Opinion
Save adult education petition signed by over 10,000 delivered to Downing Street
A petition signed by more than 10,000 people calling on the government to save adult education has been submitted to 10 Downing Street.
Wales leads the way in National Lorry Week
The Welsh Government has committed to training up to 180 unemployed people to drive lorries in a move that is warmly welcomed by the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
Businesses are failing to benefit from technology-enabled ethics and compliance training
Towards Maturity has announced the findings of a new study sponsored by SAI Global, which found that despite an environment of record regulatory enforcements and personal liability for senior executives, most organisations are still applying a check-box approach to ethics and compliance training and failing to achieve the business goals they set out.
Dramatic improvement in career prospects for women in finance and accounting
A career in finance and accounting is a good choice for aspiring female CEOs, according to new research from leading specialist recruitment consultancy Robert Half UK.
The secret of success in managed learning is a good relationship with the right partner
Appointing an external provider to supplement your training capability can be both beneficial and challenging, according to new report by Hemsley Fraser.
Lord Davies report: Raise women in boardroom target to 33%
Britain’s top companies have just been set a new target for board seats — a third of all boardroom seats should be held by women by 2020.
BIS permanent secretary Martin Donnelly seeks ministerial direction over Redcar apprentice plan
Top official at the business department says plan to subsidise apprenticeship wages could set an “unhelpful precedent” — and seeks the fourth ministerial direction of the parliament.
Closing the gender pay gap
Liz Willis discusses the gender pay debate and the need for transparency to bring change.
Three tenets of talent development
Tim Baker provides a useful framework for understanding how we develop our talent in organisations
Britain’s cash management skills ‘stubbornly low’
More than one in five adults cannot read a bank statement demonstrating “stubbornly low” financial skills in the UK, new research suggests.
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