As National Apprenticeship Week 2015 draws to an end, it's been revealed that 23,000 new apprentice positions have been promised from employers including Microsoft, Halfords, the Royal Air Force, British Airways, Greene King, Boots and more.
During an apprenticeship event at the House of Commons, British Chambers of Commerce president Nora Senior revealed her career started in roof tiling and offered research from the BCC and also what its plans are to encourage companies to “safeguard” young talent and avoid extinction.
There are numerous challenges for a small business to overcome, whether that's understanding the customer or broadband connectivity, so the UK MD of Xero has sat alongside the leaders of Mumsnet, Cereal Killer Cafe and Wired to discuss how companies can manage the obstacles in their way.
At 52 per cent, more than half of British businesses claim to have increased the number of female technology employees that have been recruited over the past five years.
Global money transfer firm World First has introduced what it calls “the world’s first international payments app for a wearable device.”
Sexual health brand Durex has introduced a new smartphone solution that is designed to connect couples in the bedroom and improve sex lives globally – boosting product sales in the process.
The Stanford Graduate School of Business has embarked on its first UK-teaching initiative, Stanford-Ignite London, which will search for talented British innovators across science, technology, engineering and mathematics sectors.
Over half of UK employees have hit out at their workplaces to say they're not provided with access to digital services to do the job sufficiently, a report from Fujitsu has found.
Digital Catapult – the Innovate UK-funded digital ideas hub – plans to introduce three new digital innovation centres in Brighton, Yorkshire and North East & Tees Valley as part of a £9m investment to drive growth and creativity in the digital economy.
The sharing economy is one of those industry phrases that has many different interpretations, one that will likely secure a firmer definition thanks to the 6 March launch of the Sharing Economy UK trade body. To find out more, Real Business has spoken to Alexandra Depledge, SEUK board member and CEO of Hassle.com, who opened up on what it's like to be a woman in the tech business.
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