Allowing employees to learn and gain specialist qualifications while they work is highly beneficial for businesses and staff, according to QHotels group resourcing manager Lisa Redding.
Young people are shunning Saturday jobs to focus purely on their studies, a report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) has revealed.
A focus on processing apprenticeships quickly, together with too many training providers in the market, is helping to fuel bad practice when awarding security qualifications, according to a leading...
High levels of complexity are putting large employers off engaging with youth employment policy initiatives, according to a research project by the University of Leicester and 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).
Employers are having to accept that they can't rely on educational institutions to provide them with enough talent to plug growing skills gaps, according to Kelly Services executive VP and COO George...
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...
More than half of parents (57%) rate young people with plumbing qualifications as "very employable", according to a report by City & Guilds and Edge Foundation.
Secretary for business, innovation and skills Vince Cable will today unveil plans to increase the minimum rate of pay for apprentices by £1.06 per hour.
