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...
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The pay gap between the 15 older member states of the European Union (EU) and the 12 new member states...
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Private equity representatives meet TUC chiefs in first of several planned meetings
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryRepresentatives of trade unions and the private equity industry came face-to-face yesterday (Tuesday) in the first of a series of...
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Skills strategy for London’s hospitality sector launched by mayor Ken Livingstone
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryMayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched the capital’s hospitality skills strategy to boost opportunities in hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism in...
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Human resources jobs could be under threat at Ikea, after the Swedish home retailer revealed plans to cut 300 managerial...
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A television ad campaign to encourage employers and individuals to gain better skills is being screened on ITV1.
Driven by...
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A flood of age discrimination claims could leave UK employers facing a £12m compensation bill, government figures have revealed.Statistics from...
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More than £80m worth of services to help carers back into employment could be generated by just £37m of government...