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The government has introduced a new trial to develop Apprenticeship Expansion Programmes aimed at increasing current apprenticeship numbers to fill existing skills gaps.

There has been no mass exodus of Australians from the UK, according to new figures.

The Employes Forum on Age (EFA) has urged government to take age discrimination seriously following Selina Scott’s high profile settlement after claiming age discrimination.

The chairman of the Association of Social Work Employment Businesses (ASWEB) has welcomed the government’s plans to set up a taskforce to improve the quality and status of social workers in the wake of the Baby P scandal in the London Borough of Haringey.

Sarah Skelton has been appointed as Southern sales director at graduate recruiter Pareto Law.

Outsourcing and recruitment specialist Servoca has appointed Emma Jane Sugarman as an executive director.

Sugarman was a founding director of education recruiter Academics.

Bob Morton, chairman at Servoca, says: “I am very pleased to welcome Emma onto the board and look forward to working with her in developing the education business within Servoca.”

People will continue to go on holiday in 2009, according to travel recruiters.

A new survey from holiday booking website travelsupermarket.com shows that the average number of holidays planned this year will increase to 1.8 from 1.5.

So you’ve given lots of advice to your candidates about what’s the right role for them? But what about you?

Government is being urged to change European law so that the unemployed can no longer be discriminated against.

Simon Collyer, founder of the Justice-and-Unemployment campaign, is pushing for fairer treatment for the unemployed, particularly by landlords.

One in three workers are frustrated in their current job, according to a new survey.

The survey, from recruitment giant Randstad, shows that 33% of British workers feel unable to achieve their full potential in their current roles.

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