All change please! Change. The word is used so often by politicians and pundits that it’s becoming almost a parody of itself. But think about true change - abandoning all those routine ways of doing things and trying something completely …
We’re having a good recession. Having run The Albatross Group for 17 years, I finally crossed the Rubicon and bought it in 2008, a week after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. To say it wasn’t the ideal time for a …
It’s the leaders of small businesses that ultimately will drive economic success. Our ambitions, and the ambitions we have for our workforce, will drive growth and create opportunities for many more people. The Albatross Group is made up of 6 …
In September I posted about our first steps in making a radical change in the way we work; moving from a grant based funding approach towards investing in innovation and sector leadership. Last week we reached another important milestone on …
Over the past two decades governments of all hues have driven reform and expansion of the country's vocational skills system, with some notable successes. But the fact is we've become less competitive globally on skills, and for many employers the …
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