Employers help design the future of career services
A new report commissioned as part of the Scottish Government’s Young Person’s Guarantee outlines how career services need to evolve to keep up with changes in the world of work.
An independent programme board, commissioned...
Building the future with Home Fix
To celebrate Scottish Apprenticeship Week, ICC Member Home Fix Scotland caught up with two of their apprentices to discuss some of the benefits and challenges they’ve faced so far.
After completing school, Connor and Kyle...
Where is Britain’s Best Bootstrapper in the Business Awards’ trophy cabinet?
The UK Business Awards industry should recognise the entrepreneur ‘bootstrapper’ says Professor Colin Mason of Glasgow University who has studied the financing of small and medium-sized firms for over 30 years. A prize for...
How HR and employee benefit policies have needed to change as a result of...
It has been given wisdom for centuries that ‘the only constant in life is change’ but in the last 18 months we have had to adapt to a new pace of change which has...
What makes a REME Veteran?
Vignette 1. Warrant Officer Class 1 (ASM) Kev Burke
WO1(ASM) Kevin Burke is currently serving in Leuchars, Scotland. A native of Glasgow, since joining REME he has gained professional registration as an IEng with IMechE...
Army Plant Operator Transition back to Civilian Life
Sapper Perry Kingsnorth joined the Army as a Royal Engineer in 2015 and specialised as a Plant Operator. He has primarily been based at Kinloss Barracks near Elgin with 39 Engineer Regiment. Throughout this...
Businesses need to be able to start working more normally as soon as it...
By Dr Liz Cameron OBE, Chief Executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce
“Better bend than break” is a proverb that transcends languages and cultures. It comes from the story about the reeds that bend in...
Mentoring – an invaluable service for business owners
“Being mentored has enabled my business to grow, my staff to develop, along with my level of self-awareness and strategic focus to improve significantly.”
When Scott McCrae (SME Business Owner) first met with Evelyn Toma...
GM Civil and Structural
When Jim Loy met with Michael Carlin for the first time, he noticed some things that were holding Michael and GM Civil and Structural back.
The day-to-day operations were frantic, the desire to satisfy clients...
The benefits of mentoring – a two-way street
When it was suggested to Lucas Avery that he make use of the opportunities that the Business Mentoring service has to offer he wasn’t sure how beneficial this would be. He had just started...