Impact International joins international emergency aid operation in Myanmar

Senior consultants from people development company Impact International have returned to the UK from the devastated country of Myanmar, where they were part of the international emergency response to Cyclone Nargis. View More >

Ninth annual Charity Awards

The winners of this year's Charity Awards received their awards at a gala event held in London in June. View More >

Making an Impact on leadership development

A UK people development consultancy has won a European business award for its leadership work. View More >

UK's most enterprising places battle it out for award

The 12 finalists in this year's Enterprising Britain competition have been announced. View More >

Talent management is a global challenge

A study reveals talent management is the most critical people challenge worldwide. View More >

LSN launches new Leadership and Management Unit

A new unit will provide training for further education providers as they respond to growing educational demands. View More >

Leadership development in the third sector

Third sector leaders seek flexible and creative ways to support their leadership development. View More >

New National Enterprise Academy for teenagers

Peter Jones of TV’s Dragon’s Den is to work with government to unlock the entrepreneurial skills of British teenagers. View More >

Enterprise qualifications from ILM

ILM is supporting Enterprise Week which runs from 12 to 16 November with the launch of a specialist range of unit based enterprise qualifications. View More >

Skillfast-UK signs up big fashion names

Jimmy Choo who is well known for glamorous shoes, and Viki Wittering of Lulu Guiness will bring 'bags' of experience in the fashion industry to a new Sector Advisory Board for design. View More >

Senior executives struggle to juggle as priorities compete for attention

Long-term company growth in the UK is under threat, with senior execs admitting that strategic planning goes out the window because of conflicting and ever-increasing demands. View More >

New health and safety guidance could be used against directors

New guidance designed to help directors understand their health and safety obligations could potentially be used as evidence against them in inspections or prosecutions. View More >

Search is on for next generation of Government IT leaders

The government has launched a hunt for the next generation of public sector IT leaders through the new Civil Service Technology In Business Fast Stream. View More >

Call for cut in interest rates

The CIPD warns that unless interest rates fall a rise in unemployment is likely in 2008. View More >

Chancellor urged to suspend abolition of Capital Gains Tax relief

Business leaders have written an open letter to the Chancellor, urging him to suspend proposals in his Pre-Budget Report to abolish Capital Gains Tax taper relief. View More >

Apprentices fly high at Callender Aeropart

Apprentices from Callender Aeropart Ltd, in Accrington, have got off to a flying start in their career by taking the fast track to lean best practice. View More >

Lack of development leads to recruitment problems

Employers are struggling to recruit and retain the best talent because they do not offer managers the right levels of training and development according to new figures released by the Chartered Management Institute. View More >

Call to train managers as survey results released

North West training provider Alliance Learning is calling on businesses to invest in management training after one in 12 UK firms were found to be badly managed. View More >

Public sector managers lack leadership confidence

Public sector managers lack confidence in their own leadership skills and consistently underestimate what they achieve, according to an analysis of results from The Work Foundation’s Liberating Leadership ‘profiling tool’. View More >

Royal Navy equips sailors with skills needed for long-term career success

Sailors in the British Royal Navy to be given the opportunity to develop their management and leadership skills through a new partnership with the Chartered Management Institute. View More >

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