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    Skills passport will help retail workers to benefit from their experience

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007

    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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    Logistics industry aims to get NVQ Level 2 qualification for delivery drivers

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007

    Office Depot teamed up with Skills for Logistics to dispel the 'white van man' image of the industry.

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    Qualification for life-long learning teachers

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007

    A new qualification aims to improve the quality of lifelong learning trainers.

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    Former Rover workers benefit from Learning and Skills Council retraining

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007

    They think it's all Rover … it isn't now. Redundancy spelled opportunity for MG Rover workers, thanks to a government-funded skills programme.

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    Hospitality skills council helps small companies with HR

    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007
    by Personnel Today 2 Jan 2007

    Catering for employer needs: small and medium-sized hospitality employers now have access to HR expertise that could set them apartfrom the competition.

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    ‘Train to Gain’ scheme attracts attention of 15,000 employers in just five months

    by Mike Berry 15 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 15 Dec 2006

    More than 15,000 employers are now using ‘Train to Gain‘, the new service offering advice on training for businesses, according...

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    National Skills Academy for Financial Services appoints Sylvia Perrins as director

    by Mike Berry 27 Nov 2006
    by Mike Berry 27 Nov 2006

    The UK’s new National Skills Academy for Financial Services has appointed its first director.
    Sylvia Perrins, currently director of business development...

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    Government unveils national skills academies for financial services, manufacturing and construction

    by Emma Ann Hughes 31 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 31 Oct 2006

    The government has launched three national skills academies to drive up the standard of industry training, improve productivity and tackle skills...

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    Funding boost as Learning and Skills Council budget passes £11bn

    by Personnel Today 25 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 25 Oct 2006

    The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to get a £1bn funding boost, taking its annual budget to improve England’s...

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    Learning and Skills Council to focus on improving people’s ability to do basic maths

    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006
    by Emma Ann Hughes 11 Oct 2006

    The Learning and Skills Council is increase its focus on tackling innumeracy.
    Speaking at the Union Learning Fund conference in...

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    Learning and Skills Council research shows little is being done to keep British brains healthy

    by Michael Millar 6 Oct 2006
    by Michael Millar 6 Oct 2006

    People are not doing enough to train their brains to be healthy, according to new research from the Learning and Skills...

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    Learning and Skills Council appoints new national director of young people’s learning

    by Michael Millar 5 Oct 2006
    by Michael Millar 5 Oct 2006

    The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has announced the appointment of Julia Dowd as the its new national director of...

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    Conservatives plan radical reform of Learning and Skills Council

    by Greg Pitcher 26 Sep 2006
    by Greg Pitcher 26 Sep 2006

    The Learning and Skills Council will undergo radical changes if the Conservatives win the next election, the party pledged yesterday.Shadow...

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    Hospitality sector skills council unveils new chairman

    by Mike Berry 4 Sep 2006
    by Mike Berry 4 Sep 2006

    People 1st has appointed Nick Basing, chief executive of Paramount Restaurants, as its new chairman

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    Train to gain

    by Personnel Today 14 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 14 Jun 2006

    The Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) 400m Train to Gain programme will be rolled out across England on 1 August - four months after it became available in selected regions

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