The Learning and Skills Council has spent more than £100m on redundancies and reorganising over the past six years, it...
Economics, government & business
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Government plans to use covert tactics to reduce nurses’ pay have been revealed in a leaked report on its strategy...
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Benefit to UK economy from migrant workers is minimal, says right-wing think-tank
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherImmigrants have brought a benefit to the UK economy, a report has confirmed – but it works out at just 4p...
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HR departments in councils across England have helped them to beat efficiency targets set by chancellor Gordon Brown, who expected...
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Civil service union members balloted after strike call to resist job cuts and below inflation pay rises
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is balloting 280,000 workers in more than 200 government departments about industrial action. ...
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Cost of out-of-hours cover for GPs hits primary care trusts’ budgets
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThousands of foreign doctors are cashing in on the UK’s GP shortage by providing out-of-hours cover at expensive rates, it...
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The UK will benefit significantly from the arrival of Romanian and Bulgarian workers after the two accession states joined the...
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This week’s Personnel Today is a bonus issue brought to you in partnership with Skills for Business, the Sector Skills...
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The Leitch Review, published last month, was asked to: identify the UK's optimal skillset for 2020 to maximise economic growth, productivity and social justice outline who is responsible for delivering it and propose a policy framework required to support it.Mike Campbell, director of development at the Sector Skills Development Agency, summarises the report's findings.
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Welcome to this special edition of Personnel Today, which is themed around the issue of training and skills development.Lord Leitch’s ...
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Accidental heroes: training emergency care practitioners to handle non-critical conditions could save the NHS £51m a year.
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A passport to success: keeping track of skills in the retail sector is a challenge, but a new skills passport allows both staff and managers to have an accurate record.
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Office Depot teamed up with Skills for Logistics to dispel the 'white van man' image of the industry.
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A new qualification aims to improve the quality of lifelong learning trainers.
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They think it's all Rover … it isn't now. Redundancy spelled opportunity for MG Rover workers, thanks to a government-funded skills programme.