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Digital Skills Resources for Business

Below you will find some key resources for businesses.

If you know of others or would like your resource listed, please let us know.

The Cornwall & Isles of Scilly Growth Hub and Skills Hub offer a FREE skills review and lots of opportunities to develop your staff’s skills.

Specialist targeted support for CIoS Businesses…

The Growth Hub and Skills Hub are in place to support businesses operating in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Are you ready to take your business to the next level but not sure how to get there? Want to grow but lack the skills to make it happen? Perhaps you need a helping hand but are unsure which way to turn. We are two projects working hand-in-hand to help businesses realise their star potential…

 

Immersive Business

Immersive Business supports SME’s in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to explore and apply Immersive tools and experiences. This two-year programme is funded by the European regional development fund led by Falmouth University in collaboration with the University of Exeter. Eligible businesses can access a free programme of events, workshops, and co-creation labs to explore the possible application of immersive technologies to your business; access to a cutting-edge facility and equipment, with demonstrations of immersive experiences, products, and solutions; virtual collaborative innovation spaces; access to expert technical and academic support and advice; product development support, and skills development projects; and an immersive business community providing a catalyst for collaboration and the development of new opportunities.

A community of digital professionals who want to help organisations in need…

Our Mission is simple: to help charities and small businesses get the essential digital skills they need.
How we do it? We match organisations in need with digital experts to offer one to one conversations and practical webinars for free.

Top tips for businesses working remotely…

With working from home is a key means for many workers and organisations to keep going during the coronavirus outbreak, we will be publishing a series of top tips to help you and your team to make the most of remote working.

Advice for Home Working

A comprehensive Toolkit developed by COSMIC, a company based in Devon. This toolkit will provide much of the information and advice required to effectively establish home working within your business.

 

 

Stay connected and productive…

Free tools and resources to help small businesses stay connected and productive in today’s environment.   Resources include… Six tips for better video calls when working from home, Connect and collaborate from anywhere with digital tools, Plan an effective meeting, Update your Google My Business page to reflect changes to opening hours and more.

Staying secure online…

At a time when many staff are working from home, there is increasing pressure on cybersecurity. Securious provide free guidance, advice and resources to help SMEs tackle this challenge.

Build resilience in business…

Organizations that thrive in the face of change have one thing in common. They’re resilient. Learn how Microsoft can help you strengthen the resilience across your people, teams, and organization to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform…

Whether you’re looking for compute power, database storage, content delivery, or other functionality, AWS has the services to help you build sophisticated applications with increased flexibility, scalability and reliability

Online courses for businesses…

Interested in digital marketing? Interested in data and tech? Need to know more? Discover a range of free learning content designed to help your business. You can learn by selecting individual modules, or dive right in and take an entire course end-to-end.

Free courses to help businesses in the new normal…

Optimize working remotely in this set of online courses—whether you’re new to remote work or not, and whether you’re leading a team or part of a team involving distributed team members. Discover how to be productive and stay connected when working from home or other remote environments.

Work together online…

Slack is an online tool that helps people work together and collaborate as easily online as they do in person. It’s designed to support the way people naturally work together, making collaborating with people online as easy and efficient as it is face-to-face. To get your head around how it works and what it is, Slack has a range of training materials available including a Slack 101 guide for those new to it and a hints and tips section as well.