Recruitment agency Omega Resource Group is to set up a training division to provide English as a foreign language tuition and associated vocational classes in Poland this year.

The move follows education minister Bill Rammell’s declaration that the current funding set-up for immigrants is “unsustainable” since demand has tripled. a recent government warning on the proposed cuts to subsidised English language classes for immigrants.

James Strickland, group director of Omega Resource Group, says: “English language courses are fundamental to the success of new arrivals from Europe and also for those EU nationals and others already settled in Britain. Not only do these classes provide an understanding of the English language, but they open up a broader range of work opportunities and help people to blend into society more successfully.”

The Omega training centre will be based in Warsaw, where the group has pioneered the successful recruitment of candidates through a variety of skills tests at assessment centres.