What a strange few months this has been.  We're no longer learning in lockdown but we're still learning through the impact of lockdown.   As we head into the summer it's not just A level students thinking about starting a new learning journ

In this episode of Take 5 I catch up with Caroline Denton from MAP Engineers.  We look at business life during lockdown, how we're adapting our ways of working and our approach to investing in skills and apprenticeships for the longer term. I make th

In this episode we're off to Wales, well not literally because at our time of recording we're still in lockdown but we pick up with Hannah McCartan founder and director of McCartan Lettings in Swansea about how 2020 has brought about dramatic changes in w

So far during Learning in Lockdown we've looked at skills from a business leadership perspective, what we're all learning in new ways of working and how we're investing in others.  But how about if you are the only person in your business?  &nbs

What's your impression of a career in engineering?   Are you thinking oil, dirt and danger or white lab coat and precise eye for detail.   Engineering is a much misunderstood sector and yet the UK has and is likely to continue to exper

In this episode Ian Browne talks with Val Heatley from Beech Holdings in Manchester about how lockdown and the events of 2020 have affected the construction and property sector, new ways of working and how the change in the economic landscape affects the

In a slightly different twist to Take 5 for this episode we focus on the need for skill development amongst charities and social enterprise yet the perennial challenge of how to invest in skills during times when budgets are always in scarce supply. &nbsp