The skills gap in the current UK workforce could be bridged by the government’s apprenticeship initiative.
That is according to skills minister, Lord Young, who has suggested that apprenticeships are important to address the lack of skilled labour in the country and to provide people with "career opportunities".
Lord Young said that the scheme will [...]

A business consultancy has suggested training for employers to help them understand stress and reduce occurrences of it in the workplace.
Business Link was commenting in light of new research linking long hours to a reduction in employee wellbeing.
Chris Simpson, Business Link adviser, has said that employers need to be aware of stress and [...]

Britain’s most famous apprentice hirer, Sir Alan Sugar, has backed the government’s campaign to get more young people into apprenticeships.The entrepreneur said the plans to introduce more apprenticeships through a new bill being moved through Parliament would help businesses in the UK thrive despite the onset of the recession.Speaking at an event organised to coincide [...]

New research has suggested that management consultancy offers the biggest reward for graduates, it has been claimed.The Tesco study looked at the total earning potential of the UK’s workforce by the age of 25 and revealed that management consulting proved the most lucrative, offering graduates the ability to earn £155,000 by the time they turned [...]

The UK’s service sector has been struck by the recession more than most firms, according to new research.Figures released by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) have shown that business and professional services such as accountancy, legal and marketing firms have suffered a sharp fall in business volumes in the past three months and that [...]

Companies which try to reduce staff wages without the consent of staff could leave themselves open to redundancy law payouts.
That is according to Simon Horsfield, employment lawyer at Pinsent Masons, whose comments come in the wake of Hewlett Packard’s decision to cut the salary of its workforce.
Mr Masons explained that in the UK, employers need [...]

Employees who work long hours could be putting themselves at risk of developing dementia. That is according to research from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. The study of 2,214 British civil servants found that middle aged employees who worked for over 55 hours a week also had [...]

Less than a third of employees in the UK would be willing to consult with their manager about stress suffered in the workplace. That is according to research undertaken by Aon consulting, which has concluded that this lack of communication could mean companies are unaware of employee stress levels. The majority of those questioned (53 [...]

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced yesterday she would be “raising the bar” over skills required from non-EU professionals.

The majority of employers believe that hiring apprentices provides a boost to productivity in the workplace.That is according to a survey commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council, which revealed that some 92 per cent of employers said that apprenticeships created "greater employee motivation and jobsatisfaction".The survey also revealed that a fifth of businesses were [...]