Business 'held back' because employers fail to take advantage of management training, warns CMI

UK management is “being held back” by employers failing to take full advantage of the benefits of qualified managers, research published this morning by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has...

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Competing across borders points a way out of recession – the case for language and communication training

Contrary to the expectations of many experts, the current global economic downturn is spurring more and more companies to look outside of their borders and become more international in the way they do...

Employers join scheme to help pupils from state schools develop career paths

A initiative, which aims to give pupils at state schools the same opportunities as those at independent schools to meet employers and get career insights into the range of jobs and careers and find...

'Re-double your commitment to training', employers warned in report from Economist Intelligence Unit

Employers need to “re-double their commitment to job training”, because employee skill enhancement is a vital component to increased productivity and profits, according to a report from The Economist...

The role of HR in developing leaders fit for a rapidly changing world

A new report Leadership in a Rapidly Changing World: How Business Leaders are Reframing Success outlines what we can learn from Chairs and CEOs from some of the world's most influential businesses...

Catering firm Elior launches customer service NVQ qualification for staff

Elior UK has given employees the opportunity to study for an NVQ in customer service.

HR Excellence Awards 2012 – Best Learning and Development Strategy: Lloyds Banking Group

In a company of 104,000 employees, the challenge for the HR department is to give the right learning to the right people – all within budget. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has done just that through the...

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Accor to create 3,500 UK jobs in three years, with a £5 million investment in people development

Accor, the hotel operator has launched people development strategy, strengthening its commitment to providing a learning and development support to its future and existing employees across its network...

Social mobility: too little, too late?

There’s no denying there has been a lot of noise in recent years about social mobility and the actions organisations are taking to open up their sector to individuals from all warps of society.

Café Rouge, Bella Italia and Strada launch online performance management strategy

Tragus Group, the owner of Strada, Café Rouge and Bella Italia restaurants, has launched an online performance management system for 300 managers.

Leverage learning - a model for real behavioural change

With the Olympics only six weeks away, we are and will continue to be bombarded by powerful advertising messages featuring finely tuned athletes telling us ‘to push ourselves further’, Let’s face it...

Employers report school leavers don't have work skills, forcing them to invest in training, finds CBI/Pearson

The CBI / Pearson Education & Skills survey of 542 organisations, employing around 1.6 million people, reports that 61% of firms say school and college leavers have not developed the self-management...