As more than a quarter of a million students receive A-level results this morning, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) claims too much attention is focused on the annual ritual of exam results and...

London Borough of Merton has seen an increase of 120 hours of staff training in June, following the implementation of an e-learning training programme.

Employers in the food and drink industry will soon be able to boost business performance with the creation of a new qualification for staff.

Tesco managers have become the first people to graduate with a degree in Tesco retail practices.

Duerr's, the jam and spreads company, has awarded all its staff with an NVQ level 2 in Performing Manufacturing Operations as part of the Government's Train to Gain scheme.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has launched an academy for first-year university students to develop the employability skills of future graduates.

The armed forces have proved a useful source of recruits and trainees for the difficult-to-fill technical roles in companies that run the complex UK rail network.

The BBC is to launch a new e-learning scheme to rapidly develop its e-learning content and resources.

Although 71% of employers rate staff with vocational qualifications as essential in improving the competitiveness of their business, only 29% of adults declare their training on CVs.

B&Q has launched a diversity-friendly apprenticeship scheme and 150 employees have already signed up.

Women are twice as likely as men to have learned new skills because of the recession.

HR departments in the Civil Service have joined forces with permanent secretaries and Government to develop leaders and future leaders and deliver better services.