by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
A briefing note published by the Institute of Employment Studies (IES) predicts that there could be up to 700,000 redundancies in the UK announced this autumn. It is calling for urgent measures to support those affected, stimulate employment growth and provide...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council has set up a dedicated website Proud to Care to promote working in care. It allows people to search for care jobs with local providers and find out information and advice on working in, and applying for jobs in care, as well as seeing real...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
West Sussex County Council’s (WSCC) Cabinet will meet virtually at 10:30 on Tuesday 15 September. One of the agenda items will be a report looking at how the county council continues to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. You can view the agenda and reports for...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 12, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DfE is changing its recruitment approach to support the take-up of new apprenticeships. Is has announced that it will run a three month trial to December 2020 where all their junior roles at executive assistant and executive officer level within the DfE and the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
Message from SCTP member Duncan Evans, Director, Elite Pathways, “Elite Pathways are a small, private training provider specialising in the Sport and Active Leisure sector within the South East region and have been delivering educational programmes for the last 4...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
Residents of Brighton and Hove are being invited to comment on the City Council’s City Plan Part Two. The plan supports the City Plan Part One, which was adopted in March 2016 and set out the strategic planning framework for the city and includes citywide...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
The DWP’s latest Touchbase newsletter includes a roundup of recent DWP announcements on support for employers, benefit claimants and businesses.
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
MPs, business leaders, unions and the House of Commons Treasury Committee are urging the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak to consider an extension to the furlough scheme which is currently due to end on 31 October. The Treasury produced a report with recommendations for the...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
10 September was suicide prevention day and as part of this year’s campaign Health Education England (HEE) launched a suite of new education and learning resources and training modules which can be accessed by organisations to support the mental well-being of staff,...
by Sarah Sawyer | Sep 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
The government has announced that it is investing £147 million, backed by further funding from industry, to support businesses to implement new tech to boost their manufacturing productivity, helping them reach new customers, create thousands of new highly skilled...
