More than 250,000 18-to-24-year-olds have been put off working for life, according to research from City & Guilds.

The Government is to scrap the default retirement age (DRA).

Hotel chain Travelodge is to recruit 120 apprentices to join its Junior Management Programme (JuMP) in 2012.

Recent Hay Group research provides strong evidence of a causal link between employee engagement and business performance.