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Where do you think the
Q key problem lies? Big providers have been
A able to grow in the main because they have been given large government contracts, you get this cycle where the funding bodies will only fund |
Are there any ways
Q in which you and government funding bodies can attempt to deal with this issue? I think that one solution
A is to look beyond the usual suspects( those in the |
What effect does this
Q have on you and other Black, Asian and minority ethnic training providers?AOne of the end results is that the situation disadvantages Black, Asian and minority ethnic businesses |
What benefits would more
Q funding give you? With more funding we
A could employ people from the local area; that’ s what frustrates me the most, because there is real potential out there. |
you if you demonstrate that you have a track record of delivering funded training. But you don’ t get a track record |
training industry know who they are) and have a diverse supply chain. They can only do that by working positively with |
because we’ re more likely to be SMEs. If One Spare Chair, with its quality systems, track record and reputation for |
What do you think will
Q be the future relationship between small training |
if you’ re always delivering on |
smaller organisations. It ought |
excellence cannot win |
providers and government |
behalf of somebody else. What |
to be possible to allow groups |
government contracts, I |
funding bodies? |
happens now is that we do the delivery well and the big training provider claims all the credit( and the future funding). |
of small training providers to band together and bid for the funding. |
wonder what it is like for others who are trying to grow. |
It does make me wonder
A because the assumption is that if you’ re small it must |
mean that you won’ t last. In |
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fact it means that you’ re |
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flexible, you’ re responsive, |
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and that you can offer people |
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a very individual programme of |
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... the situation disadvantages Black, Asian and minority ethnic businesses because we’ re more likely to be SMEs. |
learning. So, in my view, small does not necessarily mean not good enough, and hopefully the future relationship will be one where this is recognised and acknowledged. |
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