MPs say construction apprenticeships have plummeted in the past few years.

Operator will triple the size of its apprenticeship scheme and create new customer service jobs.

Totaljobs says 44% of respondents said they regret not studying something more vocational.

Stars of football line up to pay tribute to local hero 'the Preston Plumber'.

France face England in the opening 2014 Six Nations match at the Stade de France

Mother-of-two Julie Deane and her mother Freda Thomas started the leather goods company in her kitchen

McKinsey & Company study shows that severe mismatch between graduates and the skills businesses need

The manufacturers are looking to recruit to "bring young talent" into the firms.

The defence giant says it is offering 568 places next year.

The TUC calls for better employment opportunities for young people in the UK.

Wilfried Zaha wants to return to Crystal Palace according to former teammate Yannick Bolaise

Families minister discovered she had breast cancer during routine mammogram in February.

The CBI says 93% of young people feel they are given inadequate careers information.

Institute for Public Policy Research says 'youth guarantee' would lift young people into work.

The Third Plenary session of the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress commenced in Beijing on 9 November 2013 and concluded on 12 November.

Aspect defends 'gimmick' in which applicants go through bootcamp and race 'Boris Johnson' to win job.

Eurostat data shows headline eurozone unemployment rate sticks as recovery purportedly begins across trouble currency bloc.

Malky Mackay must match the ambitions on Cardiff's owners

As youth unemployment edges towards a million, we explore the effect and how to fix it

Anglicised daughter of disgraced former Italian PM has been widely tipped as his political successor.

European leaders agreed on Friday (June 28) to set aside around 8 billion euros to combat youth unemployment, even as they admitted that the labour market would only sustainably improve once the crisis-hit region returns to growth.

Nine apprentices from Innovia Films from Cumbria have been named the country's official 'apprentice team of the year' following a six month challenge against some of the country's leading employers and training providers.

Businesses should be incentivised to take on apprenticeships if we want to tackle unemployment, says UKCES Commissioner Scott Johnson

International Monetary Fund tells French President Francois Hollande that economic reforms programme needs "powering up".

Eurostat publishes more troubling numbers after EU urges 'Youth Guarantee'.

Societe Generale warns lack of cash will stop government youth schemes working.

Hollande, Enrico Giovannini and Wolfgang Schaeuble call for 'New Deal' to tackle jobless young and save EU.

UK manufacturers doubt abilities of the nation's young, finds Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

In the latest sign of an economic recovery, number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit dives in April too

Amid high British youth jobless rates, self-made Samuel-James Wilson details employment hopes through apprenticeship