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...Turbefield suggested the government could make it easier for the industry to access money that it collects from big employers to fund apprenticeships....
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...But I reckon the value of this apprenticeship model is overstated. It leaves too much to chance, and overstates the wisdom of the person doing the training....
...Stifel reactivated the alert in March 2015, but the firm failed to provide supervisors “with any training on how to evaluate the red flags”, the order found, resulting in clearing of alerts without any suitability...
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...For businesses, they can be a useful tool for finding and training a more diverse pool of future leaders and an opportunity to bring in specialists — from marketing to compliance — for a short period of...
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