Encouraging continual learning and development by staff is a big part of qualification provider NCFE‘s culture and business ethos.
Proving that training never stops regardless of your position in the business, Alasdair Downes, Director of Business Development at NCFE, has recently completed the ‘Key Account Management – Best Practice’ course at…
Graduate recruitment in 2012 is set to be up by 6.4% on last year, indicating a return to pre-recession levels. The Graduate Market in 2012 survey showed that 10 out of the 15 industries represented in The Times top 100 employers are planning to hire, while the median starting salary…
“When we think entrepreneur we often envision a lone hero (or perhaps a dynamic duo) struggling against the odds. It was therefore especially welcome news when, in October 2011, the Barclays Business Regional Impact Index reported entrepreneurs in the North East as the most positive in the country, despite current economic uncertainties.…
Waitrose has been presented with the Big Society Award by David Cameron, in recognition of its work with local communities.The Prime Minister joined Waitrose managing director Mark Price to celebrate the success of the supermarket’s Community Matters scheme.At the meeting, Waitrose announced that £10m of its profits have been donated…
A scheme to help youngsters on Teesside into the jobs markets has received a boost from UK Steel Enterprise, the business support subsidiary of Tata Steel.The SowToGrow project helps young people between the ages of 14 and 18 who are not in employment or training or have been excluded from…
Government plans to end enterprise education for 14 -16 year olds are abolishing “a key legal right”, according to the chief executive of Young Enterprise.Catherine Marchant chief executive of Young Enterprise, has damned the proposals, which would abolish work-related learning as part of the key stage 4 curriculum. This news…
Britain has the potential to become a leading location for research into physical and life sciences, but only if it receives the correct support, according to the Universities and Science Minister.David Willetts is to set out plans detailing how Britain’s universities, science facilities and researchers present the UK with an…
One of Britain’s most innovative young companies is planning a brand new ‘apprentice academy’ for the North East. North Tyneside-based insurance provider insurethebox has teamed up with North Tyneside Council and the North Tyneside Learning Trust, to offer new training, development and employment opportunities as part of the company’s ambitious strategy…
The first phase of Wood Group PSN’s programme to help military personnel into the oil and gas industry has been successfully completed.The firm has taken on 11 recruits from the Army, Navy and RAF through the help of Re-Engineer, a UK based career conversion programme, developed to help former military…
The search is on for the national drug worker of the year. The awards, part of the Home Office’s Tackling Drugs Changing Lives campaign, are open to all public and voluntary sector workers in the UK who have taken direct positive action to tackle drug issues in the local community.…