The Bexley Skills Charter went live on 18 January 2017, alongside the launch of the 2017 Bexley Business Excellence Awards.
2017 Charter Champion ITRM Ltd received their Skills Charter Champion certificate and thirty businesses showed their support on the night by signing our Day 1 Supporter Charter Board.
Read more to see if you recognise any of our supporters and don’t forget to become a #supporter too.
The latest version of the Jobs & Opportunities for Young People in Bexley newsletter (18/10/2017) is available now.
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On 3rd October 2017, the Office for National Statistics released the 2017 UK Business Counts data.
This post gives a brief of key high level information for Bexley from analysis of the release. Which Bexley industry is the largest by business count? Which industry grew fastest in London between 2016 and 2017. Click “Read more” to find out.
The first October edition of the Jobs & Opportunities for Young People in Bexley newsletter is now available.
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The London Borough of Bexley published its Decisions Post-16 directory today, providing young people in Bexley with information on what their in-borough learning opportunities will be from next September.
Click “Read more” for more information, and to access the link to the directory itself.
The latest version of the Jobs & Opportunities for Young People in Bexley newsletter (27/09/2017) is available now. Find the latest employment and skills events and apprenticeship, voluntary and part-time employment opportunities inside.
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Skills Charter supporters The Learning Centre Bexley and Resources plus have announced that they are joining forces to become the Learning & Enterprise College Bexley, providing a single Council-led vehicle for the delivery of learning and employment support in the borough.
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A few months ago we received feedback from the borough’s schools careers and education information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) group that our infographics are useful, but don’t provide answers that younger people in Bexley want when considering their futures.
Click “Read More” to find out what we did.
Skills Charter supporter Re-Instate is holding an open event on Friday 28th April 2017 to give Bexley businesses and residents a chance to view their Community Hub in Erith and get an update on the support Re-instate can provide to help people gain and / or remain in employment.
We’ll be there and hope you can be too. Click “Read more” for further information.
Following the introduction of a new legal requirement attempting to fight workplace discrimination, approximately 30 Bexley workplaces will need to publish details of their gender pay gaps before April 2018.
Those who fail to meet the deadline will be contacted by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and those who discover they have a gender pay gap will be encouraged to create and publish an action plan to address the problem. Click “Read more” for more detail and to find out what the 2016 gender pay gaps were in Bexley.
The shortlists for the 2017 Bexley Business Excellence Awards were announced this afternoon causing a huge amount of buzz on their twitter feed (@bexleyawards).
We’re delighted to announce that every eligible fully signed-up Skills Charter supporter is on the shortlist for a Bexley Business Excellence Award this year! Click “Read more” to find out who made it…