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Collaboration and investment are key

to driving skills and employability

Colin Forshaw is regional director at Bruntwood Works, which owns and manages a portfolio of commercial and retail spaces across the Liverpool City Region.

We’ve always placed real emphasis on maximising skills and employability in Liverpool, and collaboration is central to that approach.

We partner with organisations such as InnovateHer, which promotes STEMbased skills among girls especially minority groups and those from disadvantaged backgrounds, and University of Liverpool Business School, helping to bridge the gap between higher education and employment.

Future talent is incredibly important to us and we’re heavily invested in growing our own and developing them to be great colleagues and leaders.

Working closely with educational institutions allows us to recruit excellent apprentices and graduates who bring fresh ideas and approaches and help to keep us ahead of the curve. We recently launched a Central Rotational Graduate Scheme where graduates can shape their careers and find their true passions. We also plan to recruit Kickstarters in the near future.

To create a learning culture, you must be vocal and show staff what that looks, feels and sounds like in your organisation. Investing in your employees helps remove potential barriers to learning and demonstrates your commitment to their development. We’ve introduced two types of Learning Loan for all colleagues. One smaller amount helps them to ‘Pursue their Passions’, which is any learning that contributes to their development, not necessarily relevant to their role. The second is a larger amount to help them ‘Learn and Grow’ and this is to support continuing professional development, even if it’s not something we require of them as a business. We’ve had great feedback from this benefit and it’s really enabled some of our colleagues to continue their professional and personal development.

Our experience tells us collaboration and investment are crucial to finding and developing people and boosting jobs within the regional economy.

“To create a learning culture, you must be vocal and show staff what that looks, feels and sounds like in your organisation. Investing in your employees helps remove potential barriers to learning and demonstrates your commitment to their development.”

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