Corporate AI training in the UK
From a one-day tool workshop to a fully levy-funded AI apprenticeship, TESS gives your teams the AI skills that actually change how work gets done. Ofsted Good, with a 72% distinction rate on the AI standard. Tailored to your tools, your sector and your people.
What is the best corporate AI training?
AI adoption across UK business has climbed fast, but capability has not kept pace: 97% of organisations report an AI skills gap and two in three employees have had no formal AI training. Closing that gap in your own organisation is the highest-return move most leaders can make this year, and it starts with picking the right kind of training.
Your corporate AI training options
Four routes, one provider. Mix and match to fit different teams.
AI tool training
Fast, practical workshops to get teams confident with the assistant they use, Microsoft Copilot, Claude or Google Gemini.
Explore tool training →AI automation training
Go beyond using AI to building it: automate real processes and build AI agents and workflows, taught and assessed inside the apprenticeship.
See the AI & Automation L4 →AI apprenticeships
The deepest route: build lasting capability across departments over a structured programme, funded by your apprenticeship levy.
Browse AI apprenticeships →AI for leaders
Short Level 5 AI Leadership Units and leadership programmes for managers who need to set AI strategy and govern its use.
See leadership routes →How to choose the right AI training for your team
A simple way to decide: match the route to the outcome you actually want.
- ✓Want quick confidence across a team? A one-day tool workshop.
- ✓Want AI built into your processes? AI automation training within the apprenticeship.
- ✓Want lasting, organisation-wide capability? A levy-funded AI apprenticeship.
- ✓Want leaders who can set AI strategy? AI for leaders and the Level 5 units.
And on funding: tool workshops are a direct commercial investment, while apprenticeships and apprenticeship units are levy funded for levy payers and government funded for most SMEs. See how to use your levy for AI training.
Why TESS for corporate AI training
- ✓The UK's specialist AI apprenticeship provider, Ofsted Good with a 72% distinction rate on the AI standard.
- ✓Training built around your real work, not generic demos, with department-specific use cases.
- ✓Tool-flexible: Copilot, Claude and Gemini, so your team learns the right assistant for the task.
- ✓Most of it levy or government funded, money you may already have paid.
Frequently asked questions
What is corporate AI training?
Corporate AI training is structured training that gives a business's teams the skills to use and build with AI. It ranges from short tool workshops (Copilot, Claude, Gemini) to AI automation training and full levy-funded AI apprenticeships. The best programmes are tailored to your real work rather than generic, one-off events.
How much does corporate AI training cost?
It depends on the route. Tool workshops are a direct commercial investment priced by group size and format. AI apprenticeships and apprenticeship units are levy funded for levy payers and government funded for most SMEs, so the substantial routes are often funded by money you have already paid. We give a concrete figure on a short call.
Is corporate AI training levy funded?
Apprenticeships and apprenticeship units are levy funded; standalone workshops and short courses are a direct commercial investment. So the deeper, capability-building training is the funded route, while quick workshops are paid for directly.
Can you train a whole organisation, across departments?
Yes. AI is relevant to every function, not just IT. We deliver across HR, finance, operations, sales, marketing and leadership, and tailor the examples and tools to each team, as workshops, apprenticeships, or a blend.
Which AI tools do you train on?
Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude and Google Gemini, plus building AI agents and automations. We are tool-flexible and teach teams when to reach for which assistant.
Build your team's AI capability
Tell us your goal and we will map the right mix of workshops and funded apprenticeships for your organisation.
Last updated: 19 June 2026