All too often, managers retain ownership of tasks that, in a larger company with a larger staff budget, would be assumed by the next tier down in the staff structure; for example, a Customer Services Advisor or Business Administrator.
Dealing with such tasks - be they customer enquiries or complaints, effective reporting & analysis, developing a robust customer relationship management system or HR issues - can eat into the daily schedule of the management team. Losing such critical management time is only compounded by the opportunity cost; quite simply, any time absorbed by these tasks diverts manager attention from the strategic activities that will really help to drive business transformation.
Apprenticeships are a cost-effective way of bringing in new resource or upskilling existing staff.
They can transform the business in a number of ways:
A financial incentive of £1,000 is also available to businesses taking on an apprentice aged between 16 and 18.
If you’re interested in exploring which areas of your business could benefit most from an apprentice, contact the friendly Business Relationship Team at Access Training, tel: 0330 002 6266, info@atem.co.uk.
Small businesses seeking to reach the next level of growth are faced with a perennial challenge: how to grow the business without significantly committing budget to employing new staff?
But that’s not the only challenge. Businesses - particularly those that are enjoying rapid growth - develop organically rather than in a structured way. All too often, managers retain ownership of tasks that, in a larger company with a larger staff budget, would be assumed by the next tier down in the staff structure; for example, a Customer Services Advisor or Business Administrator.
Dealing with such tasks - be they customer enquiries or complaints, effective reporting & analysis, developing a robust customer relationship management system or HR issues - can eat into the daily schedule of the management team. Losing such critical management time is only compounded by the opportunity cost; quite simply, any time absorbed by these tasks diverts manager attention from the strategic activities that will really help to drive business transformation.
Apprenticeships are a cost-effective way of bringing in new resource or upskilling existing staff.
They can transform the business in a number of ways:
- Introducing methodology and best practice in key business functions such as team leading and management, business administration and customer services to ensure that any course of action adopted by your staff is right first time;
- Equipping staff with skills and knowledge to make decisions themselves and therefore free up the time of managers; and
- Applying a structured approach to staff development that can be applied across the company.
A financial incentive of £1,000 is also available to businesses taking on an apprentice aged between 16 and 18.
If you’re interested in exploring which areas of your business could benefit most from an apprentice, contact the friendly Business Relationship Team at Access Training, tel: 0330 002 6266, info@atem.co.uk.
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