Training’s like going to a gym: While results may not be instant it doesn’t mean failure
When things get financially tight in business, employee training is often the first thing to go. However, this is not necessarily a sound strategic move for a company trying to stay afloat in a competitive industry.
Tea breaks seem to be on par with training in terms of boosting productivity
The UK faces quite a dilemma – research has claimed that despite a productivity crisis, 1,064,598 employees are spending more time on tea breaks than on any form of work-based training. But hang on, aren’t tea breaks good for productivity?
Charlie Mullins: Three-day working weeks for over 40s is ridiculous suggestion
Australians are renowned for being a relaxed race, whose primary interests include drinking beers and barbecuing prawns – so perhaps it’s no surprise that a bunch of University of Melbourne academics have concluded that over 40s shouldn’t work more than three days a week.
National Apprenticeship Week: It’s not too late for small businesses to get involved
National Apprenticeship Week offers the chance for small business bosses to consider implementing a scheme of their own. But since the announcement of the National Living Wage and the apprenticeship levy, many SMEs are concerned about taking the leap.
How a former employee that’s been trained can become a valuable future asset
When employees leave a company the knee-jerk reaction is to blame it on a bad boss. However, new research has revealed that workers leave good bosses too – and that there may actually be a silver lining to their departure.
What bosses can learn from football’s cultural melting pot
With football’s January transfer window now closed and players from all over the world arriving in Britain to start a new career, managers are being warned it may not be easy to integrate them all quickly. And believe it or not, the exchange offers some lessons for business leaders.
The company driving the growth of the salary car sacrifice sector through emphasis on staff training
After having won the 2015 Growing Business Awards for large company of the year, we asked CEO David Hosking about his future growth plans for private equity-owned Tusker.
When is the best time in your career to pursue an MBA – and does it truly give an advantage?
Everyone knows you don’t need an MBA to start a company. But what most people don’t know is how ultimately powerful the MBA experience is in shaping a business concept, getting it successfully off the ground and developing the executive team.
Digital sector says “you’re hired” to today’s budding apprentices
The spotlight has once again been cast on the importance of apprenticeships with George Osborne’s autumn statement promising to raise £3bn a year to fund three million employer apprenticeships across the UK.
The definitive business advent calendar: 5 December – A worrying fact…
To go with the chocolate advent calendar most of you will be enthusiastically consuming, we’ve produced our own version of a countdown – bringing you an interesting fact or story based on the particular date.
Charlie Mullins: Apprenticeship levy is contribute and train, not tax and spend
I’m not sure if the chancellor is a British Bake Off fan, or can whip a mean carrot cake in the kitchen, but when it comes to the economy he used all the ingredients at his disposal to create an Autumn Statement cake that will taste incredibly sweet for so many people.