£3.3bn in skills funding goes begging over Levy muddle
UK businesses, including those in the advertising and marketing industry, are missing out on billions of pounds in workforce development…
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Call for action to boost digital skills of millions of Brits
A lack of essential digital skills is preventing 11 million adults from entering modern jobs, with an urgent need for…
Minister lays out fresh plan to tackle digital skills crisis
The Government claims millions of people in Britain are set to gain greater digital skills, as ministers tackle the scourge…
Industry joins forces for new hub to ‘turbo-charge skills’
The UK’s leading advertising and marketing trade bodies have joined forces to tackle the industry’s skills and talent crisis with…
Industry warns of impending doom over Scots ad cuts
The Scottish Government’s decision to scrap public service advertising for the rest of this financial year – as part of…
Teamwork skills ‘in decline as firms seek AI expertise’
The workplace looks set to become a far more solitary environment, with interpersonal and teamwork capabilities, historically fundamental to the…
Skills England plan signals new hope for UK businesses
The Government’s plans for a new body to tackle the UK’s damaging skills crisis and an overhaul of the Apprenticeship…
Crisis deepens as UK falls to 45th globally for tech skills
The new Labour Government’s plan to ensure Britain is developing home-grown skills to meet the needs of business and the…
Academia and business group backs Labour skills pledge
The National Centre for Universities and Business – an independent and not-for-profit membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports both…
Marketing budget squeeze puts training on back burner
Tight budgets are the biggest barrier to upskilling for more than a third of marketing leaders, despite businesses facing widespread…