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About Lantra in England

Lantra works to improve the level of skills and business performance in companies across 17 industries, that together make up the environmental and land-based sector in the UK.

  

We work with employers to identify their business needs so that we can shape policies, funding and learning provision for their benefit. We promote the importance of having a highly skilled and motivated workforce through training and development with the aim of increasing business productivity, sustainability – and ultimately profitability.  

England news

  • Thanks to a partnership between The North Northumberland Agricultural Training Association (NNATA) and LandSkills North East arable farming in North Northumberland has received an injection of youthful enthusiasm for their unique Arable Traineeship.  Read more... 

  • LandSkills North East is funding a Working Week in the Forest (22-26 March), organised by Northwoods, to give people the opportunity to see just what it's like to work in the trees and timber industry.  Read more...   

  • Fourteen employees at the Isle of Wight based Garlic Farm Cafe and Shop have today (9 March) been presented with certificates after successfully completing Tourism South East's acclaimed Welcome Host Plus training course, which was funded by LandSkills South East.

  • If you run a farm business based in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly, then you could access a series of FREE evening workshops and develop new skills to help move your business forward. Read more...   

Events

  • The first ever Women and Work Awards luncheon will take place on 10 March 2010 at Nailcote Hall, Warwickshire.  Click here to find out more about the finalists...

  • Work in the Woods Week - 22-26 Mar 2010, Chopwell Wood, Gateshead

Useful documents

Download the:

Skills assessment

In October Lantra launched its skills assessment:

Lantra Head Office.  Click here to download directions
Funding
Read the latest news in Lantra's Connect Magazine
Looking for a training course? Click here

Lantra in your region:

East of England: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
East Midlands: Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
North East: Durham, Northumberland
North West: Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire
London
South East: Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, West Sussex
South West: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
West Midlands: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Yorkshire and Humber: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

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