In times of low unemployment and skills shortages business performance can be adversely affected by the loss of staff. The financial impact of losing key team members, and the cost of finding skilled replacements may seem obvious, but few businesses take preventative action to avoid this scenario.

While many industries now realise that on-going training is an investment and an integral part of the employment environment, many employers express concern about investing in staff training, only to lose staff shortly afterwards. Businesses that lose and are unable to replace staff, not only suffer productivity losses, but they also lose knowledge of business operations and their investment in staff training.

However in today's candidate driven market, if employees are not given benefits such as retraining, they will leave in favour of a company that will nurture their ongoing need to learn.

Staff training needn't cost a fortune and needn't involve your workforce taking time out during office hours. All Pitman Training courses are flexible, allowing your staff to train on any one of our courses, at a time that suits both them and you. Our centres throughout the UK are open two late nights a week and some on a Saturday morning. What's more Pitman Training offers a choice of learning solutions - choose from instructor-led training delivered at your local Pitman Training centre or onsite in your own IT training room. We even offer online training so your employees can learn without leaving their desk.

Providing training for your staff is always an investment. Not only will you build a confident and productive workforce, but your employees will be more inclined to stay with a company where they feel they are truly valued, resulting in a lower turnover and diminishing the cost of recruiting new staff.