Since the Chancellor announced a funding package designed to retrain people facing redundancy (pdf, 236K), employee training has been the focus of much high-level attention.
The subject topped Gordon Brown's agenda at recent talks held at the Regional Economic Council, and on the same day plans to help Nissan retrain its workers while they are still employed by the firm were unveiled by John Denham, the innovation, universities and skills secretary. The government has also confirmed that it's working with troubled companies such as Honda and Toyota to improve retraining for workers put on short time.
I have also noticed that Lord Adonis, minister for transport, has been singing the praises of a leading-edge masters course for graduates entering Network Rail, which he cites as a model example for employers wanting to pitch for the best graduates. While I'm all in favour of innovative training schemes in the transport industry, I can't help fearing that we could soon be witnessing a new breed of railway station announcement. Something like: "Sorry about the 24-hour delay, which is due to staff training..."
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