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Free Online Training for Ilkley BID Businesses

Ilkley BID members have free, unlimited access to more than 50 online training courses provided by Virtual College.

The training is available to every member of staff within levy-paying Ilkley BID businesses, helping you develop your team’s skills while potentially saving thousands of pounds previously spent with external training providers.

Register for your free account today

What’s included?

  • Free, unlimited access to more than 50 online courses
  • Training for every member of your team
  • CPD-certified courses with certificates included
  • RoSPA-assured Health & Safety training
  • The ability to assign specific courses to employees
  • Flexible learning at each person’s own pace
  • Access from a phone, tablet or laptop
  • The option to return to courses and revisit the material at any time

Courses can also be assigned to individual employees, making the platform particularly useful for staff inductions, ongoing development and mandatory workplace training.

 

Explore the training categories

Food & Drink
Hygiene, safety, customer service and five-star hospitality skills.

Leadership & Management
Develop confident managers with courses covering communication, coaching, managing change, performance management and more.

Business Compliance
Training covering GDPR, equality and diversity, workplace conduct, mental health awareness and other essential areas.

Project Management
Learn how to plan, govern and successfully deliver projects.

Health & Safety
RoSPA-assured courses covering fire safety, DSE, driving for work, Legionella awareness and other workplace essentials.

Personal & Professional Development
Build confidence, resilience, digital skills, communication, problem-solving and presentation skills.

How to get started

  • Register for your free account. It takes less than a minute, with no payment card required.
  • Log in to the platform and select the Learning tile.
  • Go to Available Learning to explore the complete library of free courses.
  • Choose a course and begin learning. Courses you have started will appear under Active Learning, allowing you to return and continue at any time.

This benefit is available to every levy-paying organisation within the Ilkley BID. We hope as many businesses and employees as possible will take advantage of this valuable new resource.