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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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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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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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...