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16 May 2008
Management graduate scoops top award
A graduate of management has been awarded a top prize by her former university, the University of Liverpool.
Anna Heyes founded marketing agency Active Profile in 2004 after leaving the University of Liverpool and has now been presented with the Outstanding Graduate of the Year award by the institution, the Liverpool Daily Post reports.
'I'm thrilled the university decided to present me with this - it's strange, as it doesn't seem a second since I was studying for my degree at the Management School. It was there I had the initial encouragement to start Active Profile,' she said. -
14 May 2008
CBI: Average employee has 7 sick days a year
The average employee has 6.7 days off sick a year at a cost of £13.2bn to the UK economy, new figures have revealed.
Conducted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Axa, the research showed that 12% of absences are not thought to be genuine.
Furthermore, workers in the public sector took an average of nine sick days in 12 months, compared to the 5.8 days taken by private-sector employees. -
13 May 2008
30 years of networking celebrated by City women
Businesswomen gathered together at Merrill Lynch in the City of London last night to celebrate 30 years of City Women's Network.
Chief Executive of the British Bankers' Association, Angela Knight, was the guest speaker at the event and suggested that the current skills gap in the UK could be solved by more female professionals.
This follows warnings from the Chartered Insurance Institute yesterday that the financial services skills crisis is set to worsen this year.
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Skills crisis in construction continues, says CIOB
13 May 2008
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Warning over financial sector skills shortage
12 May 2008
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Foreign countries attract career-minded Brits
8 May 2008
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Small bonuses mean 'lifestyle changes for bankers'
7 May 2008
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Female graduates urged to promote jobs in IT
7 May 2008
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REC: Nurses are burdened with paperwork
6 May 2008
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Migrant workers 'benefit' construction industry
4 May 2008
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Teaching hampered by 'language problems'
2 May 2008
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Bosses wary of flexible working, experts claim
28 April 2008
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