Lincoln College is moving its Business Development Centre and
Employer Engagement team to a single site, leasing new offices and
training rooms at the Pelham Centre.
Teams of staff at the centre will focus their efforts on
directly supporting employers by providing a full and exciting
range of high quality training solutions. This will include
apprenticeships for all ages, NVQ's in the workplace and commercial
training programmes designed specifically for each employer.
Daniel Race, partner at Hodgson Elkington LLP, chartered
surveyors who dealt with the lease to Lincoln College on behalf of
county based Howtin Investments, owners of the Pelham Centre, said
"We are delighted to welcome Lincoln College to the Pelham Centre
and to their new accommodation alongside the Lincolnshire Road
Safety Partnership. The Pelham Centre is now fully let again which
confirms that there is growing demand for good office accommodation
in Lincoln."
The move is part of the college's ambitious plans to build
capacity for Lincolnshire employers and to further improve choice,
quality of provision and boost the economy. The centre will also
host the college's new commercial training vehicle, which has been
developed intentionally to provide bespoke training solutions to
meet all business needs.
Gordon Gillespie, who is leading the College's new development,
said "We are delighted to bring services to business under one
roof, operating as this will in the heart of the business world in
Lincolnshire. We believe this exciting new division of Lincoln
College will help local companies develop new markets and have a
real impact on the local economy for years to come.
"Co-location will provide a truly single point of contact, a
complete one-stop shop where employers can get information, advice
and guidance on the most economic way to obtain training for their
employees that supports their business needs. We will be able to
meet all our employers' requirements with a full training package
from high level management and finance to basic literacy and
numeracy, whilst at the same time continuing to build on our recent
Ofsted Grade 1 Outstanding accolade. This service will be there for
employers and at the heart of Lincolnshire's training
solutions."