Learning and Development
New jobs and apprenticeship scheme at Whitbread
David Woods, 13 November 2008
Whitbread is to create 4,000 new jobs over the next year and will launch a new apprenticeship scheme.
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New scheme to improve manufacturing skills
David Woods, 18 November 2008
UK manufacturers have been offered more help to tackle the skills gap...
UK talent seeks opportunities abroad
18 November 2008
The UK labour market is struggling to retain home-grown talent
Exclusive: Virtual worlds don't excite staff
Peter Crush, 18 November 2008
It seems you can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear....
Firms save money by training
David Woods, 14 November 2008
Employers who invest in their staff are best placed to cut costs.
Toyota staff to train for an NVQ
David Woods, 10 November 2008
Toyota is to train 1,500 members of staff to attain an NVQ...
Learning and Development In Depth
Opportunities for Westminster unemployed
David Woods, 10 November 2008
Young people in Westminster will have the opportunity to work with UK...
Sainsbury's staff get chance of formal qualifications
David Woods, 06 November 2008
Sainsbury’s is to offer nationally recognised qualifications to its entire workforce of...
Staff want more responsibility but managers don’t trust them
David Woods, 03 November 2008
Nearly half (43%) of employees would like more responsibility in their current...
EasyJet adopts a blended approach to training
David Woods, 31 October 2008
EasyJet plans to recruit 750 members of cabin crew over the next...
Line managers are more likely than HR to organise training
David Woods, 29 October 2008
Employees believe they are receiving less training initiated by HR and more...
1,000 apprenticeships promised for public sector
David Woods, 28 October 2008
Skills secretary John Denham has pledged to double the number of apprentices...
Training proves a smash hit at theatre group
David Woods, 27 October 2008
Delfont Mackintosh Theatres has completed an interactive training scheme for its technical...
£100 million training fund to reskill redundancy victims
David Woods, 24 October 2008
The Government has announced it will invest £100 million into helping people...
Don't cut training say top businessmen
David Woods, 23 October 2008
Top business leaders and union representatives have written to national newspapers warning...
GBP 350 million training fund boost for SMEs
22 October 2008
Skills secretary John Denham has pledged £350 million of government funds to...
