Gary Cattermole offers advice on how to boost productivity at a grass roots level.

The UK unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5.3 per cent in the three months to September, new figures show — the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2008, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. 

Government ministers, schools and local business should help young people make a successful transition from education to employment, urged the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC)

Up to four in 10 further education and sixth-form colleges in England are at risk of closure under Tory cuts worth at least £1.6bn, says the party.

A new study has found that formal training leading to a nationally recognised qualification is desperately needed in construction to plug the skills gap.

The UK pharmaceutical industry is misusing 11,400 weeks of management time every year by failing to adopt best practice recruitment processes, according research carried out by Randstad Inhouse Services.

The role elearning can play in creating a positive and lasting induction experience for new employees will be explored in an interactive webinar this month.

Mybenefitsatwork, the new online service from the award-winning national firm of financial advisers, Foster Denovo Limited, has launched an employee engagement ebook.

In a survey to mark Equal Pay Day, on (9 November), the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) have launched research revealing some shocking findings about the differences between the training supplied to men and women within the workplace.  

New research from CIPD suggests that wage inflation is unlikely to take off in the next year due to limited skills shortages and subdued pay settlement forecasts from employers.