The head of a leading educational charity has said more science and engineering companies need to invest in actively engaging with education if they are to avoid a recruitment skills gap in the short and medium term.
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Minister leads call for more business mentors
Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk is today leading the call for more organisations to sign up to the Mentorsme portal and join the national mentoring network.
Growth and fairness at heart of business legislation
Creating the right conditions for businesses to grow and succeed is at the centre of new business legislation announced today in the Queen’s Speech.
Business Students Learn Soft Skills Via Digital Video
n a UK first for higher education, Lancaster University Management School is supplementing its teaching capabilities with expert soft skills learning content from Video Arts, to provide core practical skills for students on its business, management and marketing programmes.
Weaker retail sales, jobs surveys raise risk of longer slump
British retail sales posted their biggest fall in more than a year last month and growth in the number of people placed in permanent jobs in Britain slowed
UK bosses confident about growth, despite gloomy economic outlook
Despite the gloomy economic outlook caused by the UK’s slip into a double dip recession, 60 per cent of bosses believe their organisation will grow its output over the next year with almost a fifth expecting it to grow significantly, according to research published today by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM).
£50 million Business Angel CoFund invests first £7.2 million
The Angel CoFund has today announced the completion of its first five investments, with a total of £7.2 million committed to SMEs. Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk joined some of the first businesses to receive funding.
The case supporting an extension of right to request flexible working
The CIPD is calling on the Government to hold its nerve and go ahead with the extension in this week’s Queen’s speech.
Work-Life balance improves across UK
Workers across the UK declare that the balance between their work and personal life has improved since 2010, according to a new Work-Life Balance Index
Should Wonga be allowed to loan to small businesses?
The high-cost lender Wonga promises to make funds available within 15 minutes of an application
Business loan write-offs to hit highest since 1990s
Losses on corporate loans will hit their highest level since the 1990s recession this year, fuelled by a weak consumer sector and further crippling lending according to a leading group of economists.
British jobs will disappear unless red tape is slashed, ministers warn
British jobs will disappear overseas unless taxes are lower and more health and safety laws are swept away, Chris Grayling will say today.
Employers urged to build resilient workforces
Employers are urged to build resilient organisations after a recent Clinical Director report revealed a larger percentage of the workforce accessing Employee Assistance Programmes
Can we change the way we shop forever?
It’s a big idea, but can it really be done? M&S seem to think so
High unemployment to do ‘permanent damage’ to UK
The UK unemployment rate will rise from its current 8.3% to almost 9% by the end of this year, doing “permanent damage to the UK’s productive capacity”, a think tank has said.
