Manifesto for Scotland’s young people launched The Rural Youth Project Manifesto, which highlights the issues facing young people and how they can be better supported, was presented recently to Rural Affairs and Islands Cabinet Secretary, [...]
SSE launches pilot scheme to help job hunters into the industry Low carbon energy firm SSE has launched a new pilot jobs programme to help recruit people into the industry in the wake of the [...]
Scottish job vacancies on the up while England lags behind Job vacancies have risen in Scotland with Edinburgh and Glasgow leading the way with week-on-week increases of 62% and 30% respectively, signalling the largest growth [...]
72 per cent of UK workers claim that remote working during the coronavirus has had a significant impact on how they use their skillsets, reveals a new survey for Onecom by Onepoll. The survey investigated the impact of [...]
Frontline Workers - Four transferrable skills every manager should know about The current pandemic has placed enormous strain on our healthcare workers. NHS staff throughout the UK are working tirelessly to accommodate the rising [...]
New research highlights how to help young people into work What works when it comes to getting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into employment? The Youth Futures Foundation has commissioned IES research to help inform [...]
A nationwide survey of apprenticeship employers showed that work-based learning boosts productivity and morale. Employers across Scotland have underlined the importance of apprenticeships to their businesses. Skills Development Scotland (SDS) surveyed more than 2,500 apprentice [...]
Stagecoach is to recruit 600 extra apprentices during 2020, the company announced recently. Britain's biggest bus and coach operator currently employs a total of around 550 driver and engineering apprentices across its operations in England, [...]