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  • Want to upskill your staff? Send them to the Mayor’s Bootcamps

    Opinion

    London's growth is built on skills, and businesses should jump at the chance to send their staff to the Mayor's Bootcamps, writes Howard Dawber.

    LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 15: Commuters cross London Bridge on October 15, 2024 in London, England. Estimates for the September 2024 payroll indicate that the number of employees rose by 0.4% compared with September 2023, a rise of 113,000 employees. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
  • City Hall skills bootcamps to receive £27m funding boost

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    City Hall is set to receive a funding boost of £27m for a skills bootcamp programme for Londoners, Sir Sadiq Khan has announced. The mayor of London has welcomed the funding from the Department for Education (DfE) which represents a 25 per cent annual uplift for the programme of flexible courses, across some 7,700 trainees, [...]

    City Hall is set to receive a funding boost of £27m for a skills bootcamp programme for Londoners, Sir Sadiq Khan has announced. Photo: PA
  • Sadiq Khan’s plan to ‘turbocharge’ London’s economy is wilfully naive

    Opinion

    Sadiq Khan’s London Growth Plan is an admirable and ambitious vision for the capital, but its bold projections should be taken with a pinch of salt, says James Ford When running for his historic third term last year, Sadiq Khan claimed to be the “most pro-business Mayor ever”. Now he is putting his money where [...]

  • How to fix London’s growth problem

    February 27, 2025

    Sadiq Khan has pledged to be the most pro-business Mayor ever. Muniya Barua explains how he can turn rhetoric into reality The Prime Minister has made clear that growth is his government’s most important mission. The Chancellor has been busy selling that message around the world and urging regulators at home to get with the [...]

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