Vodafone helps over a million SMEs to enhance online skills
Nick Gliddon of Vodafone
Over a million small and medium-sized businesses across the UK have upskilled their digital capabilities. The free business guidance and training available from Vodafone initiatives such as V-Hub.
The V-Hub website, which celebrates its third birthday, provides free access to training, tools, and a knowledge centre. Through V-Hub, users also have access to free guidance from a V-Hub business personnels, either online or over the phone. Training covers everything from setting up a business and finding new customers online to protecting from cyber-threats.
The courses on V-Hub website are tips for businesses during cost-of-living crisis; steps to digitally improve business; and most common security threats. The frequent visitors to V-Hub are businesses based in Birmingham, Kent, London, Manchester and West Berkshire.
The V-Hub forms part of Vodafone’s everyone.connected initiative which aims to help four million people cross the digital divide by 2025.
Vodafone business ambassador and the diary of a CEO podcast host, Steven Bartlett, says, “Without guidance and support I would not be where I am today. What I love about Vodafone’s free V-Hub service is that it gives you access to resources, workshops and webinars and you can speak to a team for 1:1 guidance it’s pretty incredible.
“A huge congratulations to the Vodafone V-Hub team on hitting the 1 million milestone and happy third birthday keep doing what you’re doing!”
Nick Gliddon, Vodafone’s UK business director, says, “I am really pleased that we are marking the milestones of V-Hub’s third birthday and it helping 1 million businesses in the UK.
“Vodafone has a central belief that UK businesses should be supported to ensure they have the right technology and the right skills to fully enjoy the benefits of a digital economy. That over a million SMEs across the UK have used V-Hub to upskill their digital capabilities, take personal 1-2-1 advice, or just use the knowledge centre for advice on security and cost of living, shows how valuable and needed this service is.”
“I would also like to thank our partner Enterprise Nation for all their commitment, passion and advice in making this happen.”
Vodafone’s V-Hub provides free knowledge and guidance, and a constantly evolving range of resources and training for starting and growing a digital business. Access the V-Hub online library and knowledge centre, as well as free support from business V-Hub advisers. This one-to-one digital support from a business V-Hub adviser can cover a range of topics, from how to build an online presence to managing online security risks.
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