As well as offering help to Yorkshire and Humber businesses with 60% off our full programme of courses, we’re pleased to advise you that help is also available if you’re unemployed or about to become unemployed. Yorkshire Forward and the Higher Education Funding Council have made funds available under the Economic Challenge Investment Fund (ECIF)

This means that you can access our full  programme of courses, including   PRINCE2, Adobe, Apple, iPhone and Andriod mobile apps development and Open Source courses to develop  the skills that will help you get your next job.

To apply for this ECIF funding, which would mean that 100% of the cost of your training with us would be covered, please get  in touch with us on 0845 122 1555 or email info@ntileeds.co.uk.  You can download the application guidance here.

Great news for employers and employees in Yorkshire and the Humber! We have an amazing offer for you through the train to Gain Enhancement Fund which is designed to help your business stay competitive. You can book onto our programme of  quality specialist  digital, creative and project management  courses  and pay only 40% of the list price. There has never been a better time to access our best-sellers such as PRINCE2, Adobe, Apple Pro Apps, iPhone and Agile courses.  Join the 230 individuals, working for 160 regional businesses,  who have already taken advantage of this offer to improve their skills, productivity, and overall effectiveness.

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Delivering effective, high quality service media is still pioneer territory and a real challenge, but Channel 4 has decided to take up the challenge to rethink public services in an increasingly digital age.

nti Leeds witnessed the launch of the ˜Channel 4 Innovation for the Public’ Fund, better known as 4iP, when it opened it’s doors to the Yorkshire and Humberside Region at Sheffield Digital Campus on 4 February 2009.

There is currently more than ten million pounds up for grabs for freelancers, start-up businesses and grassroots projects with the hope of developing interesting and conceptually outstanding services for the public sector. (more…)

Accessing and Commercialising Content in a Digitally Networked World
March 2009 COMPETITION FOR FUNDING

The Technology Strategy Board has recently launched £5m in a programme to help digital content creators and rights holders realise and maximise the commercial return potential from their intellectual property (IP). (more…)

The Train to Gain Enhancement Fund is a £50m resource aimed at engaging employers in Yorkshire and Humber to invest in skills development and therefore increase the skills base in the region. It is funded by the Learning and Skills Council from Yorkshire and Humber™s European Social Fund, and by Yorkshire Forward. The fund aims to help ensure that regional businesses and their employees are skilled, knowledgeable and in a position to respond effectively to challenges and changes in economic and market needs through supporting skills and workforce development. (more…)

Business Link have teamed up with Yorkshire Forward to offer Innovation Vouchers to provide small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) in the region with financial support to engage with Yorkshire™s universities and other academic institutions, such as nti Leeds (part of Leeds Metropolitan University), to help their business grow and develop. (more…)