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"There is no greater honour than supporting someone’s growth and evolution as a human being" Ellie Burrows Tweet of the Week
London suffered this week with the tube strike.
@amaradatia tweeted:
Service for today #TubeStrike
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Story of the Week
HIT Training calls on businesses to trial new seasonal worker apprenticeship
Leading apprenticeship provider, HIT Training, is calling on hospitality businesses to trial a new apprenticeship scheme specifically for seasonal workers. The scheme will enable employees in seasonal roles to undertake an apprenticeship despite taking a break between contracts, this marks a significant change to the usual requirement for apprenticeships to be completed within a period of continuous employment. As one of the first training providers to pilot this new model, HIT is looking for businesses to work with to trail the scheme and be among the first to offer it to their seasonal staff. It is designed not only to allow employees to gain formal training and qualifications, while maintaining what is a lifestyle choice for many, but also enables employers to up-skill their workforce and ensure the right expertise is available for staff completing multiple seasonal contracts.Read more here News of the Week
Consumer spending softens in December despite Q4 growth hitting a four-year high Sentiment weakens with ‘caution’ the watchword for 2017Consumer spending rose 4.0 per cent in December, dropping below the Q4 average of 4.8 per cent, suggesting shoppers have started to rein in spending amid concerns over the wider economic picture moving into 2017. Data from Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the nation’s credit and debit card transactions, shows that December’s slower growth – while the same rate seen in December 2015 – was below the average of 4.8 per cent for Q4 2016, the highest growth in four years. This was boosted by record highs in October (5.5 per cent) and November (5.1 per cent). Not all growth was due to consumers splashing out, however, with rising prices responsible for some of the robust figure.
December’s softer figure coincided with a drop in the proportion of consumers expressing confidence in the UK economy, which fell 12 percentage points from a record high of 48 per cent at the end of Q3 to just 36 per cent at the end of Q4 – a return to levels seen before the EU referendum in June.
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