U.K. L&D Benchmarking Survey 2019

Employee learning is a key element in nurturing talent and driving organisations forward. That’s why we surveyed over 150 HR and L&D professionals from the U.K. to learn how their organisations are investing in talent, how they measure their impact, and what attitudes different levels in the organisation hold about corporate learning. 

Employee learning is a key element in nurturing talent and driving organisations forward. That’s why we surveyed over 150 HR and L&D professionals from the U.K. to learn how their organisations are investing in talent, how they measure their impact, and what attitudes different levels in the organisation hold about corporate learning.

We collected survey results through our member database as well as through our partnership with the Campaign for Learning and only included responses from professionals managing or directing learning initiatives in their organisation. In order to better understand the relationship between L&D and company growth, we added an additional layer of analysis by segmenting companies with increased turnover in the past financial year.

Our goal in sharing this survey is to help you benchmark your L&D department and organisation against others in the nation and shed light on the challenges and trends that will shape 2019.

Read the results of the survey for key statistics to help you in your role such as:

  • Market leaders were 114% more likely to rank communication skills and 70% more likely to rank leadership as a top priority.
  • 72% of market leaders use talent development as a recruitment strategy.
  • Companies that tie internal promotion to L&D are more likely to have a higher staff
    retention rate and highly satisfied employees.
  • 90% of market leaders are actively using levy-funds to train apprentices.

This survey is part of the U.K. L&D Report 2019: Benchmark Your Workplace Learning Strategy. Get your free copy by filling out the form below.

Download the report to view:

  • Key L&D trends for 2019: Are you on track?

  • L&D Benchmarking Survey: How much are other companies spending on L&D?

  • Expert opinion: How to optimise your L&D strategy to drive competitive advantage

  • Expert opinion: How to use apprenticeships to surefire your talent pipeline

Download the 2019 U.K. L&D Report
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Abby works as the Communications Team Lead for findcourses.co.uk with a mission of connecting learning leaders with the data and information they need to provide the best training possible for their people.

Originally from Indianapolis in the U.S., Abby studied her bachelor’s at Hanover College in Business and Literature and has worked for findcourses since 2015. She is passionate about corporate learning and works internally to help organise Learning at Work Week within findcourses.co.uk's company of 165 team members, and provide and source external training in content creation as an in-house expert.

Abby is also the creator and editor of the UK L&D Report which interviews and surveys L&D leaders from top UK companies to help uncover data-driven best practice and easy-to-implement advice.

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