... particular is thriving and is at the core of the country’s economic recovery. Food is among Ireland’s biggest exports. This growth has ... educational and skills-based programmes in the field of IT, in line with efforts to position Ireland as the most exciting tech hub ...

... enterprises (SMEs) within its supply chain, the company’s group managing director for programmes and support said this morning. ... Whitehead said the company was training more people than it actually needed to inject wider skills knowledge into the SMEs. Whitehead ...

... has been urged to resist “biting the hand that feeds it” by Dave Way, managing director of accountancy and financial services ... and ultimately providing the right conditions for Britain’s private sector to pick up the slack and restore strength to the economy. ...

The Labour government’s £760m Pathways to Work scheme, which aimed to move people off disability ... (PAC). PAC said the scheme had a limited effect and when it did get someone into work it cost at least £6,000 a time. Between 2005 and ... people back to work.” Subjects:  Your recruitment business Sectors:  Public sector Life ...

The government’s Budget announcement to speed up plans to raise the state pension age for men ... the Budget announcements are sending out mixed messages: “It is strange that the government has pledged to reduce the burden of ... regardless of age.” Subjects:  Your recruitment business Sectors:  Public sector Life ...

IT recruiter the Parity Group is to embark on a strategy of “substantial” ... this has been achieved.” Further details of the group’s new strategy will be provided in an interim results statement at the end of August. Subjects:  Your recruitment business Sectors:  IT/Telecoms Public ...

... stores before January and a further 2,000 at Waitrose’s new convenience stores. Waitrose says it could potentially open 300 such stores as it bids to create a significant ...

Who's hiring • Supermarket chain Waitrose is opening four new stores in ... to a 1,500-strong empire, according to the Sunday Times. It also plans to hire an extra 1,500 staff in Britain and Ireland over the next ... raise about £500m. Subjects:  Your recruitment business Analysis ...

... success or failure of an organisation. At this year’s CIPD Annual Learning and Development Conference and Exhibition, HRD 2008, ... and allow opportunities and future possibilities emerge.  It is often very difficult for managers and directors to achieve this ...

... industry is not quite ready to throw in the towel. It may look bleak on the surface. Analysts and trade unions are reporting that ... suffers the “longest and deepest recession” of the EU’s big economies, according to the European Commission. Vacancies for ...