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Time To Train According To The Government
The future is bright according to the Government – time to think about training! The Government is feeling positive about the future – they are providing new skills support to employers to take some of the pressure off businesses when employment rates start to look healthier. The service, being called Train to Gain, will work with Business Link to provide useful advice for businesses on how to build up a successful workforce. According to Lord Young, skills minister, [+]Are Training and Development Courses Worth It?
The point of training and development courses is to motivate staff, identify potential weaknesses of your employees and reduce your company’s turnover in the long-run. Obviously, how well your staff perform has a direct effect on how strong your firm is overall. Arguably, the people you employ are your biggest asset, but they can’t develop and bring new things into your company unless you give them a chance to develop, learn new skills, further their knowledge [+]Gordon Brown’s plan for the unemployed is taking criticism from all sides
Gordon Brown’s plans to make a fund available to businesses that are prepared to train the unemployed has been blasted by critics who are claiming that the fund is too little, too late. Critics around the country are calling for the Government to do more to ease the impact of the huge number of job losses felt around Britain. The Prime Minister announced yesterday that he intends to make a £500 million fund available which will [+]£500 million for businesses that train the unemployed
Gordon Brown has provided new incentives for businesses in the country as he has claimed that half a million people would be given a bit of help to find either new jobs or training. Brown has announced that the government will be making funds available to provide employers with up to £2,500 if they train someone who has been unemployed for over six months, in a bid to tackle the current employment issues being faced [+]Unemployment will reach 2 million over Christmas – worst rates since 1997
Unemployment rates are looking bleak this Christmas as Britain is expecting to have 2 million members of the public in the dole line over the festive season. In the three month lead up to October the number of people unemployed in Britain took a sharp turn for the worse as the total figure jumped up 137,000 to a grand total of 1.86 million. This is the highest the unemployment rate has been since 1997 and analysts [+]Dragons Den Star Peter Jones to Head Skills Academy
Self-made multi-millionaire and Dragons Den Star Peter Jones is set to head an academy to teach young entrepreneurs how to succeed in business.