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Articles tagged with: Employment
Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years Partner content
Education
By Find a Future
Richard Harrington MP: Our ambition for 3 million new apprenticeships in the next five years
The Prime Minister's Adviser on Apprenticeships Richard Harrington MP writes for Find a Future in support of Team UK who took part in WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 and how the UK will deliver 3 million new apprenticeships over the next five years.
Britain is facing ‘pensions time bomb,’ new survey warns Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP)
Britain is facing ‘pensions time bomb,’ new survey warns
Britain is heading towards a ‘pensions time bomb,’ according to a new survey by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals.
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Environment
By GMB
GMB welcome commitment of EDF Chairmanto build Hinkley Point C and Sizewell new nuclear low carbon power stations
Together these two new stations will power 10 million homes with low-carbon electricity while Hinkley will create 25,000 new job opportunities says GMB.
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Environment
By British Gas
British Gas hires 200 smart meter apprentices
British Gas will hire up to 200 apprentices in smart metering, taking the total recruited to approximately 1,000 this year.
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Economy
By Turn2us
The ill and disabled to face further welfare reform
Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has announced radical reform for sickness benefits that the government hopes will encourage up to 1 million people into work.
AELP responds to David Cameron’s apprenticeship announcement Partner content
Education
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP responds to David Cameron’s apprenticeship announcement
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers has welcomed Government plans to ask employers for their views on the introduction of an apprenticeship levy, which would apply from 2017.
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Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP Statement on Apprenticeship Levy consultation
A spokesperson for the Association of Employment and Learning Providers said:
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Economy
By Road Haulage Association
RHA says apprenticeship levy looks like a tax on payroll
The Road Haulage Association considers that Governments planned changes to boost apprenticeship numbers and drive up the quality of courses risks being little more than a new tax on payroll in the road haulage sector and that the Association was already seeking an urgent meeting with skills minister Nick Boles after the levy was announced by Chancellor George Osborne.
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Economy
By NCFE
Government’s approval of apprenticeship standard welcomed by Supply Chain Trailblazer group
Prime Minister David Cameron has today confirmed radical plans to increase the number of quality trailblazer apprenticeships across the country forming part of the governments pledge to support 3 million apprenticeships by 2020 placing ownership of the skills and knowledge required to perform key roles within industry firmly in the hands of the employers.
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Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP statement on legal protection of the term ‘Apprenticeship’
BIS has published a consultation paper on a proposed measure in the Enterprise Bill which will ban the misuse of the term Apprenticeship
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Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Pension relief: Use it or lose it!
Following the governments announcement that pension relief is to be reduced from April next year, ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) is reminding everyone that any unused relief from the past three years is still open to them.
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Economy
By Investment Association
Investors defer to Asset Managers' wisdom as uncertainty dominates
The Investment Association today publishes its monthly statistics for authorised investment funds for June 2015:
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Economy
By Carers Trust
Carers Trust says lack of funding will force services to close
Responding to claims that the Living Wage could harm the care sector:
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Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP statement on FE Area Reviews
'Area reviews need to take account of all types of providers involved in FE and skills delivery
Raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage would benefit staff and businesses Partner content
Economy
By KPMG LLP
Raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage would benefit staff and businesses
KPMG has calculated, for the first time, the impact of the universal adoption of the Living Wage in the UK.
Minister fighting the corner for Skills and Apprenticeships funding Partner content
Education
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
Minister fighting the corner for Skills and Apprenticeships funding
Skills Minister Nick Boles MP addressed the training sector ahead of the Budget which is likely to see further funding cuts.  
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Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
Government changes Childcare Apprenticeship entry requirements
The government has announced that it is changing its policy on GCSE requirements for childcare apprenticeships.
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Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP responds to Professor Alison Wolf’s latest report on the FE and skills sector
Immediately following the AELP National Conference, Professor (Baroness) Alison Wolf of Kings College London published a report called Heading for the Precipice on the future of the FE and skills sector in the face of the major funding challenges
Iain Duncan Smith backs call for ex-military personnel to fill the construction skills gap Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
Iain Duncan Smith backs call for ex-military personnel to fill the construction skills gap
Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has today endorsed plans to encourage former service personnel to take up careers in construction. 
Helping veterans move into meaningful employment
Economy
By Iain Duncan Smith MP
Helping veterans move into meaningful employment

Ahead of Armed Forces Day, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says the UK is indebted to its veterans and commits to making the 'best use of their skills after they leave the forces.'
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Environment
By British Gas
British Gas celebrates national women in engineering day
British Gas will be helping to promote engineering careers to girls and women during a special event the company is hosting in London this evening (23rd June) to mark National Women in Engineering Day.
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Economy
By Association of Employment and Learning Providers
AELP responds to BIS announcement that the term ‘apprenticeship’ will be protected in law
The government has announced that apprenticeships are to be given equal legal treatment as degrees, the enshrinement in law that 3 million apprenticeships will be created by 2020 and public sector bodies will be set apprenticeship recruitment targets.
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Economy
By Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
Social background should be viewed with same scrutiny as gender diversity
Responding to the latest report from the Social Mobility and Child PovertyCommission,chief executive of the ACCA Helen Brand said:
IOSH discussion: Towards Ethical Fashion 2020 Partner content
Economy
By Institution of Occupational Safety and Health
IOSH discussion: Towards Ethical Fashion 2020
Baroness Young of Hornsey, co-chair of the APPG on Ethics and Sustainability in Fashion, was among the speakers at a recent parliamentary eventexamining transparency in fashion supply chains