HELP AT HAND FOR ORGANISATIONS SEEKING TO BUILD CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE

An international authority on mitigating the effects of climate change, Climate Sense has joined forces with Learning & Development Associates (L&DA), a leading training provider to the UK water sector, to roll out the...

How to onboard new staff remotely

We’re now seeing more of our clients learning how to onboard new staff remotely, and we’ve gone through this too in the last 5 months. By Calum Anderson, The HR Booth. I read an article last week...

Universities and Colleges unite to help businesses prosper

The University of Dundee have joined forces with the University of Stirling, Dundee & Angus College, Fife College, Perth College, Forth Valley College and West Lothian College to create a working relationship, with the...

CGI’s successful Graduate Apprenticeships Programme is creating a skilled Scottish IT workforce for the...

Ever since CGI established its presence in Scotland, the Canadian global IT and business consulting services company has prided itself in supporting the growth of the Scottish digital economy by investing in a skilled...

Business backing talent and diversity

Saj Sharif, CEO and Founder of Zen Consultants Ltd is the winner of the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards 2020, SME Equality and Diversity category and is a member of Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board’s Employer Equalities...

Foundation Apprenticeships

Across Scotland, a growing number of businesses recognise the importance and value of investing in a pipeline of new talent through Foundation Apprenticeships. At last week’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards, the spotlight was shone on talented...

Apprenticeships are right at the heart of businesses’ plans for the future

That’s the message from firms who won accolades at the Scottish Apprenticeship Awards. The spotlight was shone on the achievements of apprentices, employers and learning providers from different industries across the country, at a virtual...

Engineering in the Army

The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) Who are we and what do we do? Formed in 1942, to do what Field Marshall Montgomery described as “keeping the punch in the Army’s fist”,...

Three ways coaching skills can support your business in the new normal

Coaching is missing from too many organisations. Often wrongly seen as the last resort, it can empower your workforce in ways that will accelerate business performance as well as support your people Whether you think...

Unlocking the potential of your workforce

Apprenticeships in Scotland, across all levels, will be vital to our collective hopes of an economic recovery. The Scottish Government itself understands the importance of apprenticeships in responding to the effects of the pandemic...