Why should companies expect or be expected to get Environmental training courses as prices which have been subsidised by Government grants? This makes not sense to me, as it simply denigrates the perceived quality and value of the training course. Many extremely professional courses are run by NGOs and other UK-based associations, depending on completing endless, time-consuming business plans and proposals, in the hope of securing £25k in order to run discounted training courses? Why? The private sector is rarely blessed with the luxury of free money – it has to work hard to convince people of the value of its wares… why doesn’t the world of Eco training do the same? In plenty of sectors, the more you charge (within limits) the more perceived value there is. If we really believe in the quality and value of the environmental training on offer, and furthermore, in the noble aims of furthering environmental concerns, then we’d blooming well better start charging prices which, in industry represent this value.
OUT - courses valued at £125 a day “special funded price”
IN – environmental courses at £1250 a day! At this price, it won’t take to claw in that £25k you’ve wasted weeks of proposal writing and weeks of waiting for. And what’s more you’ll have enough money to pay skilled people a decent wage!
