Open University launches its annual Business Barometer
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The St Martin’s Group member the Open University has launched its annual Business Barometer. The Barometer, based on a survey of 1,500 senior organisation leaders…
The St Martin’s Group Teams Up With City & Guilds And NCFE To Launch Report Into The Real Costs And Benefits Of Apprenticeships
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The St Martin’s Group is delighted to collaborate with City & Guilds and NCFE to release a new report, ‘The Real Costs and Benefits of Apprenticeships’, which explores the true value apprentices can bring to the workplace.
City & Guilds Annual Skills Index 2021
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The St Martin’s Group member City & Guilds recently published their first ever skills index in collaboration with labour market economists Emsi and the British Chambers of Commerce…
Royal Mail’s special delivery of 1,000 apprentices
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The St Martin’s Group member Royal Mail is partnering with Babington to launch one of the largest ever apprenticeship schemes in the UK that will recruit 1,000 posties…
SME Report
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Earlier this year, the St Martin’s Group conducted research with 500 small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in response to the FE White Paper – Skills for Jobs, published in January 2021. SMEs were asked about their awareness of funded skills programmes and the barriers to using them…