Only £268m was spent by levy-paying employers on apprentices in the programme's first year of operation, 2017-18. This equated to just 13% of the Treasury's £2.01bn apprenticeships budget and contributed to a... Read more »
Training providers air criticism of the government's apprenticeship levy as surveys reveal the extent of ignorance over the scheme.
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Updated EU Settlement Scheme details have been criticised as onerous and clumsy by both immigration law specialists and workers in...
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High levels of employment and a strong interest from overseas investors driven by the fall in sterling’s value is contributing to a continuing boom in the UK’s recruitment sector.
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Six of the 10 jobs with the highest proportion of hard-to-fill vacancies are in the tech and systems sector.
An...
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Pronounced regional accents can be a barrier to career progress and social mobility, as they are perceived negatively by some...
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A third of UK companies are looking to relocate abroad because of fears over Brexit.
An Institute of Directors (IoD)...
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Gender pay gap reporting can help to close the gender pay gap by encouraging organisations to hire more women and...
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The United Arab Emirates Gender Balance Index award winners have been announced – and they are all men, despite an...
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London-based biomedical research charity the Wellcome Trust, the second wealthiest charitable foundation in the world, is considering switching to a...
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