Monday 15 March 2010
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South East

This page will feature all the latest news and events taking place in the South East.

News and events

  • 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.

LandSkills South East Garlic Farm presentation
  • SEEDA has announced the launch of the Farm Resource Improvement Programme (FRIP) in South East England and London for farm and horticultural businesses.  FRIP is a sub-programme within RDPE which aims to simplify the application process and provide grants of up to £25,000 per farm business. Click here for more information...

  • The region’s food producers are set to benefit from a £50,000 partnership between the South East Food Group Partnership (SEFGP) and LandSkills South East. Read more...

 

Funding

LandkSkills South East delivers sustainable business benefits to the regions agricultural, horticultural and forestry industries.  Click on the box below for more information on how you could benefit from up to 70% funding...

 

LandSkills button

 

Women and Work offers a £450 training grant to women working in male dominated industries such as agriculture. Click the box below for more information...

 

Funding available to women working in the South East...

Regional Partnership Manager: John Godden

Regional Partnership Manager for the South East John Godden

John is the Regional Partnership Manager for the South East of England. 

 

John is also Lantra's lead for the land-based engineering industry across the UK.

Skills assessment

In October 2009 Lantra revealed its latest research report: A Skills Assessment for the Environmental and Land-based Sector.

 

The research sets out the skills gaps and shortages of the current workforce and identifies the projected skills needs through to 2017.