One of the largest pub companies and breweries in the UK is offering students a new option – a three-year apprenticeship scheme to teach them how to run a pub.
A local authority in the north of England is taking part in an initiative that will offer professional training to top-level staff to help them weather the economic storm.
Business management experts have been discussing the success of England manager Fabio Capello for his leadership and management skills.
Luxury London department store, Harrods, is offering its staff the chance to better their sales skill through a workplace-based two-year degree programme.
The Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) has called for the introduction of an intern’s wage, of around £2.50 an hour.
A new report suggests that poor management may be behind problems at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The prize for the winning candidate on next year’s Apprentice has been upped and many TV critics are hoping for a higher calibre of applicant as a result.
Although effective teamwork incorporates many different elements, there are three skills a team must develop to maximise its performance.
The construction of the Olympic Park, in preparation for the 2012 Olympics, has created jobs for a large number of people who were unemployed in the capital. However, more could be done to train new recruits, it has been claimed.
A Lib Dem MP in Burnley is calling for more firms to introduce apprenticeship schemes to help boost skills and jobs in towns he claims were damaged by the previous government.
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