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Business growth has lead to an increase in optimism within the service sector according to a quarterly survey. In the consumer services sector optimism has risen from minus nine in …
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Financial services firm Deloitte & Touche has been held up as an example of good practice by Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers for its part-time working policy. Byers said …
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Staff loyalty and IT skills among staff at Dixons have been improved by a loan scheme offering employees the chance to buy a computer after two years’ service with the …
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Management consultancies and banking are the industries that students most want to pursue a career in, according to a report by recruitment agency Fresh Minds. Twenty-nine per cent of the …
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More than half of women managers in the UK have experienced discrimination in the work place according to a study of female executives in Europe. The study which was commissioned …
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The Government is considering paying employers’ National Insurance contributions for staff taking part in basic skills training. The proposal, which is part of the DfEE’s £1.5bn programme to tackle poor …
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A third of all call centre staff are university graduates, claims a report by telecommunications provider Thus. Its research shows that graduates take jobs in call centres because they see …
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As many as 2.5 million employees in the UK believe it is acceptable to exaggerate their expense claims at work, according to research by accounting systems provider Cevas Data Systems. …
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Training for nurses has to be improved in order to ensure more students complete courses according to research. Two reports from watchdog organisations reveal that one-in-six students training to become …
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Sixty per cent of city workers claimed that they would celebrate a million pound bonus with a holiday. Under a quarter of the city workers questioned by city recruitment consultants …
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New laws and business pressures mean that organisations must attend to diversity issues. Elaine Essery looks at a pan-European project that helps to get the relevant training off to a …
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Cultural orientation is at the vanguard of training for foreign postings. Lucie Carrington looks at its merits Heard the one about the British manager who went to Japan to clinch …
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Grooming and advising leaders fit for the global stage is a messy business, says David Butcher. In the first of our occasional Masterclasses, he offers guidance on how to do …
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The most alluring training and development packages require us to engage with time and space. Helen Vandevelde explains why The paradox that the best way to retain talented staff is …
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Ken Robinson argues that for firms to compete on the world stage, employers and educators need to think more broadly about education and creativity Economic change is moving faster than …