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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
Download the South East factsheet here.
