jobs
06 Apr 2021
Hundreds of free qualifications on offer to boost skills and jobs
An estimated 11 million adults now have the opportunity to gain a new qualification for free, designed to help them to gain in-demand skills and secure great jobs Almost 400 qualifications are...
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08 Feb 2021
Rural Review of Skills for Jobs – Lifelong learning for opportunity and growth
In the latest of our ‘Through a Rural Lens’ analyses we have reviewed the Government’s recent White Paper “Skills for Jobs: lifelong learning for opportunity and growth” ‘Rural’ does not...
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19 Oct 2020
Rural Lens Review of Plan for Jobs – Protecting, supporting and creating jobs
The Government has put in place a range of measures, unprecedented in recent times and amounting to approaching £300 billion to address the impact of the pandemic. In its most...
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24 Aug 2020
320,000 rural jobs at risk
Analysis by the Labour Party reported in The New European has found that 320,000 jobs in rural communities are at risk if the Government persist with its ‘one-size-fits-all’ plan to...
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10 Aug 2020
Six million rural jobs under threat in England when furlough scheme ends
Wales Online reports on claims that workers in rural areas are more at risk of losing their jobs because of the threat posed by the pandemic, as almost six million...
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04 May 2020
Rural areas have a higher job loss risk due to Covid-19
Fresh analysis from the RSA, based on the latest furloughing data from the ONS and the jobs profile for each local authority, gives a new, up-to-date, robust and localised insight...
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30 Sep 2019
Create jobs to protect high streets
The chief executive of the Centre for Cities, Andrew Carter, argues in a piece in The MJ this week that the best way to protect high streets is to create...
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