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Supporting the greatest shows on earth

Posted by: Paul Latham, Posted on: 5 February 2013 - Categories: Investment, Youth employment
Photo of people rigging lights

If there’s one thing we in the UK do well, it’s put on a good show. The London 2012 Olympic, Paralympic Games and the Cultural Olympiad were a shining example of our triumphs. Not for the first time, the best …

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Slide to unlock: Why training is moving from classroom to smartphone

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 6 November 2012 - Categories: Investment
Mobile learning

Anytime, day or night, they sit there glowing patiently ready to be swiped, shook and whistled into, all in the name of service. It all begs the question: what did we do before applications? In a typical journey into work …

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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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Tackling skills shortages in the IT sector

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 7 December 2011 - Categories: Career guidance, Higher Education, Investment, Skills and training
photo of laptop keyboard

The IT sector is facing a skills shortage as demand for employees is out-weighing supply. e-skills UK is aiming to address this by inspiring and supporting young people to get into IT. With £500k investment from the UK Commission for …

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Retaining talent in the Advanced Engineering sector

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 10 November 2011 - Categories: Investment, Skills and training
Man operating power wrench

Another update on one of our joint investment projects. Semta are delivering a project to ensure that skilled employees who are made redundant from Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering companies are matched to vacancies in other companies in the sector.  The …

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Will a Guild work for the Logistics sector?

Posted by: Theresa McDermott, Posted on: 4 November 2011 - Categories: Investment, Skills and training
Photo of side of a lorry

In September, Simon Perryman posted about the UK Commission’s move towards our new investment culture. Several projects are now up and running and we recently met up with one of...

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