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National Apprenticeships Week: Employers pledge to increase recruitment

British employers have pledged to increase apprenticeship recruitment, according to a study released on the final day of National Apprenticeships Week.

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Marussia F1 Team launches global recruitment drive for 'cool jobs'

The Marussia F1 Team is partnering with Monster to recruit for a variety of permanent roles that will influence the technical and commercial success of the team.

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Government picks independent to investigate growing employee ownership

Norman Lamb, the newly appointed business minister, has appointed Graeme Nuttall as the Government’s independent adviser on employee ownership.

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HR takes centre stage in UK apprenticeships campaign

The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) has launched a UK wide marketing campaign to promote apprenticeships to employers, young people and parents across the country.

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Employees would rather suffer a hangover or receive a credit card bill than talk to their boss, global survey shows

Leaders lack empathy with their staff, have poor leadership skills and that a third of them are ineffective, according to global research published this morning by talent management firm DDI.

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National Apprenticeships Week: Hilton extends chef Academy

Hilton Worldwide has unveiled plans to recruit 50 chefs to join its Chef Apprenticeship Academy, this year.

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Public sector ahead of private sector when it comes to flexible working

Public sector management and workforces are working more flexibly than the private sector, both in terms of setting work policies and the communications tools they use, according to a poll of 1,000...

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RfO: ethnic minority workers turned off recruitment agencies due to slow responses and poor matching of skills with job roles

Casual racial discrimination from recruitment agencies when dealing with job seekers from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background is “prevalent in the UK”, hindering BAME candidates in...

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Social Market Foundation says Government should loan parents £10,000 for the cost of childcare

Parents should be able to access financial support of up to £10,000 from the Government to pay for childcare, which they would then pay back as monthly contributions made through the tax system, a...

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HMRC performs U-turn on plans to axe P45

Plans to axe P45 forms as part of the modernisation of PAYE have been shelved, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced.

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James Watts becomes VP HR at KFC, as Misty Reich moves to parent company

It is all change this month in the people departments at fast food firms KFC and its parent company, Yum Foods.

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O2's UK head office in temporary shut-down as 3,000 staff pilot remote working

O2 today has launched the biggest flexible working initiative of its kind with a quarter of its UK workforce operating remotely for the day as the doors of its Slough base are shut and lights turned...

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