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	<title>Fuse Learning Blog - Training, Learning, HR, Productivity and NHS News, Articles and Comment &#187; Training Budget</title>
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		<title>L &amp; D cut despite need for more!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2010/05/16/l-d-cut-despite-need-for-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’re told that Britain needs a better educated and better trained workforce and yet new stats show that organisations in the UK cut their training and development budgets by four per cent and reduced training staff by five per cent last year.
The stats come from a new study by Bersin &#38; Associates. Companies surveyed spent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fuse Learning Initiative Combats NHS Training Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A solution to the problem of cuts in NHS funding for staff training and development has been developed by specialist consultancy Fuse Learning.
The company, which works with a number of NHS organisations, has created a highly cost-effective programme that helps combat the budget reductions brought about by the economic downturn.
The programme focuses on key skills [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No funding for training?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/05/12/no-funding-for-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/?p=289</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the prediction that the UK will not achieve the Leitch Review target for equipping people with basic skills by 2020 comes a claim from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) that funding for training is drying up. 

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		<title>When the going gets tough…</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/22/when-the-going-gets-tough%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/22/when-the-going-gets-tough%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“When the going gets tough is not the time to cut back on training. It is, though, the time to take a good look at your training budget and ensure that it is being invested effectively, providing a good return on your investment.”

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		<title>Call for Tax Break on Skills Investment</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/21/call-for-tax-break-on-skills-investment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/21/call-for-tax-break-on-skills-investment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Chancellor no doubt putting his final touches to his Budget speech, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) has today published figures indicating that 85 per cent of British managers think the government should provide tax breaks for investment in the skills of their workforce.

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		<title>Time for a hard look at that training budget!</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/20/time-for-a-hard-look-at-that-training-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/?p=272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time was - in some organisations - that the training budget was there to be spent, regardless of whether or not the training was effective.  But the recession is changing all that and now there is much more need to ensure that training meets specific objectives and gives a return on investment. 

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		<title>Who&#8217;d have thought it?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/04/whod-have-thought-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/04/whod-have-thought-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has, inevitably, been a swift response to Professor Anna Vignoles’ speech yesterday in which she dismissed adult basic skills courses.
The response has come (of course) from NIACE – the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education.
Carol Taylor, Director of Operations, said: &#8220;We cannot be prepared to simply write off all those adults who have poorer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do we bother?</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2009/04/03/why-do-we-bother/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/?p=264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are spending millions of pounds each year on adult basic education courses that are a total waste of time and money.  Not my opinion but that of Professor Anna Vignoles, an education economist.]]></description>
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		<title>Fight Recession by Training Staff</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2008/11/09/fight-recession-by-training-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2008/11/09/fight-recession-by-training-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
New research from eLearning and IMC (UK) Learning Ltd, shows that nearly nine out of ten HR professionals believe properly planned staff training can play a major role in addressing the challenges created by an economic slowdown. Despite this, over half of those questioned say staff training is one of the first budgets to be cut during bad times. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Don’t Cut Training’ Warning from Business Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.fuselearning.co.uk/blog/2008/10/23/don%e2%80%99t-cut-training%e2%80%99-warning-from-business-leaders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Hunt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An open letter from some of the UK's most senior businessmen and union leaders published in national newspapers yesterday, calls on UK employers not to slash staff training in a bid to cut costs as the economic downturn bites.]]></description>
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