The National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) is urging employers to run traineeship schemes, designed to help get underprivileged or under-qualified people of school leaver age or slightly above ready...

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) says the Government is right to offer support to 16-year-olds to obtain vocational qualification instead of entering further education.

Employers need to invest in innovation and growth to create workplaces that make better use of workers’ skills and raise productivity levels, a report suggests.

Nearly half of graduates struggling to find work several months after leaving university wish they had taken a vocational course, a new study has found.

Employers are increasingly placing greater value on vocational skills than academic qualifications, a study has found.

The majority of apprenticeships provide benefits to apprentices and business, according to recent Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) surveys.

Employers have an important role to play in improving the perception of vocational qualifications to attract young job seekers, according to research conducted by Cranfield School of Management and...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published draft guidance to help employers get to grips with proposed changes to workplace first aid requirements.

Launched yesterday, the Employee Relations Institute (ERI) is a membership organisation that has been set up to improve employee and workplace relations in the UK.

For companies in the IT sector – and across all sectors with a significant number of IT workers – apprenticeships are moving rapidly from nice-to-have to must-have.

The Orchid Group has teamed up with training provider Babcock to increase its Steps to Excellence programme to a Level 3 NVQ.

An understanding of finance, sales, marketing, ethics, operations, planning and people, plus a smattering of entrepreneurship and the ability to walk on water – this is the job description of many of...