Entrepreneur and founder of School for Startups, Doug Richard, is to lead an independent review into the future of apprenticeships for the Government.
Category: News
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK
New vision needed for school and college leaver attainment
The UK will need more high-level skills to compete for growth
New national support service for social enterprise sector unveiled by University of Northampton
A new national support service for the UK’s fast-growing social enterprise sector is being launched in Westminster next week (Tuesday 12 June) by the University of Northampton and business performance specialists Exemplas.
Armed Forces recruits have career prospects boosted by intensive literacy and numeracy training
A report out today shows that the Royal Navy (RN), Army and Royal Air Force (RAF) have put numeracy and literacy skills at the heart of their development programme for new recruits.
Equation helps finance companies chase big ideas
Financial firms in Britain are generating record numbers of business ideas (e.g. for new products or services) but a low hit rate is stunting true innovation
Rude receptionists biggest barrier to new business
Bad-mannered front of house staff are the main reason that almost half of professionals are put off from doing business with other companies, according to research carried out on service excellence.
MWR launch free guide to avoid the sack during summer of sport
From having a few beers watching the match on a work night to using the company internet to watch the 100m, MWR has got an answer on how to stay within the bounds of the law and keep bosses happy.
May sales rise with temperature
Miserable weather at the start of the month turned to glorious sunshine boosting UK retail sales according to KPMG
Beecroft proposals for compensated no-fault dismissals are objectionable and unnecessary warns CIPD
As the window for responding to the Government’s consultation on no-fault dismissals closes tomorrow, the CIPD is urging ministers to recognise that watering down employment regulation is not only damaging for employee relations but will also fail to achieve the intended result.
Skills Minister unveils new investment in skills for key industries
Skills Minister John Hayes today announced the release of funds totalling over £2.4m from the Growth Innovation Fund (GIF) to the nuclear and creative and cultural sectors.
Ageism rife in UK business
Companies are failing to adjust to new legislation, warn experts
Public Relations and Marketing Start-up, With a Conscience
A new public relations and marketing company, Conscious Communications, has launched to fill a gap in the market for a consultancy focussed on delivering high impact public relations and marketing, with a conscience.
Sixteen of the UK’s best & brightest digital entrepreneurs selected by Wayra
From real time dating services and educational teaching tools, to a foodie social network and new software that turns pictures into passwords have been selected by Telefonica, the parent company of O2, to join the London hub of its global tech start-up accelerator programme, Wayra.
I’m out: Hilary Devey quits Dragons’ Den to front own Channel 4 show
Just over a year after she joined the show, following James Caan’s departure Hilary Devey is now quitting Dragons’ Den
BCC urges Osborne to scrap deficit target and inject £6bn
The Chancellor should abandon his cast-iron debt reduction targets and inject up to £6bn into the economy to revive the flagging recovery, according to the the British Chambers of Commerce.