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How Matrix and Haringey Works continue to satisfy the London Borough’s temporary staffing resource needs, while relieving the burden of local unemployment.
The challenge
The standard and reach of the services local authorities provide to their citizens is heavily dependent on the quality and availability of their workforce. Like many councils across the UK, Haringey
Continue reading Empowering Haringey: Matrix Partnership Eases Unemployment and Bolsters Temporary Staffing
Matrix steps forward as a strategic partner for National Interview Week, a ground-breaking education initiative aimed at bridging the gap between education and career
Tim Campbell
Matrix, one of the UK’s leading Workforce Management companies, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with National Interview Week, a pioneering education and early
Continue reading Matrix Teams Up with The Apprentice Star, Tim Campbell, to Support National Interview Week
Andy Archibald, Scotwork UK
By Andy Archibald, Senior Consultant at Scotwork UK
It has been a long time coming but next year will mark a significant change in the way that the public sector buys in a whole host of situations.
Transforming Public Procurement is designed to simplify and modernise the way procurement
Continue reading Negotiation, mind games and guessing – a myth exploded
Thatcham Research has launched its cutting-edge EV Safe training to help the public sector prepare for the unique safety challenges presented by electric vehicles (EVs).
EV Safe is a comprehensive training program designed to ensure the safety of key workers who interact with High Voltage (HV) vehicles as the volume of EVs on the road
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Peoplesafe partners with Crimestoppers to tackle the growing crisis in employee safety
A NEW initiative from Peoplesafe working with the charity Crimestoppers, highlights the long overdue call to UK employers to step up and do more to protect their people, not just at work, but out of hours too.
Peoplesafe, the UK’s leading provider of
Continue reading Step Up Stay Safe
Nick-Denning
Nick Denning, CEO of IT consultancy Diegesis and veteran of multiple transformation projects, shares his tips on how to build success from the start.
No one begins a transformation project aiming for it to fail, but many are challenged because the right foundations have not been laid. Government organisations, suppliers and partners
Continue reading Public Sector: How to lay the foundations of successful digital transformation projects
Mark Inskip – CEO, Matrix
Workforce technology and services platform Matrix has officially become carbon neutral, having offset its carbon footprint by investing in a program that also addresses poverty by creating jobs, aligning with its goal of connecting people to work.
The update came as part of Matrix’s Annual ESG Report, which
Continue reading Matrix achieves carbon neutrality and lays out commitment to reach net zero by 2040, in annual ESG report
Skillsoft’s Lean Into Learning: 2021 Annual Learning Report provides data and guidance for addressing skills gaps, hybrid learning, and the war for talent
Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a global leader in corporate digital learning, today released its Lean Into Learning: 2021 Annual Learning Report, exploring the top challenges and opportunities facing today’s workforce, as well as
Continue reading Skillsoft Releases New Report Exploring 2021 Learning Trends and the Future of Skill Building
Bolton-headquartered EdTech firm, Near-Life, has successfully launched a ground-breaking immersive learning programme for Greater Manchester Police (GMP) that will support their work tackling Child Sexual Exploitation and protect some of the most vulnerable members of society.
The pilot was awarded £241,000 in funding from Innovate UK in November 2020 to accelerate the development of an
Continue reading Near-Life launches pioneering immersive learning project in partnership with Greater Manchester Police
Employability Voices ASK SETH
Support for jobseekers has been taken to a new level with the launch of the first online platform that connects them directly with local support to help them find work.
Called ASK SETH www.askseth.org, which stands for Skills, Employment, Training and Help, it is the only free, single source,
Continue reading Government welcomes post-pandemic employment initiative
Fleur Sexton
“Giving the next generation of our workforce an insider view of how our world works is absolute gold”
With the pandemic sabotaging so many key experiences that should be shaping young people’s lives and aspirations, work experience is one area where businesses can step up their game and provide invaluable
Continue reading Leading Coventry businesswoman urges other businesses to ‘think outside the box’ and provide remote work experience for school pupils during lockdown
Tom McVey, Solution Architect, Menlo Security, explains why government and defence organisations must look to build security resilience in 2021
In a year heavily influenced by the global crisis, the security risks faced by government and defence organisations are greater than ever, with cyber criminals exploiting ‘pandemic fear’ to launch more and more sophisticated
Continue reading Address the red flags of cybersecurity before raising the white flag
Two senior politicians are set to headline and inspire an upcoming conference on Learning & Development (L&D) organised by the Credit Services Association (CSA), the voice of the UK debt collection and debt purchase sectors.
Gillian Keegan
Gillian Keegan, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, and Toby Perkins, Shadow Minister for Apprenticeships and Lifelong
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Reporter: Stacy Clarke
Cabolo is a brand new addition to Lexacom’s voice-to-text portfolio. It is a unique solution that records and transcribes any conversation with complete security, using the latest AI speech recognition technology. Delivered as a small, portable, standalone unit, Cabolo needs no access to the internet and nothing more than a power source
Continue reading Lexacom launches Cabolo: a unique, portable, standalone unit incorporating the latest AI speech technology to transcribe any conversation
Unremitting financial pressures, ongoing staff reductions and the unforgiving need to deliver new political initiatives against tight budgets are leading local, regional and national government managers across the UK to turn to outsourced private sector business transformation experts for the delivery of organisational change and new services.
A leading supplier of this kind of high-level
Continue reading Under Pressure Public Sector Managers Turn to Private Sector Boardroom Expertise
Brake, the road safety charity, has launched an exciting new competition to inspire young people to raise awareness and campaign for safer roads.
Brake’s Project24 competition, in partnership with Coop Insurance, asks 11-18 year-olds to create their own 24-second short film that raises awareness about a road safety subject of their choice.
The title ‘Project24’
Continue reading Competition for emergency service cadets encourages young film-makers to shout out for safer roads
The Chartered Institute of Journalists says the announcement of 450 job losses in BBC journalism will be a tragic blow to the profession.
The world’s longest established professional association for journalists says that British democracy cannot afford to lose this quantity of journalist expertise.
The Institute believes that the crisis in British journalism of contraction,
Continue reading Massive job loss at the BBC a tragedy for journalism
Reporter: Stuart Littleford
Investment in online technology is enabling a local authority-training provider to enhance their quality improvement approach and be prepared for Ofsted.
Gateshead Council Learning & Skills, which provides community learning, apprenticeship and JobCentre Plus training, as well as family learning support and Skills 4 Life, helps more than 11,000 people a year
Continue reading LOCAL AUTHORITY TRAINING PROVIDER BENEFITS FROM QUALITY INSIGHT
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