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WorldSkills offers hope to ‘lost generation’

3:27pm Wednesday 2nd September 2009

The plight of school leavers facing up to the bleakest job market since the days of the Wall Street crash of 1929 has thrown into the spotlight the pressing need to ensure young people obtain high-quality vocational training.

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Straight advice for apprentices

5:28pm Tuesday 1st September 2009

The National Apprenticeship Service today launched a partnership with horsesmouth.co.uk to provide an informal online mentoring service for apprentices.

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Local project gives young people the kickstart they need

12:40pm Tuesday 18th August 2009

Young people in the Black Country are benefiting from a project which aims to tackle the large number of 16 to 18 year olds not in employment, education or training (NEET).

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Counting cost of snow

11:48am Monday 9th February 2009

THE extreme weather will cost British industry millions of pounds as workers were told to stay at home rather than attempt a tortuous journey to the office.

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When dole queue became reality for thousands

7:00am Saturday 3rd January 2009

THE credit crunch became a grim reality for millions of people in 2008 as the UK slid into recession and tens of thousands joined the dole queue.

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Workers taking packed lunches to beat crunch

7:00am Saturday 3rd January 2009

EMPLOYEES are increasingly likely to tuck into packed lunches at work as the credit crunch continues to bite, a new survey reveals.

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Benefits families on more than average take-home pay

7:00am Saturday 3rd January 2009

SOME 140,000 families are raking in more in benefits than the average take-home salary, it has been revealed.

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Tackling unemployment is Brown’s priority for 09

11:14am Wednesday 24th December 2008

Government spending programmes brought forward in a bid to beat the recession will provide employment for at least 100,000 people in the current difficult economic times, Gordon Brown says.