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All change please!

Posted by: Liz Sayce, Posted on: 12 September 2012 - Categories: Career development, Employer ownership, Employer surveys, Investment, Skills and training
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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 …

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Women 1st Shine Awards

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 2 July 2012 - Categories: Investment, Skills and training
Jeremy Horton presenting the Small Business Award to HTP Training

Women excelling in the hospitality industries were recognised in a ceremony held recently The 2012 Women 1st Shine Awards were held at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge to celebrate female excellence in hospitality, passenger transport and travel and …

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Putting your people first

Posted by: Sean Taggart, Posted on: 21 February 2012 - Categories: Employer ownership, Skills and training
Lego men dressed as builders

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...

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Sustaining the appetite for sandwich courses

Posted by: Valerie Todd, Posted on: 10 October 2011 - Categories: Higher Education, Skills and training
Photo of a sandwich

Back in June, the Government produced a white paper entitled ‘Students at the Heart of the System’ setting out proposals to reform Higher Education and improving the student experience by opening up the market.  For me, one of the main …

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