Furness Training South Cumbria's Largest Training Provider

In 2006 the government commissioned Leitch Report highlighted “in the 21st Century, our natural resource is our people – and their potential is both untapped and vast. Skills will unlock that potential. The prize for our country will be enormous – higher productivity, the creation of wealth and social justice”. Without increased skills, the future for the economy was going to be bleak – “we would condemn ourselves to a lingering decline in competitiveness, diminishing economic growth and a bleaker future for all.”

As a direct response to the skills agenda and to meeting the needs of both regional and local employers, Furness Training was launched to offer a flexible, demand-led and creative response in the delivery of business support. We recognize that all organizations and businesses are different and they require individual training solutions to help them achieve their goals. 

Furness Training is South Cumbria’s largest training provider, offering specific, dedicated expertise in helping organisations to gain a competitive advantage through bespoke development solutions.

Furness Training currently works with over 500 employers in a broad range of businesses across South Cumbria and the Furness Peninsula meeting their diverse sector and commercial needs. The Furness Training team are specialists in providing high quality, bespoke training solutions for employers and individuals. It prides itself on investing heavily in its trainers who undertake continuous professional development, including time back in industry, to ensure they are up-to-date with current practices.

It provides a range of programmes from short courses through to full degrees.  Many of its courses provide flexible training that can fit around the workplace and can be provided in house - thereby cutting down on the negative impact to businesses through loss of productivity and unnecessary travel costs.