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Capital Punishment!

Polly Toynbee writes an excellent post in this mornings Guardian entitled; Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit is being strangled Her argument is spot on. The banks, even those majority owned by the tax payer, are punishing those that stood by them in … Continue reading

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Apprenticeships and The Apprentice the answer to jobs creation

To kick of Apprentice Week, Business Secretary Vince Cable is to announce the UK Government is committing £1.4bn to Apprenticeships in 2011. This is a great move and part of an overall strategy to encourage 100,000 additional apprenticeships by 2014. … Continue reading

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Employers Charter – A step in the right direction.

Yesterday saw David Cameron announce The Employers Charter, measures announced to give businesses added confidence to grow and create jobs. Something had to be done to stem the flood of applications to Employment Tribunals witnessed in 2010, which increased 56% … Continue reading

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Job creation or devastation?

Governments can create jobs in the public sector.  However unless they are balanced by jobs growth in the private sector, the public sector will not sustain employment and wealth creation.  Private sector prosperity creates the wealth required to sustain great … Continue reading

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Half full or half empty?

This morning the latest UK Recruitment and Employment Confederation / KPMG UK Labour Market Survey is out.  Good news is to be found amongst the headlines.  Firstly the number of job vacancies grew.  There are more jobs available in September … Continue reading

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Thank you, David Cameron, what about the rest of the world?

No sooner had I published my previous post extolling the virtues of government truly engaging with business, than David Cameron unveils his panel of leading industry bosses he says will help to the shape the UK Governments economic policy. He … Continue reading

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Anything to be gained from a jobless recovery?

I guess good news doesn’t sell newspapers.   This weekend was full of the latest views on double dip, inflation, stagflation, rising interest rates, dropping consumer confidence, rising unemployment and a jobless recovery.  None of these are fact.  For sure … Continue reading

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Positive role models required to inspire a generation

According to statistics from the Centre for Economic and Social Inclusion, the number of long-term youth unemployed (aged 16 to 25) in Britain now stands at 342,000 (although this number is falling, albeit only slightly, but falling nonetheless).  Perhaps most … Continue reading

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