The opportunity to utilise talented digital apprentices is growing

Being politically astute and managing a diverse range of stakeholders is becoming an essential workplace skill, writes Jean Hartley, professor in public leadership at The Open University Business...

Businesses in the UK need to engage in a more meaningful way with the pathway between education and employment, according to a report by thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Staff in the UK are not receiving training in the areas they feel are most valuable in the workplace, according to research by training specialists Filtered.

Employers and employment groups have welcomed the government’s announcement that all national insurance (NI) charges on taking on apprentices under 25 are to be abolished.

Employers are failing to fill entry-level positions despite a surplus of talent, according to research by totaljobs.com and IPPR.

Higher wages, increased tax receipts and lower benefits costs are all factors in apprenticeships contributing £34 billion to the British economy in 2014, according to research by the Centre for...

Ensuring there are clear routes “from the shop floor to senior leadership” is an important way for employers to retain skills, according to UK Commission for Employment and Skills chief executive...

There is still a stigma around asking for help to develop skills in the workplace, according to National Consortium of Colleges and Providers (NCCP) chairman Harvey Young.

Employers and industry experts have reacted positively to the government's Get In, Go Far apprenticeship campaign.

Lancaster University's Work Foundation has criticised the government's "watered down" implementation of the Raising the Participant Age (RPA) policy.

In part two of this month's Hot Topic, Neil Tune, HR director of Fitness First, suggests business needs to take a longer-term 'talent pipeline' view.