The lion's share of company training budgets is being spent on management-level employees, according to a nationwide survey by learning and development provider Cegos UK.

Some 61% of respondents said they felt management-level employees had greater access to training.

In addition, 53% of those queried felt their employers did not give them clear training goals to enhance their promotion chances and improve their skills.

A further 75% felt they were offered training that was not relevant to their roles or future development.

“Many companies fall into the trap of spending their training budgets on expensive management courses, scraping the barrel when it comes to the rest of its workforce,” said Jeremy Blain, joint managing director at Cegos UK.