One of the UK’s more innovative providers in the UK’s £11bn facilities management sector, Salisbury Group, has underlined its commitment to nurturing its staff by implementing a company-wide Learning and Development vision.   As part of the strategy to develop the skills and the future career aspirations of its staff, Salisbury has also chosen International Workplace as a partner to help deliver a suite of Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) work-based programmes, for over 20 of Salisbury Group’s management team.  Jill Scot... Continue reading

Perhaps in more than any other business discipline, being ‘good at sales’ is often considered to be a skill you are born with, rather than something you can learn. But is it true? David Sharp asks Caroline Robinson, Director at Sandler Training in Cambridge, who specialises in helping individuals and organisations to improve their sales performance. Caroline Robinson is a former pharmaceutical strategy consultant who has swapped life on the road for a career in sales training and consulting. As someone who’s put in the ‘hard miles’ h... Continue reading

This week sees the UK’s tenth annual National Apprenticeship Week, highlighting the success of apprenticeships over the last decade, and celebrating the positive impact on individuals, businesses and the economy. A launch event held at Barclays Bank on Canary Wharf officially kick-started the week, with Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Justine Greening MP addressing an audience of 100 employers and apprentices. The Secretary of State highlighted at the launch event, not only the lifetime benefits associated with gaining an apprentic... Continue reading

International Workplace  is pleased to annouce that we have been awarded the highest award of Direct Claim Status by the Institute of Leadership Management (ILM).  As a centre we launched ILM in 2015 and have delivered courses as in-house programmes to a variety of companies as well as individuals attending our public courses held at our executive training centre in London. For our clients and learners Direct Claim Status demonstrates that the content, delivery and administration processes are at an outstanding standard. As a result we are n... Continue reading

Young people with disabilities or health conditions struggle considerably to obtain and maintain employment, according to statistics published by The Work Foundation: Young people with disabilities account for 16% of the total of people not in education, employment or training. Among 16 to 24 year olds with work-limiting disabilities the unemployment rate is 24%, compared with 14% for young people without such disabilities. Chronic health conditions also prevent young people from pursuing education or workplace training: 93% believe their ... Continue reading