UK manufacturers have been offered more help to tackle the skills gap and stay competitive.

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Employers who invest in their staff are best placed to cut costs.

Whitbread is to create 4,000 new jobs over the next year and will launch a new apprenticeship scheme.

Young people in Westminster will have the opportunity to work with UK construction companies as part of a new scheme to help the unemployed find work.

Toyota is to train 1,500 members of staff to attain an NVQ qualification in business improvement techniques over the next year.

Sainsburys is to offer nationally recognised qualifications to its entire workforce of 150,000.

Nearly half (43%) of employees would like more responsibility in their current role, but a fifth of managers do not trust their staff to deliver.

EasyJet plans to recruit 750 members of cabin crew over the next year and will launch a new induction programme for all new entrants.

Employees believe they are receiving less training initiated by HR and more instigated by their line manager.

The processes involved in re-applying for Investors in People accreditation flagged up that some of Sainsbury's longstanding people policies would benefit from a rethink.

Voluntary community work stretches employees in ways that benefit their employers too.