A recent decision by the Conservatives, if re-elected, to use a £227m fine levied at Deutsche Bank to fund apprenticeships shows that these kind of punishments can be better used for the common good.
“The idea that you turn your back on the world’s largest trading block, and send a message to the rest of the world that you are pulling up the draw bridge and wanting to get away from it, would be catastrophic,” said Labour’s shadow minister for small business Toby Perkins in an interview with Real Business.
With the Real Business “I’m voting as…” series taking us all around the UK looking for input, the latest stop is in Wales where Ed Prescott and his insurance broking firm are after a leadership that will provide a consistent business taxation environment.
As the head of a company that works with 3,000 couriers, one of the most important election issues for Patrick Gallagher is fuel duty. He tells us more about what kind of government he’d like.
Picking out the shortage of adequately-skilled workers in the UK right now, Chris Wood joins our “I’m voting as…” series by outlining what kind of government he’d like to see come into power.
Labour has won and sustained an early lead amongst the British business community in the lead up to the general election, winning the most support for five of nine policy areas deemed most important.
Having set up her business during the last period of government, Gracia Amico, CEO of PetsPyjamas, becomes the latest entrepreneur to feature in our “I’m voting as…” series and explains what policy she favours most.
Hospitality firm Whitbread, which owns Costa and Premier Inn, plans to create 6,000 new apprenticeships by 2020 and prime minister David Cameron has declared his support of the recruitment project.
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.
