Some of the skills support available to people being made redundant includes: Employees on notice of redundancy are now able to access tailored vocational training through Training for Work during the 90 day notification period of redundancy; An additional 3,150 Training for Work places are being created with support from the European Social Fund to offer job-focused training that is flexible and suited to the needs of individuals and employers; Providing employers willing to recruit a redundant apprentice and enable them to complete their training with a £2,000 subsidy; Colleges are accessing £7 million provided by the Scottish Funding Council to support the training of people made redundant; Skills Development Scotland, with the support of £1.4 million European Social Funding, is doubling the number of careers advisers which will help an additional 4,600 individuals facing redundancy, and Extending the eligibility to Individual Learning Accounts...