Amazon has announced it will create 4,000 new jobs in the UK this year, bringing its total UK workforce up...
Apprenticeships
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English and maths entry requirements are preventing young people, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, from accessing higher apprenticeships.
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While organisations have made great strides in terms of diversity and inclusion, opening up apprenticeships to applicants with hidden disabilities...
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Employers need to build clear and visible career pathways to maximise the benefits of apprenticeships, explains Phil Whitehouse.
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A report from the transport committee suggests a “supply chain levy” would assist in building facilities and training new drivers.
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Employers have called for a broadening of what apprenticeship levy funds can be used for. How would this work?
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A small number of universities are slowing the rise of diversity in the workplace, according to Euan Blair.
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In the past year alone, £97m of funding wasn’t spent, which would have paid for 120,000 adults to access courses helping them to reskill.
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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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The Future Skills Unit, announced in February’s levelling up white paper is set to be launched this month.
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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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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 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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The Institute of Directors has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging the government to create tax incentives for...
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Like many initiatives triggered by the Covid pandemic, Kickstart was rushed and has failed to deliver predicted benefits.