We predicted at the beginning of this year that skills would be a top priority for businesses in 2007.Half way...
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“Not another meeting!” has become a familiar corporate grumble. UK workers believe that more than one-third of meetings are not...
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The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) has missed a “real opportunity” to make the radical curriculum changes needed to give...
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Consumer goods group Unilever will axe up to 350 staff, including 40 senior management positions and HR personnel by the...
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A government TV advert aimed at employers to drive up UK skills will air on ITV1 tonight (Monday).
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Bovis Lend Lease UK has launched a new company Be Onsite to address the skills shortage in the construction industry.The not-for-profit...
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The government’s multi-million pound advertising campaign to drive up UK skills has been called into question by business groups over...
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Business groups have dismissed the government’s message that employers should accept shared responsibility for training staff in basic skills.New skills secretary...
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Visitors to the London 2012 Olympics will feel let down unless HR teams in hospitality turn the sector around. That was...
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Public Accounts Committee report warns reservists need better training and support
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryPart-time soldiers or reservists need better training and support, a committee of MPs has warned.
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HR news including: Government skills campaign receives a frosty reception, and the union chief who disagrees with proposed public sector...
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BBC and sector skills council Skillset to work together to promote training in audio-visual industry
The BBC will work with Skillset, the Sector Skills Council to promote education and learning across the audio-visual industry.Skillset has signed a...
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned the government against forcing the human resources function into a ‘corporate...
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Entrepreneurs are more interested in having fun than making money, a report has revealed.In the London School of Economics and Shell Livewire...
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Lord Digby Jones is no longer the government skills envoy, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has confirmed.As Jones was...