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Slash training at your peril
IN BRIEF
warn business bosses
PTT – Providers of Telecommunications
Training, the UK’s leading provider of
A
coalition of the UK’s most senior sustain or even increase their investment in e-learning for the telecoms industry,
businessmen and union leaders took training, saying: “Now is precisely the time has announced a partnership with the
the unprecedented step of calling on to keep investing in the skills and talents Commonwealth Telecommunications
UK employers not to slash staff training in a bid of our people. It is the people we employ Organisation (CTO). The CTO is an
to cut costs as the economic downturn bites. who will get us through. When markets are international development partnership that
shrinking and order books falling, it is their aims to bridge the digital divide by delivering
In an open letter published in national commitment, productivity and ability to add unique knowledge sharing programmes.
newspapers some of the UK’s top business value that will keep us competitive. Investing
people including Sir Mike Rake, Chairman now in building new skills will put us in the Premier IT Group, a leading IT and business
of BT group and the UK Commission for strongest position as the economy recovers.” skills training provider, has announced the
Employment and Skills (UKCES), Sir Stuart acquisition of Major Training, a London
Rose, Chairman of Marks & Spencer and The call to action comes as the Government based company providing IT training for
Business in the Community, Mervyn Davies, announced a streamlined package of the creative sector and specialising in the
Chairman of Standard Chartered plc and business support products, ‘Solutions provision of web-based applications and
Richard Lambert, Director General of the for Business’, that will make it easier for desktop publishing training.
CBI, together with Brendan Barber, General companies to access government help with
Secretary of the TUC, urge employers to key business issues, including skills. Trinity Mirror, one of the UK’s leading
media businesses, has launched a new
online induction programme to support
Make a date in
new starters in their new career and answer
the key questions they may have. Designed
your diary!
and delivered by Brightwave, the solution
will raise awareness of the organisation and
track compliance issues.
T
he event for them. Demand has shown that
World late September/early October is the most Harbinger Knowledge Products
of crucial period to meet their needs. announced the release of MindPlay
Learning, TurboPack and WordPlay TurboPack,
the UK’s key “As increasing pressure is put on budgets
the two most recent additions to its
conference, and proving a return on expenditure,
award-winning Raptivity product line. The
exhibition and awards for business well-timed and advanced planning
MindPlay TurboPack includes strategy games
learning, is to move dates next year to 30 becomes ever more vital. Many buyers are
and game shows. The WordPlay TurboPack
September & 1 October 2009. The event planning next year’s spend well before the
includes crosswords and letter games.
remains at the NEC, Birmingham, the UK’s year end.
premier exhibition venue.
CM Group has announced a major new
“Our decision to move the event from
component to complement the Luminosity
Andrew Gee, Project Manager for the November to late September is indicative
rapid e-learning course creation and
World of Learning, commented: “We are of our ongoing commitment to the
management platform. Using the SharePoint
in constant consultation with exhibitors learning and development industry and our
Connector, courses from the Luminosity
and visitors about the ideal timing of the responsiveness to its needs.”
Content Server can be hosted within a
company’s existing SharePoint site. This enables
White paper reveals how to cut
organisations to deliver relevant learning
content directly to their target audience.
learning costs by a third
AND FINALLY… We’ve all sent an email late
F
ollowing the warning, “Slash training The paper, entitled ‘Are You Cutting It?’
at night or even, when slightly intoxicated,
at your peril”, organisations can from KnowledgePool, features a worked
that we’ve later come to regret. However,
actually improve learning costs rather example showing how a company with a
fear not any longer, Google has found the
than simply ad hoc cutting of budgets. £1 million learning budget could cut costs
solution. An optional feature can be added
According to a new white paper, businesses by 31.9 per cent. to Gmail accounts so that after hours, the
can cut up to 30 per cent off learning costs user will need to complete a mathematical
by addressing four areas of inefficiency: ‘Are You Cutting It? How to reduce your problem before sending emails. Visit
supplier management, administration, cost of learning by 30 per cent’ can be http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/10/
scheduling and solution design. downloaded from www.knowledgepool.com.
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