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    Green energy jobs given lift by new Delivery Group

    by Adam McCulloch 12 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 12 May 2022

    The Green Jobs Delivery Group, with business, industry, union and academia involvement, has been tasked with supporting the delivery of up to 480,000 skilled green jobs by 2030.

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    Future Skills Unit ‘will help learners make better choices’

    by Personnel Today 8 Apr 2022
    by Personnel Today 8 Apr 2022

    The Future Skills Unit, announced in February’s levelling up white paper is set to be launched this month.

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    Half of employers want to replace apprenticeship levy with training levy

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Apr 2022

    More than half of employers think the apprenticeship levy should be replaced with a broader training levy, the CIPD has found.

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    Childcare: Bright Horizons’ mission to elevate the profession

    by Jo Faragher 24 Mar 2022
    by Jo Faragher 24 Mar 2022

    Nursery chain Bright Horizons has just announced a £10m investment in recruitment, retention and training. HR director Janine Leightley tells Personnel Today why this is important.

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    B&Q and Screwfix pay to rise from April

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Mar 2022

    B&Q and Screwfix employees are to receive a pay rise in April, as their parent company seeks to attract and retain staff in a competitive labour market.

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    ‘Clear market failure’ to meet reskilling needs, say directors

    by Rob Moss 15 Mar 2022
    by Rob Moss 15 Mar 2022

    The Institute of Directors has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging the government to create tax incentives for...

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    Kickstart is ‘chaotic’ and failing employers and young people, find MPs

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Feb 2022

    Like many initiatives triggered by the Covid pandemic, Kickstart was rushed and has failed to deliver predicted benefits.

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    How to improve uptake of apprenticeship schemes

    by Kate Burnett 22 Feb 2022
    by Kate Burnett 22 Feb 2022

    Apprenticeships can improve diversity of thought within an organisation and set up employees in early careers with the skills needed...

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    Two in five report lack of candidates needed for growth

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Feb 2022

    Mid-sized businesses say they will need to hire this year to support their growth objectives, but many are still struggling to find candidates with the right skills.

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    Apprenticeships to unlock potential for prisoners

    by Jo Faragher 11 Feb 2022
    by Jo Faragher 11 Feb 2022

    Prisoners will be able to access apprenticeships for the first time in a bid to tackle skills shortages and cut crime.

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    Entry-level apprenticeships down 72% since 2014

    by Rob Moss 9 Feb 2022
    by Rob Moss 9 Feb 2022

    Entry-level apprenticeship starts in England have plummeted, while higher-level apprenticeships, often taken up by older people, have boomed.

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    Ideas to tackle transport career barriers sought

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2022

    The government is seeking views on the future skills needs of employers in the transport sector, and has launched a taskforce to help reduce barriers for certain groups.

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    Degree apprenticeships: The key to skills and social mobility?

    by Jo Faragher 7 Feb 2022
    by Jo Faragher 7 Feb 2022

    Degree apprenticeships offer students the chance to earn while they learn without the debt of university, but is take-up where it should be?

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    Skills bodies offer lukewarm reception to ministers’ levelling up proposals

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Feb 2022

    REC says policies that did not address the apprenticeship levy's problems were ‘tinkering at the edges’; City & Guilds said vital sectors of the economy were in a state of collapse.

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    Amazon to offer 1,500 new apprenticeships

    by Jo Faragher 2 Feb 2022
    by Jo Faragher 2 Feb 2022

    Amazon has announced it will offer 1,500 new apprenticeships across the UK.
    The online retail giant will offer 40 schemes...

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