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Heading into the world of work for the first time is a big step for any young person. But imagine if you felt that you had to hide your true self to not only get a job but also to avoid suffering prejudice and bullying once you have found one. Sadly, that is the reality…

The Challenges Micro & Small Businesses Must Overcome To Compete In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, small and micro-businesses face numerous challenges in securing new contracts, especially when competing with larger companies. The delivery of local and central government contracts is also becoming more difficult to sustain, mainly due to increased operational costs and further…

Counter Offering & Reasons Why Employees Leave When an employee decides to leave a job, the first thing that comes to mind is usually money. However, the truth is that there are quite often more compelling reasons for leaving than a higher salary. In this article, we’ll look at why employees leave and why accepting…

Today the 8th of March 2023 is International Women’s Day. It’s a day that celebrates the achievements of women everywhere, in the hope that we can create a world with equal opportunities for all. The theme for this year is to get the world talking about Why equal opportunities aren’t enough. People start from different…

Black History Month is a chance for the world to share and celebrate the impact of Black heritage and culture. However, culture isn’t all in the past. It is a living, breathing thing that exists in all of us. For this reason, we’ve decided to celebrate Black History Month 2022 by highlighting the contributions of…

Soaring energy costs and inflationary pressures The UK economy has performed better than expected with predications of slowed growth and a future recession looming. Despite these economic factors, the UK jobs market has held up well. Unemployment has dropped to 3.6 per cent, its lowest level since 1974. So, what is driving the UK’s success?…

As hiring managers are aware, the UK has been facing a skills shortage for some time and now combined with the “great resignation”, we’re seeing less than one applicant for each vacancy on average. This is the worldwide phenomenon where millions across the world are quitting or changing jobs. Now we have plenty of jobs…

Today (8th March) is International Women’s Day; a day that celebrates the achievements of women in the past and present. As our last blog post on ‘Female Trailblazers’ will tell you, the achievements of women have been many and varied over the centuries, ranging from politics and STEM breakthroughs, to notable milestones in art and…

As the business world begins to recover from the pandemic, it’s important to realise that the challenges faced by organisations over the past two years – in particular, the battle to recruit – isn’t over yet. The search for great talent has increased in ferocity. If your company wants to succeed, it needs to look…

Kirkwood Training and Skills is proud to announce the launch of its new website: ktas.org.uk. Our new site is designed to be a hub for professionals – both corporate and SME’s – looking for bespoke training programmes that have a positive and lasting impact on their workforce. Kirkwood Training and Skills is an organisation born…