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Energy firm backs project

ScottishPower in £5m partnership with HALO

Halo and ScottishPower
ScottishPower is to partner The HALO Scotland in providing digital training and business support at the Kilmarnock regeneration initiative.

Courses to plug skills gap

YES pilot drives Accenture’s digital initiative

Claire Halligan
A programme of free online courses designed to help tackle the digital skills gap is to be

New scholarship programme

Cathcart’s coding offer to low income students

Sam Watson and Gordon Kaye
An independent IT recruitment firm is offering support to those from low income backgrounds seeking a career in the digital industries.

Recruiter expanding

Head Resourcing marks next stage of growth

Huw Martin
Recruitment firm Head Resourcing has opened an office in Manchester as part of a strategy to expand the business in England.

Targets beaten

Apprenticeships gaining support as training option

Attitudes towards apprenticeship programmes are becoming more positive among young people and employers, according to a survey

Apprenticeship Week

Apprentices offer ‘immense’ benefits to business

Tony March
Scottish Apprenticeship Week (5 to 9 March) provides the perfect opportunity to draw attention to and recognise the important role Modern Apprentices play..

Hirer happy with first results

Peace taking lead with feedback ‘scorecard’

Chris Peace
A recruitment agency is taking an industry lead by publishing the first results of a pioneering ‘scorecard’ on its staff’s performance.

New apprenticeship scheme

Banking training first unveiled by Barclays

Barclays has launched a Master’s Apprenticeship in Leadership, the first UK bank to offer this level of training for its staff.