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Skills of 124,000 employees from 850 workplaces worth £20 billion to have one voice
03 Jul 2007
The UK Aerospace Skills Conference took place 4 July 2007, and had the aim of galvanising the UK aerospace industry to play a more active role in determining its future skills and training requirements.
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Climate change fails to impact on holiday plans for executives in engineering sector
03 Jul 2007
Calls to cut the UK’s ‘carbon footprint’ are being ignored by managers in the engineering sector as they plan their annual summer getaway.
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MTA voices concern over bank’s latest interest rate hike
06 Jul 2007
The MTA has reacted with great concern over the fifth increase of interest rates in 11 months.
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Too many UK companies fail to see the point of history
09 Jul 2007
US companies take their corporate history far more seriously than most of their UK counterparts, according to a new study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
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UK Skills gap continues to deteriorate warns IET
10 Jul 2007
The engineering and technology sector is facing a growing recruitment crisis and there is little confidence that the problem will improve in the short or medium term the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) warned today.
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Getting skilled is key to UK’s future in a global economy
20 Jul 2007
According to new research, 25% of small engineering firms can't afford to train their staff and 25% said they didn't have the time to look for suitable training options.
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International emerging markets: Poland
15 Jul 2007
With a highly skilled, motivated and relatively low wage workforce. Poland is, in fact, a local-to-Europe competitor to China and other low wage economies.
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There's no "one-size fits all" with corporate social responsibility
20 Jul 2007
There is no "one-size fits all" when it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) as activities and benefits are directly related to a company's core activity and the values of its people, says Arthur Richardson, Director, South West MAS.






