“Training our workforce in this way has been a good business decision. All businesses are going to increasingly rely on the skills of their employees if they are to compete effectively in the future. This investment has provided the skills needed to ... He sees this as a typical situation for UK manufacturing industry, and the UK chemical industry in particular, as new and often low-cost competitors appear from the emerging economies with access to global customers. ...

The report recommends investment in the following areas: £5 billion on broadband networks (creating or retaining 280000 jobs) with spending focused on getting broadband to unconnected areas, increasing network performance in low-speed ...

This is one organisation where relationships are working, but others believe HR must take the opportunity to keep up the momentum, or risk relations reverting to type. "Last year HR helped line managers cut costs," says Dave Millner, EMEA consulting director, Kenexa. .... B&Q's HR director explains the company's focus on 18-24 year-olds. Can the science of analytics create super workforce planning? CSR must be seen as an investment, not a business cost ...

Lord Drayson, Science Minister in Department for Business Innovation & Skills, said: “Innovative businesses have a crucial role to play in the low-carbon economy. This £17 million investment by Government will give companies the chance to grab a .... £7 million of which was supplied by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' Strategic Investment Fund. Listed below are the 87 projects have been offered the opportunity to take part in Retrofit for the Future: ...