Global Workplace Solutions' talent management programme to create technically-capable and customer-focused facilities managers was so effective its remit is widening.

Following the Leitch report 18 months ago, the Government launched a Train to Gain initiative and asked employers to sign a Skills Pledge. Yet employers are still bemoaning the lack of skills.

Accenture tests the leadership potential of graduate recruits with two-year teaching stints in inner-city schools. It provides insights into dealing with difficult people.

The huge number of bodies whose remits for providing a skilled workforce largely overlap is confusing for employers and also a huge drain on UK finances. Are they worth the money?

Calling itself the 'linchpin of the UK knowledge economy', it comes as no surprise that the British Library places so much importance on its employees' learning.

How well do the numerous bodies that look after skills present their wares to employers, and are they as co-ordinated as they could be? Peter Crush speaks to some of the main protagonists.

Up to 22 million UK workers will benefit from government plans to allow employees the right to request time to train, according to John Denham, secretary of state for Innovation, universities and...

Benefit claimants who need additional skills to get a job will be required to attend compulsory training under new Government plans to "overhaul" the current system.

A quarter of employers have to invest in remedial literacy and numeracy training for their staff, according to the CBI.

The number of businesses training their employees in business ethics has increased dramatically over the last three years, according to a new survey.

Letting firms award nationally-recognised qualifications has brought elitist critics out in force.

With poor results on the field and slowness in adapting to change on the business side, Sale Sharks Rugby Club saw a training initiative as the way to add focus on and off the pitch.