Netmatters
Netmatters is a leading Bespoke Software, IT Support, and Digital Marketing company based in the East of England with offices in Cambridge, Wymondham, and Great Yarmouth.
Years awarded: 2020, 2023
Region: East of England
Size: 50-249 employees
Sector: Technology
Meeting a regional skills gap by upskilling unemployed people
Theme: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Onboarding; Talent pipeline / Career pathways
Netmatters specialises in web design, bespoke software and digital marketing and achieved an Award in 2020 for its innovative Scion Coalition Scheme. In the past three years it has further developed how it trains developers to address a regional skills shortage, growing the business by 20% annually, offering opportunities for those who may not otherwise receive them and training 128 developers, most of whom either get a job with Netmatters or get support to find work elsewhere in the industry. A total of 169 unemployed people have been accepted onto the scheme to-date.
Bespoke training to fill regional skills gap
Theme: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion; Talent pipeline / Career pathways; Upskilling
Topics: Bespoke training; People with barriers
This web design and IT agency restructured how it trains its developers to address the issue of a regional skills shortage. Netmatters created a bespoke programme to train individuals as web developers and employ them or place them with local sponsor companies. The company has grown by 20% annually and the training has helped to meet a wider skills gap.
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Celebrating the very best training and development programmes in the UK and Ireland
Last week, 53 recipients from the UK and Ireland were warmly welcomed to St James’s Palace, in London, to receive their Princess Royal Training Award from Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal. Now in their eighth year, the Princess Royal Training Awards were set...
53 Princess Royal Training Awards across UK and Ireland for achieving positive impact through skills development
HRH The Princess Royal, President of the City and Guilds of London Institute, has approved 53 Awards to a range of organisations across the UK and Ireland, for their outstanding training and skills development programmes, all of which have shown a significant...
Case Study: A scalable and sustainable solution to skills shortages and unemployment at Netmatters
As a small-medium web design, IT support and digital marketing business based in East Anglia, Netmatters Ltd has big ideas. In 2020 the organisation achieved a Princess Royal Training Award for its delivery of in-house technical training.NetmattersYear awarded:...
Celebrating the Award class of 2020
On 15 December, we celebrated the innovative training and development successes of the 43 recipients who achieved a Princess Royal Training Award in 2020. By necessity the ceremony was a little different this year. Whilst it needed to take place virtually rather...
39 UK businesses receive excellence in training Award commended by HRH The Princess Royal in 2020
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds Group, recognises organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact 39 businesses celebrated at virtual ceremony for their innovative training programmes in the Princess Royal Training...
Case Study: investing in employees to create sustainable talent pipelines and fill skills gaps at Dovecote Park, Netmatters and Sharing in Growth
Whilst the breadth and depth of Covid-19 has impacted us all to some extent, there’s no denying that certain sectors have been extremely hard hit. The retail, healthcare and hospitality sectors have been badly affected and many businesses are looking to training...
UK businesses’ training is recognised by HRH The Princess Royal on her 70th birthday
HRH The Princess Royal, President of City & Guilds Group, recognises organisations whose training has delivered measurable business impact Businesses continue to deliver excellent training programmes in the Princess Royal Training Award’s fifth year, despite...
