Opinion
Hundreds of trainees set to join the Macdonald Hotels family
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts, one of the UK’s largest independent hotel groups, has committed to placing 400 young people into fulfilling, full-time traineeships in 2016.
Highways England helps Huntingdonshire young people consider construction careers
Young people from Huntingdonshire have been given an insight into the wide range of career opportunities available in the construction industry.
Government ‘desperately slow to tackle looming funding crisis’ in further education
Further education colleges in England face a “looming crisis” in funding, warns a committee of MPs.
ThinkingSafe develops awareness programme to combat cybercrime
A new cybersecuity programme has been launched to help company directors understand the reality of cyber-crime and its business impact.
£25m high-speed rail college granted planning approval
Planning permission has been granted for a new college where thousands of highly skilled workers will be trained to build and run the HS2 railway line.
One in five Brits employed yet to receive job appraisal
A fifth of Britons in full time employment have yet to receive an appraisal within their job, reveals new research by Enterprise Study.
What are intangible assets?
In the first of two articles on the topic, Jackie Maguire discusses the importance of training employees on the role of the ‘intangible assets’ of a business.
Five tips to motivate your staff over Christmas and into the New Year
Christmas is coming and this is the time for celebration, partying and eating way too much.
Government appoints training providers to maintain first class civil service
The government has today awarded two new contracts headed up by KPMG and the Hay Group, to deliver learning programmes for civil servants across the country from March 2016.
Cognisco helps businesses improve ‘soft skills’ with new suite of assessments
Cognisco, a specialist in people risk and employee behaviour, has launched a new ‘soft skills’ assessment to help organisations identify and address any gaps in their employees’ core soft skills
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