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    Childcare voucher entitlement doubles to 52 weeks from 5 October

    by John Charlton 19 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 19 Sep 2008

    Employers that offer childcare vouchers to mothers on maternity leave must do so for 52 weeks of such leave once...

    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Back off: When leadership’s all shook up, return to sender

    by John Charlton 15 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 15 Sep 2008

    One thing the leadership development sector likes is advising a struggling high-profile leader heading for meltdown. But it’s one thing...

    • Movers and shakers
    • Learning & development

    Careerfile: BBC man dreams of winning one of life’s glittering prizes

    by John Charlton 15 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 15 Sep 2008

    Frank Ash runs creativity training for BBC programme makers. While helping them to realise their creative potential, he also hankers...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Schools marking fiasco down to poor training, MPs told

    by John Charlton 12 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 12 Sep 2008

    Late changes to how School Attainment Tests (SATs) markers were trained contributed to this summer’s test marking fiasco, MPs were...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Most UK workers want right to ask for training at work

    by John Charlton 4 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 4 Sep 2008

    Just over seven in 10 (71%) employees want the legal right to request paid time off for training, while 53%...

    • Latest News
    • Continuous professional development
    • Learning & development

    CPD compulsory for 50% of professionals

    by John Charlton 4 Sep 2008
    by John Charlton 4 Sep 2008

    Continuous professional development (CPD) is now mandatory for 50% of members of professional bodies in the UK, according to a...

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    • Wellbeing

    Tesco driver to sue online customer over home delivery injury

    by John Charlton 22 Aug 2008
    by John Charlton 22 Aug 2008

    A Tesco delivery driver is taking legal action against an online delivery customer after sustaining injuries while on their premises....

    • Learning & development
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    • Training strategies

    Training budgets: Come on down and face the budget challenge

    by John Charlton 14 Jul 2008
    by John Charlton 14 Jul 2008

    With the economy heading south, it’s a racing certainty that many training and L&D budgets will be cut. So, now is the time for L&D managers to start planning their survival strategies.

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    Equalities legislation: positive discrimination risks

    by John Charlton 8 Jul 2008
    by John Charlton 8 Jul 2008

    Thomases Jefferson and Paine have a lot to answer for: it was they, in the late 18th century, who proclaimed...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development
    • Training strategies

    Training budget cuts predicted by learning and development managers

    by John Charlton 1 Jul 2008
    by John Charlton 1 Jul 2008

    Many training and learning and development (L&D) managers expect their budgets to be cut over the next 12 months.A survey...

    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    UK is top European country for provision of staff training

    by John Charlton 19 Jun 2008
    by John Charlton 19 Jun 2008

    UK companies top the European training league, according to a report from French e-learning specialist Cegos.
    Its survey of 1,000...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Brokers sue ABN Amro bank after forfeiting bonuses

    by John Charlton 17 Jun 2008
    by John Charlton 17 Jun 2008

    Seven City brokers, who quit ABN Amro after being poached by a dealing firm, are suing the bank after it...

    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Teambuilding: Thanks for the memories – and the smoothie making

    by John Charlton 13 Jun 2008
    by John Charlton 13 Jun 2008

    Purveyors of teambuilding training love to say their activities make it memorable. Alas, too often it’s memorable for all the...

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    Carol Smillie fronts Skills Street campaign for Learning and Skills Council

    by John Charlton 13 Jun 2008
    by John Charlton 13 Jun 2008

    Residents of a quiet Yorkshire street got a surprise recently when TV presenter and former lingerie model Carol Smillie and...

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    • Learning & development

    Fares Made Simple ticket system rolls out e-learning to rail ticket staff

    by John Charlton 10 Jun 2008
    by John Charlton 10 Jun 2008

    Rail ticket office staff are using e-learning to get to grips with a new ticketing system.The programme, Fares Made Simple...

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