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Building Engagement, Building Futures sets out the Government’s strategy to improve the opportunities for young people so they gain the skills they need to secure an Apprenticeship or employment.

It includes radical reforms to schools, vocational education, skills and welfare provision, and has five priorities for action:

Raising attainment in school so that young people have the skills to compete in the global economy.
Helping local partners provide services that support all young people, putting us on track to achieve full participation for 16-17 year olds by 2015.
Encouraging employers to offer more high quality Apprenticeships and work experience places.
Ensuring that work pays and giving young people the personalised support they need to find it, through Universal Credit, the Work Programme and the Get Britain Working measures.

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Unemployment is the world’s fastest-rising worry, a BBC World Service survey covering 11,000 people in 23 countries suggests.

Unemployment was raised by 18% of people, over 5 times that of 2 years ago. Corruption and poverty are the highest ranking worries. All countries surveyed found that the concern over unemployment was rising.

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Next still need you for temporary retail work this Christmas. Across the UK, Next that has 500 stores, is made up of all kinds of people from all kinds of backgrounds, but they all have one thing in common, a real passion for providing outstanding levels of customer service. Feel the passion by clicking the link above to get work near you.

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A £75 million boost for high tech small and medium sized businesses is part of a package of measures announced today in the Government’s new Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth.

The strategy, launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts, sets out the Government’s plans to boost economic growth through investment in research and innovation across the UK.

Key actions include:

- £75 million of new government investment for the Technology Strategy Board to give high tech innovative businesses better access to the facilities and finance they need to develop and commercialise products.
- £25 million to help companies develop large scale prototypes that will showcase their ideas to potential investors.

Piloting a new innovation vouchers scheme delivered by the Technology Strategy Board that will give SMEs the opportunity to get free academic support from colleges and universities.

Supporting SMEs by doubling the size of the Designing Demand Programme by £650,000 to £1.3 million a year. This is a mentoring programme run by the Design Council to help SMEs deliver improved products, services and brands to enhance their growth potential.

Working with the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), to establish a Centre of Expertise for running innovation inducement prizes, and a new Innovation Prize Fund, in which we will invest £250,000 a year.

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Christmas is a magical time at John Lewis.
The one thing that doesn’t change though is the standard of our service. And part of that we put that down to the friendly, helpful people who join us for the season to support our existing teams, and help us give customers a warm welcome and lots of useful advice.
Don’t worry if you’ve never worked in retail before. We will train you to ensure you know what good service means in John Lewis. Before long, you’ll be expertly helping customers pick out perfect gifts, choose eye-catching decorations and select tasty treats. And remember – it’s not just the customer who’ll end up smiling. Everything you do will also be appreciated by their family and friends.

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