Andy Ferguson, MD Dollond & Aitchison“We are in the commercial business of retailing and making a profit as all businesses are. So all of the investment we make has to deliver to the bottom line.The fantastic thing about skills is that it’s an absolute win win”
The minimum weekly earnings for all apprentices in England will be increased from £80 to £95 a week next year, Skills Secretary, John Denham and Children’s Secretary Ed Balls announced today.
Runaway costs and an acute shortage of skilled workers are putting future oil developments at risk and could keep upward pressure on the oil price, the chief executive of Total said yesterday.
The outlook for the UK jobs market is the weakest for almost a decade with employers freezing new recruitment as business confidence plummets, according to worldwide research published on Tuesday.
The minimum weekly earnings for all apprentices in England will be
increased from £80 to £95 a week next year, Skills Secretary, John
Denham and Children’s Secretary Ed Balls announced today.
First UK Bus has signed a contract with trade union Unite to improve learning and development in the transport firm.
Niace is seeking nominations for workbased learning at all levels to contribute to the 2009 Adult Learners’ Week Awards. There are some wonderfully inspiring stores from across the country as evidence that such nominations reap rewards. The learning can be done as a group, project or by an individual so dont delay - nomination now.
Niace is seeking nominations for workbased learning at all levels to contribute to the 2009 Adult Learners’ Week Awards. There are some wonderfully inspiring stories from across the country as evidence that such nominations reap rewards. The learning can be done as a group, project or by an individual so don’t delay - nominate now.
Butlins has teamed up with a university to train aspiring Redcoats in the Sussex coastal resort of Bognor.
Eight Radio 1 and 1Xtra DJs took a GCSE Maths exam back in June and opened their results live on air.
Humans have an in-built ability to do mathematics even if they do not have the language to express it, a research team has suggested.
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