...of the business is equally important in the company’s future”. Equally, the ‘bigger’ firms also found real value in providing management development to the firms around them. David Woodhead, of...
At this time of year, hospitality businesses are at full stretch, hosting holiday makers enjoying the British summer and making sure we are all having memorable holidays. But like other sectors, their trade is subject to seasonal peaks and troughs. …
TV Presenter Laura Whitmore is the latest celebrity to be announced as a contestant in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing. She will be thrown together with an unknown professional and take on tangoing and waltzing to the delight …
How can we best support small businesses in the UK to grow and prosper? This is a question we’ve asked again and again at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). It was the driving force behind our Management …
I recently had the opportunity to chair a panel session at the ‘Better jobs better business’ conference in Leeds with employers and key players that UKCES is working with to explore ways of improving low paid jobs in the retail …
Having worked in the legal profession in both the private and public sector for over 30 years, starting as a solicitor, then partner, manager and now a director, I truly understand the necessity of strong management and leadership in any …
...employees believe in our values and trust in our processes; ensuring they channel our values in everything they do. We see the importance of vision and leadership, and the effective...
Scott Waddington, Wales Commissioner to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, looks at the benefits small businesses are set to receive after a series of innovative projects were given the green light. Earlier in October, UKCES announced the go-ahead …
Rob Francis is Director of Innovation and Business Improvement at Skanska UK. The joint government and industry Construction 2025 strategy outlines some very ambitious targets for the sector. Over the next decade, we need to reduce costs by a third, …
...understanding of myself and other people. I realised what my style of communication was (and that I even had a ‘style’!) and I thought more carefully about how different people...
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