NES AIM Academy welcomes IoD findings

July 7, 2009 - PRLog -- Project and programme management training provider, NES AIM Academy, has welcomed a report from the IoD, which suggests companies are defying the traditional expectation that training suffers during the recession.

Having urged companies not to let credit crunch cutbacks affect staff training programmes earlier this year, NES AIM Academy, a leading provider of accredited training, is pleased to see that organisations are continuing to focus on the skills of their workforces and the motivation of their staff with, according to the IoD, 88% of directors reporting plans to maintain or increase training spend over the next six months.

“It’s well documented that staff redundancies have a negative impact on the morale of those who are left behind,” says Emma Nixon, training services manager at NES AIM Academy, “…and 76% of respondents to this survey cited staff morale as a principal benefit of training,” she continues. “So it’s really pleasing to see that, at a time when mass-layoffs have been making the headlines, companies are minimising the impact this has on the performance of their business by supporting individual career progression through training and development,” Emma concludes.

NES AIM Academy is addressing the training requirements of its clients with heavily discounted rates for a range of its project and programme management courses. To find out more, visit the company’s website: www.nesaimacademy.co.uk

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Founded in 1978, NES is a leading global technical recruitment business providing professionally qualified contract staff to blue chip clients across the world in the oil and gas, infrastructure, rail, power and IT sectors.