News on 27 September 2000
Training, training, training’ is to be the main theme of the first
policy manifesto published by the Business Services Association. The document
will highlight key issues for the business services sector as the next
election approaches, including employment, staff and partnership issues,
procurement and competitiveness, and at the forefront the importance of
effective vocational training.
BSA’s director-general Norman Rose, says academic qualifications
are not the route for everyone, but that we all need appropriate training
if we are to do our jobs effectively, at whatever level. The relevance
of education to both the delivery of high-quality services and the individual
fulfilment of the staff involved is undeniable, he adds.
Rose concludes with: "The success or failure of Government policies,
of whatever political persuasion, will depend ultimately on the skills
and abilities of those whose task it is to put them into action."
The BSA is a policy group of major organisations providing outsourced
services to companies, public bodies, local authorities and government
departments and agencies. The annual turnover in the UK exceeds £12m
and the member companies employ over 500,000 people directly and in-directly.
