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Young people still prefer a high level of human ‘touch’ when applying for jobs, believing human recruiters to be better at identifying talent versus technology, according to a new survey…

The National Audit Office, today, published the following report The apprenticeships programme Lady Cobham CBE, Director General, The 5% Club comments: “The 5% Club welcomes today’s report by the National Audit…

Keith Smith, Apprenticeships Director, Education and Skills Funding Agency   2019 is shaping up to be a truly exciting year for apprenticeships. Already it’s been a great start, with the…

“Many of our members are from sectors that are already experiencing skills shortages. One way our members offset this is to offer ‘earn and learn’ training opportunities. However, they are…

  The 5% Club visits Babcock’s Rosyth facilities in Fife Business leaders from across Scotland today (Wednesday 5th December) attended a conference hosted by training and skills campaign group The 5%…

Less than 2% of businesses are fully confident that their employees are well placed to take advantage of the rising use of new technology, says The 5% Club in a…

Bagnalls was overwhelmed at winning the 2018 Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards – Apprenticeship category, sponsored by Engie. Bagnalls is a family-run business with a heritage of investing in…

Lady Cobham CBE, Director General of The 5% Club “We thoroughly welcome and support the government’s announcement today to introduce reforms to the Apprenticeship Levy, and are very interested to…

On Friday, 7th September, Critical power product and services provider Dale Power Solutions (Dale) officially received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Promoting Opportunity 2018. A Queen’s Awards for Enterprise is…