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Off with their heads
The UK government has adopted the 'big bang' solution to improving performance among business-led training and enterprise councils - by unilaterally abolishing them. Now it is again asking business to be in the driving seat of the new structures.
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Corporate citizens north
of the border
The Queen's opening of the new Parliament in Edinburgh marked the assembly of a Scottish Parliament for the first time since 1707. Here John Griffiths looks for the signs that these constitutional changes have initiated a different type of corporate citizenship activity north of the border.
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Comment: Evolution or
Revolution for training?
When the government delayed announcing the outcome of its review of TECs earlier this year, it was clear radical change was in prospect.
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Evolution or revolution
for training?
Britain's competitive position continues to be weakened by failure to up-skill the workforce. Now fundamental change is in prospect for TECs and the whole system of post school education and training. As existing agencies jockey for position, will business be genuinely involved?
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Building capacity:
companies and black communities
In the wake of the McPherson Report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, Mark Blake and David Grayson argue that black-led voluntary organisations are central to combating discrimination and overcoming social exclusion. Here they challenge companies to get involved, calling for a twinning scheme to build the sector's capacity.
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Editorial Comment: Acting
together for the common good
Rarely do companies work publicly together as an industry grouping.
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Comment: Think national,
relate regional, act local
With elections underway in Scotland and Wales, and the RDAs up and running in England outside London, the regional dimension is now a reality.
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Think national, relate
regional, act local
The new regional development agencies took responsibility for regeneration outside London at the end of March. Now community relations needs a regional tier, as well as a national strategy and local implementation.
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Trouble at school - send
for the company
Getting business involved in education is back on the agenda - if indeed it ever went away. But politicians must understand why today's companies might want to get involved, otherwise they will fail.
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Comment: tinkering with
Taxes
In macro terms, the Budget did little to threaten expectations among the pundits for an economic `soft landing', avoiding a major recession.
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Tinkering with taxes,
missing the point
Gordon Brown MP, presented his third substantive Budget speech on March 9, with the consequent Finance Bill now proceeding through Parliament. Along with it came the long awaited but ultimately disappointing review of charity taxation.
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