Lakeside signs Skills Pledge

Lakeside Shopping Centre has pledged to improve the skills of its workforce.The Essex centre's general manager, Steve Chandler (pictured), signed the Government's Skills Pledge earlier this month and...

Police need protection

Police need better training to counter the rising tide of violence against them, according to Unison.

Immigration: Becoming a Sponsor - Your questions answered

From the end of November 2008, UK employers will need to be licensed by the UK Border Agency in order to employ migrant employees any workers who come outside the European Economic Area and...

Managers: coaching takes too much time

More than two fifths (42%) of managers in the UK and Ireland find coaching employees to be too time-consuming.

Equivalent of five GCSEs for all staff is Rossendales aim

Rossendale Council has pledged to help all employees improve their literacy and numeracy to achieve a qualification equivalent to five good GCSEs.

Training for St Pancras staff on new shuttle personnel carriers

Network Rail staff at St Pancras International have been trained in how to shuttle passengers and luggage around the terminus.

Police launch new leadership training

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has launched a programme to develop the next generation of police leaders.

Exclusive: Managers embrace e-learning

Managements use of e-learning has surged in the last 12 months according to research launched this morning at the Chartered Management Institutes Annual Conference in Birmingham.

Training budgets remain "recession-proof"

Three out of four companies are not cutting their training budgets despite the economic downturn.

Northern Ireland gas industry to benefit from apprenticeship scheme

Minister for employment and learning Sir Reg Empey has launched a technical engineering apprenticeship for Northern Irelands gas industry.

There's a pressing need for conflict resolution training

More than half of the UK workforce havent had training in the effective management of conflict despite the fact conflict costs British business 24 billion each year.

Government commits 30 million to fund four new academies

Skills secretary John Denham has given the go-ahead for four academies to develop the skills of 150,000 young people and adults.