Part-time, full-time contracts, freelancer, contractor, apprentice – how does a business decide how to recruit?
Do you know the rules and regulations for hiring employees under different kinds of contracts?
Forget Hairstyle Appreciation Day, National Apprenticeship Week actually means something
With the awareness week now in its ninth year, National Apprenticeship Week is a great time for those with less knowledge on the process to find out how it can benefit their company in a number of different ways – as well as super-charge the economy.
Six ways to make the most out of your apprentice
Hiring an apprentice in your business? Here are six ways you can both benefit from the relationship.
Charlie Mullins: GCSE results highlight apprenticeship recognition, but the war continues
This year’s GCSE results day highlighted the fact that we may have won a battle in the struggle for more apprenticeships, but there’s still a long way to go before we win the war.
Apprenticeships still not seen as equal to university education
While apprenticeships are increasingly seen as an attractive career path for young people, they still have a way to go before they are viewed with the same esteem as university.
Charlie Mullins: The Apprentice is back – and making a mockery of apprenticeships again
Is it really that time of the year already? Our call centre is inundated with boiler service calls, the dark nights are setting in and television's "business" game show is back on the box.
20,000 new apprentice jobs pledged for National Apprenticeship Week
More than 20,000 new apprenticeships have been pledged by employers including Lloyds Banking Group, EE, Mitchells & Butlers and Starbucks, as part of National Apprenticeship Week.
Lord Sugar, this is not how businesses are run
Dominion, bullying and plenty of egotism are what makes The Apprentice a successful TV series, but certainly no reflection of the real business world.
Apprenticeship Report: Improve quality, not quantity
MPs have published a report on the Government's apprenticeships programme, calling for "urgent reform" and a stronger focus on quality rather than quantity.
Pimlico Plumbers boss meets David Cameron
Pimlico Plumbers founder Charlie Mullins met David Cameron and George Osborne last week to discuss the country’s unemployment rates and apprenticeship schemes. Here’s how it played out.
Apprenticeship red tape to be slashed
Skills minister John Hayes has today announced a package of new measures to make it easier for employers to take on large numbers of apprentices.
The Apprentice, episode 9: review
This week’s task of The Apprentice took the biscuit â literally, as the final seven fought to design and sell premium cookies.