The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has agreed to support the government’s skills pledge, despite its recent criticism of the...
Skills shortages
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The influx of skilled migrants into the UK will contribute a record £77bn to the UK economy by 2012.The Future...
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The skills bus rumbles on, despite the planned closure of the Learning and Skills Council. The government has announced that...
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Employer groups have expressed “utter amazement” at the government’s decision to close the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), its chief...
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The UK’s new skills chief has denied that staff at the much-heralded skills commission have been forced to take redundancy...
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Friday podcast: Maternity rights changes, Carter and Carter collapse, employer training accreditation and welfare reform criticisms
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including:
Welfare reform criticisms – why minister James Purnell’s new rules may disadvantage the disabled
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HSMP campaigners confident of winning argument over forcing existing skilled migrants to reapply to stay in UK
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherA leading figure behind last week’s High Court challenge to the government’s changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)...
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The long-awaited judicial review of controversial changes to the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) is to take place today (5...
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Employers are ignoring the IT skills and knowledge of young people who have recently entered the workforce, claims a survey.It...
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HR directors could be jailed and firms fined up to £10,000 under new immigration rules that come into effect today...
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London mayor Ken Livingstone has unveiled a £5m ‘Young Londoners Fund’ to help city teenagers back into education or training.The...
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Friday Podcast: Birmingham City Council cuts salaries; What HR was like in 1988; Leap day suggestions; and the strangest joint honours degrees
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including: Birmingham City Council’s decision to cut some employees’ salaries what staff want to do on 29...
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The number of fully trained operational personnel in the British Armed Forces has begun to edge upwards after a dip...
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With e-skills UK, the sector skills council for the IT industry, citing the need for 140,000 new employees every year in...
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A new initiative entitled Pass on Your Skills is being launched today by Lifelong Learning UK aimed at encouraging engineers and health...