News: Telephone and Writing Skills

Poor literacy skills present training opportunities

21 May 2008

Businesses may have to provide extra literacy and writing training if they are to get the best out of their employees. A new survey by an educational software provider has claimed that over two thirds of Britis...

Staff training expenditure reaches record high

16 May 2008

Businesses have spent a record £38.6 billion on training their staff, new research has shown.A survey of more than 79,000 companies in the UK by the National Employer Skills Survey revealed that companies ...

Demand for business performance coaching likely to increase

14 May 2008

An industry figure has claimed that despite the 'credit crunch' the demand for business performance management training is likely to increase.John Blakely, director of brand development at the UK International ...

Success comes with 'investment in skills'

13 May 2008

Managers and staff have been told that continual investment in training and development is essential for them and there companies if they wish to be successful.The claim was made by Jo Causon, director of marke...

Skills criticism leads to investment in training

12 May 2008

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced it is to invest more time and money into its staff training after receiving criticism that its employees were incapable of carrying out their job requirement...

Skills shortage is a "particular worry"

09 May 2008

New research has found that 75 per cent of employers feel there is a shortage of technical skills in their companies, a five per cent increase on a year ago.The survey, by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII...