Great Britain: the government is funding thousands of training courses in the green sector

An article by Jessica Agache-Gorse

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On 01 December the UK executive announced it was providing £9.2 million (€10.69 million) in new funding for almost 9,000 green energy related training courses at accredited centres. The courses offered will be free or heavily subsidised, the government said, and geared to installers of clean heating and energy efficiency measures. The courses, which will run until March 2023, will be open to employees working in the heating and plumbing sectors who want to build their careers or retrain....

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